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Lord March hails "new chapter" for Goodwood
Goodwood Circuit is gearing up to host its first race meeting in over 30 years on September 18-20, 1998, exactly…
January 1998
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Editorial, January 1998
Unaccustomed as I am to public displays of jingoistic, Britain-is-best trumpeting, it is difficult to leaf through very much of…
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Miscellany, January 1998
Clay Regazzoni is among 40 drivers registered to take part in May's Classic Malts Scottish Six Day Reliability Trial. The…
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Brookes back with RAC win
Russel Brookes returned to competitive rallying with an emphatic victory in November's two-day RAC International Historic Rally. Brookes, co-driven by…
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Senna tribute at Autosport International '98
Five cars from four marques will trace the F1 career of Ayrton Senna in a special tribute to the triple…
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Events of note
January 8-11 Autosport intl show (GB) Europe's top motorsport show, embracing everything from Grand Prix and World Rally Cars to…
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Hailwood collection sells out
The Honda RC173 motorcycle on which Mike Hailwood won the 1966 350cc World Championship was sold for a staggering £169,388…
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Brooklands secures Napier-Railton at last
Lottery grants totally £1.5 million have enabled Brooklands Museum finally to purchase John Cobb's famous Napier-Railton. Built specifically for the…
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Elva quartet repeats 24-hour Ricard victory
The ultra-reliable Elva-BMW Mk8 of Sylvain and Henri Stepak, Gerard Back and Gerard Autajon, repeated last year's victory in Van…
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Nigel Roebuck
Much has been made of the controversial last lap at Jerez, in which Jacques Villeneuve plainly offered no resistance to…
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Steve Nichols
Race car designer in the week, race winner on Sundays, McLaren’s Steve Nichols is no normal technophile Trick question: who…
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Letters from readers, January 1998
Come join the club… Sir, I read with great interest your editorial in the last issue of Motor Sport in…
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Four-wheeler-itis
Being the experiences of an amateur cycle-car builder The cause of all the trouble was a desire on my part…
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Niki Lauda remembers James Hunt: 'One hell of a guy'
I first met James back in 1971 when I joined the March team for my first season of international Formula…
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First time in the spotlight: Lauda recalls the 1973 British GP
In a sense, I think it was the British Grand Prix at Silverstone where James and I both put our…
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Mexican knave
With looks you had to learn to love, and a chassis you have to learn to exploit, Ferrari’s 340 Mexico…
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Ascari's early years
Ascari was seven when his father was killed in 1925. Such tragedy would put most off racing but it heightened…
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Stud-u-like
When there’s ice underfoot, it’s time to unsheath the claws…John Davenport relates how a handful of tiny metal studs, plus…
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"Been there, done that."
In 1979, Stan Barrett lit the blue touch paper and sat back on his journey towards the sound barrier. In…
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How the man with a head for speed developed the right stuff
The son of a Baptist minister and himself a devout Christian, Stan Barrett was a leading Hollywood daredevil, performing all…
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