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Unaccustomed Roles
In January we recalled how two racing drivers got unexpected opportunities to drive the very latest Grand Prix cars, when…

In January we recalled how two racing drivers got unexpected opportunities to drive the very latest Grand Prix cars, when…
The article by Peter Hull in the current issue of the Bulletin of the VSCC, on the Ford-powered Montier Specials,…
Griffith Borgeson has a high reputation as an enquiring historian happy to investigate the smallest details of high-speed internal combustion…
It is highly commendable when local government authorities take a positive interest in the transport history of their area, which…
The RAC Norwich Union Classic Car Rally, which was so successful in 1986, is to happen again this year on…
In comparatively recent times a new phenomenon has been seen among the one-make clubs and registers, namely great enthusiasm for…
Having held driving-tests at Enstone in December, the Vintage Sports Car Club decided it would like some more in January.…
It is nearly three years since MOTORSPORT last tried a TVR for size; the impression left from the high-speed tour…
Wlith a history longer than that of Porsche, the small firm of TVR might have been expected to have diluted…
If you stroll down one particular street in Fulham, there is an antique shop which you might walk past with…
Automobile Year No34 (1986/1987) edited by Jean-Rodolphe Piccard. 255 pp. 12 1/2 9 1/4. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd, Unit 6,…
Rallycourse 1986-87 edited by Mike Greasley. 176 pp. (Hazleton Publishing, 3 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey. £17.95) This fifth edition of…
Yesterday's Yesteryears — Lesney Matchbox Models by Robert Carter and Eddy Rubinstein. 157 pp. 9 1/4 6 1/2. (G T…
The Fastest Man on Earth by David Tremayne (633 Club, 85 Kingshill Drive, Harrow. £8.95) It is more than three…
Turbocharging and Supercharging by Alan Allard. (Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough. £7.99) This new smaller format paperback edition of Allard's comprehensive…
It must be very good news for those who have not previously heard of it, or have been unable to…
Equally comprehensive data about all that pertains to 750 MC racing and events, with results of the 1986 fixtures, is…
Motormedia Ltd's new catalogue of motor books, listing 1,623 titles of old and out-of-print items, and including special articles on…
Readers with leanings towards aviation must not miss They Gave Me a Seafire by Commander "Mike" Crosley (Airlife of Shrewsbury,…
Sir, I wonder how many readers of MOTORSPORT realise that they are witnessing the demise of the British motor industry.…
The last time I saw John was in the Interlagos paddock after the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was bemoaning the fact that, because of a clashing commitment, his boy Jenson…
By Oliver Gavin Main image: taking 2015 very seriously indeed Le Mans week is here! The build-up to the 2015 24 Heures du Mans is now well and truly under…
At the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Ollie Bearman made his very first pieces of racing history, by becoming F1's third youngest driver to ever enter a world championship grand…
For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…