Sir, My last set of Dunlop Gold Seals (on a new "Spridget") lasted some 4,500 miles almost entirely on tar roads and with regular rotation. I bought four "X"s on…

A spanish reader would like to know more about Wilfredo P Ricart. He is remembered for the design of the advanced and fast Pegaso sportscars of the 1950s, which I…

New Castrol films During the winter when you cannot watch motor racing the next best thing to do is to watch films of motor racing; in fact, sometimes it is…

THE AGE OF THE SMALL CAR Some readers may wonder why MOTOR SPORT publishes occasional small-car topics. We hasten to remind them that from the earliest days small cars have…

Sir, I recently heard that the Brooklands Multi Union II has been dismantled, or rather grossly vandalised, to make yet another "reconstruction" Alfa Romeo Type B in the guise of…

General Motors' own formula has become a popular alternative to Formula Ford 2000 in only its first year. The new 2-litre 16-valve engines, as found in the latest version of…

Donington Park’s plans to host the British Grand Prix have been given a double fillip. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone announced that he was willing to delay the first British GP…

RAC runs for the forests -- Roger Albert Clark Rally November 19-22 The forests of Northumberland and south Scotland will again echo to the sound of BDA engines as the…

"Alfissimo!" by David Owen. 311 pp., 10" 7 ,1/2" (OsPrey Publishing Ltd., 12-14, Long Acre, London WC2E 9LP. £12.95). A great deal of very sound information was already available about…

Classic Sports Cars by Graham Robson, (publ. Patrick Stephens Ltd., Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 200, 136 pp, 5" x 8", illustrated, paperback, £3.99) The term "classic car" is an…

Sir, For nearly twenty years I have been a Bugatti fan and any new "gen" sends my ears back with a click and brings a gleam into me old eyes!…

Sir, You were right in your January 2002 editorial: 'Experts, what do they know?' Without any doubt, the finest drive I have ever seen, or read about, was Damon Hill's…