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Matters of moment, December 1989
Petrol! The great oil-barons have made vast fortunes out of refining crude oil into consumer fuels. Recently they have been…
Petrol! The great oil-barons have made vast fortunes out of refining crude oil into consumer fuels. Recently they have been…
Surprising news in Sanremo was that Kankkunen and Pirronen would be leaving Toyota to rejoin Lancia for 1990. After their…
A Flash in Japan Would Benetton unwittingly have played a role in influencing the outcome of the World Championship? That…
How many more? Dear Reader, The letter from Nigel Musselwhite in last month's issue of Motor Sport, about the copy of…
Insanity rules "When I retired, they should have stopped it. Nothing more could have happened that could have affected the…
Sir, Long, long ago, back in the mists of time, two things would be certain. Ayrton Senna would have been…
Sir, With regard to the comments by Ayrton Senna regarding his 6 month suspended ban, I feel that further action…
Sir, As my letter you published on the incident between Mansell and Senna was written immediately after I had seen the…
A voice in the wilderness Sir, I enjoyed your articles in the Motor Sport October issue ... being a fervent Senna fan,…
Sir, The FISA officials, including Bernie Ecclestone, must count themselves extremely fortunate that they do not have any dead or…
Sir, Ayrton Senna proved conclusively in Japan that he can never be considered a 'Great' of Formula One alongside such…
Peace in our time? In twelve months from now, Group C1 Sports car racing will have ended. Turbocharged Jaguars, Mercedes, Nissans…
Schlesser takes all Even Mauro Baldi had to admit it. Jean Louis Schlesser deserved to win the 1989 World Championship…
On top down under It is never easy for an organising group to enter the World Championship for the first…
It has been some years since the relentless advance of tarmac in the mountains overlooking the Riviera of the Flowers…
A tale of two teams By some curious coincidence two invitations arrived at the office from two new rally teams…
Back to the future Ford-financed Cosworth-built three-litre engines dominated Formula One racing in the decade before the arrival of the…
Winter collection Jeremy Walton drives some of the more significant cars to appear from the Autumnal debuts and looks at…
New Lotus Elan? The right idea? When it was leaked that the new Lotus Elan — now priced at £17,850…
Setting a new standard The M3 may have captured the imagination of enthusiasts the world over through its racing exploits,…
There’s been so much written about bump and grind in MotoGP that I hardly dare add to it. But here goes anyway. During Thursday afternoon’s pre-event media conference at Sepang,…
Six pitstops, slowest-ever grand prix, longest–ever race duration and half a lap led – just how did Button do it? McLaren's former PR guru Matt Bishop recalls JB's finest [four] hour[s]
The tyre blowouts that pitched Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen into the wall at more than 200mph were the result of a break in their tyres, Pirelli has said after…
The first in an occasional series of chats with MotoGP’s top crew chiefs – this week it’s Santi Hernández, right-hand man to Marc Márquez How did you get into bikes?…