Michael Schumacher has demonstrated that he still has a taste for speed by embarking on a busy schedule of two-wheeled activities, while denying that he’s serious about a new career.…

Sir, How refreshing it was to see your acknowledgment of the Rover as a potential classic at last in your "Motoring Easter-Eggs" editorial in the April issue,. which I read…

Sir, Mention of the 1924 Rolls-Royce armoured car awakened memories for me as it may well have been the same one attached to 535 Air Ministry Experimental Station for protection…

Sir, In the current issue of Motor Sport you mention the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. This took place in Marseilles, not in Paris, and the French…

Sir. With reference to the letter by Mr. P.L. Ullathorne entitled "Old Rovers Never Die," I would like, if I may, to add to this theme. A rebore, a new…

Castrol is now available in handy new quart and pint metal packs. They are scaled-down versions of gallon tins.

Sir, Mention of the smoke-making propensities of the 1914 T.T. Minerva cars, in your review of "The Racing Car Pocketbook," January issue of Motor Sport, brings back some personal recollections…

Chrysler's new-generation Dodge Viper racer has started its test programme in preparation for an American Le Mans Series entry later this year. The V10-engined SRI Viper GTS-R, developed by Riley…

  Desert ghosts Sir, You enquire in your July issue what became of the "Allenby" Silver Ghost which featured in the film "Lawrence of Arabia. In the immediate post-war years…

"Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems," by Philip H. Smith, C.ENG., M.I.MECH.E., M.S.A.E., has gone into a revised edition (quite thick, with 246 pp.), which includes a new chapter…

Rowan Atkinson has acquired a Ford Falcon (above) for historic touring car racing. The car is being prepared by Simon Hadfield. Chris Lillingston-Price will campaign an ex-works Chevron B8 after a…

Ferrari: As with many other teams curing the winter, the Ferrari factory took three of their 1979 cars and dismantled them down to the last rivet and then built up…