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Matters of moment, November 1991
No beating about the Bush The defeat of Jean-Marie Balestre by Max Mosley in the FISA presidential election will materially…
November 1991
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Diary
The Month in Motor Sport Sep 14: John Gray sets a new course record at Brighton Speed Trials in his…
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Letter to readers, November 1991
Special Brews Dear Reader, One of the things I enjoy about Vintage Sports Car Club meetings is the variety of…
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1991 Portuguese Grand Prix
Wheel of misfortune What more does Nigel Mansell have to do to win the World Championship? It was the question…
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Delirium Tremens
The deal of the decade? Footwork and Porsche are now counting the cost (and the embarrassment) of rash promises and…
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1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Prolonging the dream As a venue we feared the worst, worried that, literally, it might have nothing; as a race,…
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Formula One Scene
Worrying traits There is little point is writing much about the F1 World Drivers' Championship in this issue of Motor…
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SWC Magny-Cours
Home fire burning The Sportscar World Championship has been a one-sided contest this year, and the result of the sixth…
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Interview
Where next Mr President? MLC interviews new FISA president Max Mosley "I looked in my shaving minor this morning and…
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SWC Mexico City
Double and quits It took a while for the Silk Cut Jaguar team to react to the success in Mexico.…
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European F3000 Championship
Keeping it in the family When Emerson Fittipaldi clinched the 1974 World Championship at Watkins Glen, his McLaren was powered…
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Arront Nonsense
What's in a name? Last month, we pointed out that Formula 3000's name meant very little to the world at…
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British Touring Car Championship
Hoy fever The British Touring Car Championship ran as a one-class two-litre formula for the first time in 1991. Gone…
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HSCC Silverstone
Wet, wet, wet They might just as well have held the meeting in a jacuzzi, such were conditions for the…
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Rally Australia
Delta Wave When Carlos Sainz crashed out of contention whilst leading the 1000 Lakes Rally it was an uncharacteristic lapse,…
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Road Test – Honda NSX
Instant Heritage Despite the absence of a rear "+ 2" seat and the presence of a firmly mid-mounted engine, the…
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New cars: Alfa Romeo 164 3.0 Cloverleaf
Alfa Romeo has been riding the British recession effectively. Unusually, it is the largest car in the line, the 164…
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Veteran to classic -- forgotten makes
The Douglas Light Car Douglas motorcycles were known and esteemed the world over in pre-war days. The famous belt-drive flat-twins…
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Veteran to classic -- 0-100-0
We see that a weekly contemporary is organising a competition for its readers to see which of their cars can…
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Veteran to classic -- a classic protest
Protests over the results of races or rallies are nasty things! Necessary perhaps but nasty nevertheless. They can cause ill-feeling…
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