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Matters of moment, August 1985
Formula One rules - Farcical, or acceptable? In recent Grand Prix races we have seen leading cars run dry on…

Formula One rules - Farcical, or acceptable? In recent Grand Prix races we have seen leading cars run dry on…
The Citroen SM was always a fast car, even by today's standards, but surely the claim of 200 mph is rather…
Right hand drive versions of the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 are now available though sales will be restricted to 600…
A Rosberg romp Downtown Detroit, USA, June 23rd No sooner was the Canadian Grand Prix finished in Montreal than the teams…
D.S.J.: Good morning A.H. Since we wept tears together as we looked at the wonderful Circuit Nationale de Francorchamps, declared…
New Zealand's premier rally certainly has a chequered history as far as the World Championship is concerned. In its early years…
The primary purpose of a language is to provide a means of communication, and there most be many soul-less, clinical,…
Museums have a habit of Motor Museums have a habit of a springing up all over the place these days, like molehills…
Works Porsche on form One of the features of this year's World Endurance Championship has been the closing-up of performances…
Normality returns Castellet, July 7th With the Grand Prix season around its half-way point everything looked to be set fair…
Four things make Crossle Cars interesting. The first is the firm's survival, the company more or less ties with Mallock…
The problem of having been too often snow-bound on my own house-drive -two years ago we only got food replenishments…
Amidst general approval, a comment which has been made more than once about Reliant's new small open sports car is that…
Apart from the VSCC Race Meeting on August 25th, referred to elsewhere, the VSCC Prescott speed hill-climb takes place on August…
Earlier this year, Toyota extended its Corolla range by adding a series of fwd hatchbacks to be sold in addition to…
It was a splendid idea of John Aldington's of AFN Ltd to revive the former Stanley Cup Inter-Club Contest which was decided…
The highlight of the Aston Martin Owners Club's competition year has become the St John Horsfall meeting at Silverstone. This…
Avon tyres are an all-British product and were seen in the proud position of being fitted to the Rolls-Royce and Bentley…
One of my favourite trick questions on motor racing is: "What is the national racing colour of Egypt?" This arcane…
French Grand Prix THE French Grand Prix returned to the Paul Ricard circuit for the first time since 1983 and…
The Alfa Romeo-powered Minardi M185 was launched in 1984, but it never actually took to the track... Fire-eaters. Jugglers. Acrobats. The Spice Girls… Formula 1 launches have over the years…
Insider news from the Silverstone MotoGP paddock gives us the best indication yet that BMW is planning to enter the premier class in the next few seasons, most likely in…
McLaren has revealed the MCL35 at its Woking base ahead of winter testing in Barcelona. The team has retained its papaya orange and blue colours from last season with a…
Last week I jumped in the car and fought through the ‘variable’ speed limit on the M25 to get to Brooklands by 6pm. As far as I can tell the…