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Going Green
The Global-warming panic is on! HRH The Prince of Wales has presented convincingly his own long TV documentary telling how…
July 1990
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Senna Superb
For Ayrton Senna fans, and there are a lot of them among the paying public, in spite of the anti-Senna…
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Speed Week Monaco
Dear reader, A great deal happens in Monte Carlo during the annual speed week, for it now starts off very…
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1990 Canadian Grand Prix = A bit confused
Montreal, June 10 It all started off quite well. The big transport planes delivered all the cars and equipment to…
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Confidence Restored
It was like a dream come true for the entire Silk Cut Jaguar team as the two XJR-11s swept to…
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Simple Questions
FISA wields a hefty rule-book, accumulated throughout the 20th century by the look of it, and we could almost hear…
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Karl learns his lesson
Karl Wendlinger completed his initial apprenticeship to Mercedes' WS-PC team by sharing the laurels at Spa with tutor Jochen Mass.…
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1990 Le Mans 24 Hours report: Tears flow as Jaguar takes 1-2 victory
Britain's soccer fans may not have created a good impression in Sardinia, but a vast army of 50,000 motor racing…
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The Speed Show
For 2 hours 41 minutes and 18. 248 seconds the 74th running of the Indianapolis 500 gave over 400,000 spectators…
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Heat and Dust
As a general rule, smooth and relatively short rallies produce low penalty differences, whilst those of rougher, longer ones are…
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A Saving Grace
Legs nicely stretched out, with knees slightly bent. Back reclined, and shoulders square against the back of the seat. Steering…
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The Spaghetti Zapper
It had to happen. One takes it for granted from the likes of Ferrari and Porsche, from whom the F40…
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Return of a Classic?
To celebrate the official return of the Spider to these shores, Alfa Romeo invited MOTOR SPORT to Scotland to drive…
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The General's Revenge?
Calibra, General Motors' answer to the Ford . . . . well, in fact, it's not in response to anything…
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Worth the wait?
The British are famous for their patient and (usually) orderly queues, but I wonder if those within the queues for…
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'B' Green
While the rest of the world was following the fortunes of the Grand Prix stars at Monaco, and others were…
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Bugatti Rally
This important and pleasant assembly came to Britain again this year. It started in N.Wales, had some 80 entries, from…
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Forgotten Makes: No. 92: The ABC
Not exactly forgotten perhaps — certainly not by me, because my first (£5) car was an ABC, even if, with…
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Veteran to Classic Miscellany, July 1990
The Meadows-engined Bayliss Thomas which WJ Hayward modified for trials work and which his family gave to the National Motor…
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"Play Up and Play the Game!"
Thirty seven years ago Jaguar won Le Mans for the second time. At the wheel was one of motor racing's…
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