The first serialised-instalments of this Diary appeared in Lord Montagu of Beaulieu's late-lamented V& V Magazine. Due to a change of policy, their continuation was rejected by its successor. Because…

Sir, Long, long ago, back in the mists of time, two things would be certain. Ayrton Senna would have been banned for life or would be dead. The heart of…

Sir, First and foremost, I want to let you know how much I enjoy your magazine. It is unique in capturing motor racing subjects of interest old and new and…

Sir, I can confirm John Starkey's September letter regarding Paul Hawkins record lap at Reims, as I remember it well. I was one of the two mechanics working on this…

The first car-race meeting was held at Brands Hatch new 1-mile circuit, on April 16th. These were races, and all but one were so closely contested that the leaders, even…

"By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden" by Bill Gunscon. 157 pp. 8¼" x 5¾" (The Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1V OBQ £5.00). This is a…

"The Rover 3500, by any standards, must rate among the best engineered cars produced in the world today. From our first experience with the Rover 2000 (December 1964) we have…

Sir, May I comment on Mr. W. M. Chalmers' letter on page 307? We have supplied Cibié iodine lighting to many hundreds of Rover owners and, indeed, the Rover Company…

Only Citroen could have done it — keep the 2CV in production for 40 years and mark this with an honest Press handout which admits to failures as well as…

Maserati have now won three 1,000 kilometre races, Buenos Aires, Nurburgring and Montlhery. *   *   * The distance of 1,000 kilometres for a sports-car event seems to be gaining…

Leyland South Africa are fighting hard to ensure that they don't go the way of the Australian offshoot of our nationalised car maker, who also face problems in Italy with…

Susie Wolff has joined Williams as a development driver, and the Mercedes DTM veteran will undertake some aerodynamic running – as well as a full test – in the current…