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Matters of moments, November 1974
The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…

The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…
Reutemann the Winner, but Fittipaldi the Champion Watkins Glen, New York, October 6th Watkins Glen, the 3.7-mile road circuit in…
From the point of view of the Watkins Glen organisers it was a good thing that the World Championship struggle…
The chances of motor races being held in Birmingham City Centre seem to be one step nearer according to a…
A personal Matra battle Brands Hatch Any thoughts of the 1,000-kilometre race affecting the outcome of the Manufacturers' Sports Car…
The Editor Drives the 2200TC and Re-appraises the 3500S A Rover 2000TC proved to be an admirable Editorial car until…
I am indebted to two readers for this month's contribution. Mr. Wallace Mason of Cumberland, R.I., who has recently been…
After insisting that the 1974 British Grand Prix be called the John Player Grand Prix, the RAC, or to be…
A proper motor-race One thing about a long race is that it gives you time to take stock of the…
Silverstone In an attempt to bring some semblance of reality to the Tourist Trophy race, this year's event was for…
The Sanremo Rally If you drive eastwards through the mountains from the Alpine stamping ground of the Monte-Carlo Rally, keeping…
In the face of looming austerity at least some manufacturers announced new cars in the months before Earls Court Since…
The exploits and achievements of Connaught Engineering in the early and mid-1950s are well chronicled and rightly so, for this…
A well-illustrated little book about the "Development of the London Bus, 19291933" has been written by Gavin Martin, MA, MIMechE,…
"Silverstone—The Story of Britain's Fastest Circuit" by Peter Carrick. 174 pp. 8¾ in. 5½ in. (Pelham Books Ltd., 52 Bedford…
The golden age of American motor racing has been written up by Griffith Borgeson but Albert R. Bochroch has now…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset have re-issued Annand and Roe's erudite book ". Gas Flow in…
"Bristol Cars And Engines" by L. J. K. Setright. 159 pp. 8¾ in. x 6 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd.,…
An Excellent British Car It may be remembered that having requested another spell of driving in a Triumph Dolomite Sprint;…
Fittipaldi a worthy first Mosport Park, Toronto In the two weeks between the final European Grand Prix at Monza and…
With the tifosi roaring him on and his Ferrari keeping Max Verstappen at bay on the straights, Carlos Sainz began to believe that 2023 Italian Grand Prix victory could be his. But the very pace keeping him in the lead was to prove his downfall, writes Mark Hughes
In MotoGP, no race is any more important than another. They all carry 25 points for the win. But from here on in, every race of the 2012 championship is…
The 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix was memorable for a superb wheel-to-wheel battle in the late stages between the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but that wasn’t the sum…
Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday that Lotus would build engines for the IZOD IndyCar Series’ new 2012 formula. Few details were…