Page 131
Uncovering the Family Silver
In 1948 British photographer George Monkhouse revisited the Mercedes-Benz plant at Stuttgart-Unterturkheim. It was his first trip to the place…
May 2009
Page 132
Overhyped? Yet Villeneuve remained a breath of fresh air
This is bound to upset some of the faithful, but I’m afraid I never quite ‘got’ the Gilles Villeneuve ‘thing’.…
Page 132
F1's mid-flight entertainment
Aviation and motor sport have been inextricably linked since virtually the beginning. When Camille Jenatzy won the Gordon Bennett Trophy…
Page 134
The car with the back-seat driver
The creators of the miniscule Bedelia wanted to reduce the machine’s parking footprint – so they put the seats in…
Page 135
The greatest consulting detective and the Grand Prix Austins
Sherlock Holmes remains the greatest fictional detective of them all, quoted frequently, even in a Times leader, in spite of…
Page 135
Auspicious debut for the ‘Speed Model’ Riley Nine
Years ago I was given an impressive ride in a schoolmaster’s 1½-litre side-valve sports two-seater Riley Redwing, made in Coventry…
Page 136
When WB did a racing lap of Wolverhampton
Some recent correspondence has reminded me of how we ran the famous 1924 Grand Prix Sunbeam on the public road.…
Page 136
Three wheels on The Track
A letter from the grandson of E H Ware reminds me of Ware’s Brooklands racing with Morgan three-wheelers, and the accident he…
You may also like
Racing History
Coasting to victory at Daytona
What is now known as the Rolex 24 Hours was founded 50 years ago as a three-hour race called the Daytona Continental. The race was run over three hours in…
MotoGP
MotoGP’s wheels that flex for more grip
Mugello tech roundup: what MotoGP’s wheel makers are doing to increase grip and reduce tyre-pressure problems, why KTM wants MotoGP aero banned, plus Honda’s new RC213V chassis
Road Cars
Are e-fuels the miracle that will save the combustion engine?
New cars that run on carbon-neutral e-fuels can still be sold after the EU's ban on internal combustion engined-vehicles, legislators have announced. But don't think this will reverse the switch to electric power, writes Andrew Frankel
Opinion
F1
Rating Hamilton's move from McLaren
They insist that they didn’t offer him more money and that he did not seek priority status. The other ‘they’, meanwhile, insist that they fought hard to keep him. So…
×