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Editorial, November 2002
Ostentatious displays of pomp and circumstance leave me cold. That is not to say that I am totally agin tradition. Not 21-gun-salute tradition, but…
Ostentatious displays of pomp and circumstance leave me cold. That is not to say that I am totally agin tradition. Not 21-gun-salute tradition, but…
American Eagle to soar again in Formula One? The Eagle name could return to Formula One next season. During the GP at Indianapolis, Dan Gurney revealed his plans to create an American F1…
Oulton Park will celebrate its 50th anniversary next season with a programme that will be topped by an improved and extended Gold Cup Historic Festival.…
Bentley has added the Sebring 12 Hours to its 2003 Le Mans programme, and is expected to field a brace of EXP Speed 8s…
The unique Kieft grand prix car, built in 1953/4 but never completed, finally hit the track when it appeared at the VSCC's Silverstone meeting in September.…
Juan Pablo Montoya recorded the fastest-ever F1 qualifying lap during the Italian Grand Prix weekend. The Colombian's 161.467mph pole lap in his Williams FW24 broke the 17-year…
A museum and children's discovery centre is being built by US racing legend Al Unser (above) in the family's home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico.…
The AC Cobra which finished seventh in the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hours has been acquired by Jon Minshaw, son of Alan, founder of…
October 19 Silverstone (GB) The final Historic Sports Car Club meet promises lots of good racing on the National circuit. …
Bengt Söderström, the versatile Swede who made his name driving for the works Ford team during the mid-1960s, died in late August after losing his…
The second running of the Rally of the Tests, which will start from Scarborough on Friday November 8, boasts a capacity…
Classic Le Mans A sense of the surreal abounded at Le Mans in September, as a truly spectacular array of historic racers took part in…
HSCC Mallory Park The Formula Junior pack turned in one of the best races during the Historic Sports Car Club's annual Mallory Park meeting. With teenager Edwin Jowsey recovering…
Group C Round-up Ralf Kelleners won both races as the Group C season concluded at Monza in October. His Porsche 962 outpaced the field, with runner-up finishes going to…
Spa Six Hours Now firmly established as one of the big classic endurance events of the year, the Spa Six Hours drew more than 80 cars to the…
VSCC Hawthorn Trophy The VSCC end-of-season Silverstone meeting suffered because of its clash with the Le Mans Classic, there being smaller entries than usual…
Sir, The recent articles on the two Weslake V12 engines brought back nostalgic memories. I served my apprenticeship with Weslake…
Amon and anon Sir, Your article on Chris Amon reminded me of a photograph (below) I took as a 14-year-old…
Sir, I was saddened some months ago to read of the death of Bruce Halford. Your recent pictures in Motor…
Sir, I much enjoyed the October edition of Motor Sport. But in the Chris Amon article, is that a Matra-Simca…
Looking back on Paul Ricard, which returns to the F1 calendar in 2018 Formula 1 will return to Paul Ricard in 2018 to host what will be the first French…
Few Grands Prix can match Belgium 1991 for ready-made headlines. It began with the incarceration of Jordan driver-cum-local hero Bertrand Gachot, dispatched to HMP Brixton for using a pepper spray…
“He just won’t stop fiddling with things,” says Chevron Cars Ltd. owner David Witt. He’s talking about ex-BTCC and Le Mans driver Anthony Reid who’s putting the Chevron GT3 car…
Fernando Alonso sets only flying laps in third day of F1 testing A snowy third day of Formula 1 testing was led by Fernando Alonso, the McLaren driver setting the…