Goodwood Festival of Speed By Ian Lambot Watermark, £35.00. ISBN 1-873200-20-X It's not easy to sum-up a sporting event where no-one really cares about the results, but this substantial book…

"Baladeur's" notes.  This is a very involved subject, but certain angles of  "Baladeur's"  notes can be very clearly defined. The French end of the centuries-old De Dietrich concern (which later…

Sir, I think the spirit of sport must have gone out. Big Daddy Ferrari Says "Poor little us, what can we do against the might of Detroit?" This is the…

Sir, I have just been loaned, by the grandson of the author, a delightful book entitled "Songs of the Car (with 'De Omnibus' Rhymes)" by F. J. Cox. It was…

April 1940.The RAF's 'so few' were on standby. The Battle of Britain and London's Blitz were a few months away, but That Light had definitely been Put Out! Neville Chamberlain…

Sir I am always interested in the V-E-V column in Motor Sport, along with most Vintage and Veteran articles. Re road tests in the Isle of Man: Any car (apart…

My hero: I'm not sure that I would call him a hero but I always admired Stirling Moss. Everybody did. I read Derek Bell's My Hero in the November issue…

Donington Formula 1 ExtravaganzaThe Bank holiday weekend of May 5/6 is one to mark in your diary. Commencing on Sunday, but with the main day being the Monday, the HSCC…

Sir, I've cracked. I have finally had enough of journalists rubbishing the Lotus Elan I am at a loss to understand what it is you want from a roadgoing sports…

In the accompanying table we have grouped together the seven cars in the 1,000 c.c. class which we surveyed in detail and the four cars in the 1½-litre class. The percentages…

Extracts from a Paper read before the Newcomen Society by H. G. Conway, M.A., M.I.Mech.E. Ettore Bugatti was perhaps the most famous manufacturer of racing and sports cars that the automobile…

Owing to the very heavy demand for the April issue of Motor Sport, all supplies of the journal were exhausted within a few days of publication and as a result many…