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The Editor: "Not the last time Mr Motor Racing appears in our pages"
It’s been said that Sir Stirling Moss’s accident at Goodwood was the crash that saved his life. The logic is…
June 2020
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Staff list / Details matter, June 2020
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
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Matters of Moment: Sir Stirling Moss, 1929-2020
"It was one lap too many, he just closed his eyes,” said Lady Susie Moss of the moment her husband…
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Matters of Moment: Mont-Tremblant deemed a noise nuisance
Despite being open for business since 1964 and having played host to two Formula 1 grands prix, the Circuit Mont-Tremblant…
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Matters of Moment: The greatest race in F1 history?
May 13 is the 70th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World Championship race – held at Silverstone – and,…
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Matters of Moment: Czinger C21 3D-printed hybrid hypercar unveiled
It would be easy to dismiss the Czinger C21 as another one of those electrified hypercars which appear to think…
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Matters of Moment: Indy 500 moved to August
The 2020 Indianapolis 500 has been pushed back from May 24 to August 23 due to the effects of the…
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Matters of Moment: John Horsman 1934-2020
He was the keen amateur photographer who sneaked trackside without ever getting caught. He also applied to Aston Martin for…
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Mark Hughes
Formula 1 is grappling with a pandemic and its economic consequences, and it has reacted by delaying the new technical…
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Mat Oxley
Fifty years ago this summer, Barry Sheene was preparing to make his grand prix debut, at the 1970 Spanish Grand…
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Doug Nye
One of the most influential of early racing car constructors was the multi-national but Spanish-originated, and later French-based, Hispano-Suiza marque.…
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Andrew Frankel
It is perhaps a generational thing, but I find myself unable to get mildly enthused, let alone properly excited, about…
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Racing from your sofa
It’s a very difficult time for the whole world, but at the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E team we…
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A mountain to climb for the 2020 Land Rover Defender
You weren’t expecting live axles and a ladder chassis, were you? Not only would making the new Land Rover Defender…
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Book review: From Le Mans to Americas Cup
When Briggs Cunningham died in 2003, he was to most Americans the man who captained his own boat to Americas…
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Book reviews: Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
Peter Higham is in some ways the keeper of the flame here at Motor Sport; our superbly comprehensive database of…
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Product reviews: Stay at home special
Smithers of Stamford ‘Carbecue’ British designer Smithers of Stamford often upcycles automotive bits and pieces to create bespoke items. This…
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The best the virtual world has to offer
Formula 1 Virtual Grand Prix series Formula 1’s Virtual Grand Prix series continues apace with back-to-back rounds filling the void…
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Racing Lives: Petter and Oliver Solberg
Petter Solberg climbed the ladder of rallying to his one and only World Rally Championship crown in 2003 with Subaru,…
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Bugatti power on the wrist
I’m struggling to believe that 15 years have passed since I travelled to Milan for the unveiling of the Type…
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