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Matters of moment, August 1975
The Editor looks back It must be apparent from the contents of this issue that MOTOR SPORT has attained its…
The Editor looks back It must be apparent from the contents of this issue that MOTOR SPORT has attained its…
A Motoring Jamboree Silverstone, July 19th An evening out at the circus is always pleasant, a full day at the…
Morocco Rally If a bookmaker had to give odds on the runners in the RAC Rally, the Monte Carlo Rally…
Swiss Grand Prix The Swiss Grand Prix used to be one of the classic motor races, held on a very…
Mundy's Marvel Since the days of the 3.8 Mk. IIs, Jaguar saloons have grown into rather more "luxury" than "sporting"…
"Francois Cevert" by Jean Claude Hall. 213pp. 8¾ in. x 5½ in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., Godolphin House, 22a,…
From "The Rainbow Picnic", Daphne Fielding's portrait of Iris Tree (Eyre Methuen, 1974), I learn that Iris Trees mother was…
Stuart Turner was one of the many keen and enthusiastic young men who have worked within the pages of our…
An Englishman wins Zandvoort, June 22nd Everyone went to the seaside circuit in Holland resigned to the fact that the…
A section devoted to old car matters The Brooklands Society reunion(June 29th) The Brooklands Society staged its Annual Re-Union at…
Today impecunious young enthusiasts buy shot Minis and have their fun via Issigonis's front-wheel-drive. When I was a young man…
On July 6th the House of Seagram, importers of G. H. Mumm's Cordon Rouge champagne, again sponsored the Classic Prescott…
The Truth, At Last, About That Renault Missing Link We publish hereunder a most interesting letter from the one person…
No. 20—Hoyal the Coachbuilders IN 1929 Hoyal was a name well-known in both the car and boating worlds. The Company…
Runaway win for Ferrari Paul Ricard, Castellet, July 6th The outcome of the French Grand Prix was made abundantly clear…
I was hanging out of a sidecar at the time, riding as passenger to World Champion Eric Oliver in 1948,…
When the Brooklands Gazette was started in July 1924 Great Britain was well respected in Grand Prix racing, with the…
Motor Sport visits the home of Britain's most exclusive car Since the end of World-War-Two the Bristol has earned a…
James Hunt scored a fine win in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in his Hesketh 308. Hunt (top left),…
On June 29th, 1956, the new, standard production, short-nose D-type, XKD 573, was handed over to Phil Weaver, head of…
Karun's latest – grid penalties, the sublime Hamilton, and Ferrari's rotten Asian adventure In the end it was a bit of an anti-climactic race for the second time in a…
Let’s call a spade a spade. Monza doesn’t create great racing. But recently, it does create great races. It’s surprisingly hard to follow, with the low downforce configurations seeing cars…
There were three Ducatis in the top five at last weekend’s final preseason tests – which is why Jorge Lorenzo may just make history next week The two big questions…
After months of speculation, McLaren has officially ended its agreement with Honda. It will switch to Renault power from 2018 onwards, as expected. Renault has officially concluded its agreement with…