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Matters of moment, August 2016
Two of the world’s greatest 24-hour motor races in the space of a few weeks and the winners of both…
Two of the world’s greatest 24-hour motor races in the space of a few weeks and the winners of both…
Rossi coasts to victory,’ ran the front page headline in the Indianapolis Star the day after the 100th running of…
Bernie lands backing from a brewer... and gets it to promote F1 In Montréal Bernie Ecclestone presided over the launch…
Max Verstappen did more than break a few records when he won in Spain earlier this year. Potentially, he could…
Monaco, Canada & Europe It was as if the very tangibility of victory was making the Scuderia nervous, jumpy, trigger-happy.…
A new turbo for improved harvesting was introduced by Honda at the Canadian Grand Prix. But the big turbo –…
Running parallel to the Caspian shore, is this the fastest F1 pit entry of all time? The speed trap is…
DRS wings set for Le Mans Privateers to get aero advantage to close gap to works LMP1 cars | BY Gary…
Chris Meek He may have come to motor racing as a driver, but Chris Meek left his mark as the…
Strategic gamble wins Indy 500 It was unfortunate that this year’s 100th running of the Indy 500 turned into a…
The best we could have done Well that’s another Le Mans completed; my 14th time already. The week was pretty…
Teaching an old GOAT new tricks Valentino Rossi has a new employee this season: a rider coach. It’s entirely reasonable…
Hall of Fame set for action New Motor Sport feature adds zest to Race Retro | By Paul Lawrence Race…
Maserati 250F Ian Wagstaff Another door-stop of a volume in the Porter Publishing Great Cars series, this one concerns a…
What do you drive? Oh, it’s an old Fiat… Not a winning drinks-party reply in the one-upmanship stakes – until…
Renault builds 275bhp Clio Spectacular concept car likely to become reality | By Andrew Frankel Renault has revealed what is likely…
An everyday Ferrari? This one is getting perilously close… | by Joe Dunn There is something strangely old fashioned about…
An important newcomer for a whole host of reasons | By Andrew Frankel It seems barely believable. In less than two…
An important newcomer for a whole host of reasons | By Andrew Frankel It seems barely believable. In less than…
The best yet, but perhaps not for every day When I was young a rather better resourced friend owned an…
Thirty-seven years ago today, August 1 1976, Niki Lauda’s life changed forever. For almost a minute he was trapped in 800-degree heat as his Ferrari burned at Bergwerk. Guy Edwards,…
It has been dragged into the 21st century with some success and Silverstone is once again set to shine at the British GP. Damien Smith sits down with circuit chief Stuart Pringle to discuss its transformation and ongoing contract talks
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From Parnelli Jones - 1960s US racing legend, 1970s F1 team owner My favourite race car for…
The latest in the Ferrari Icona series, the Daytona SP3, takes inspiration from the classic 330 P3/4, 330 P4 and 412 P Scuderia endurance prototypes