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The hot seat
This is my first issue of Motor Sport, and I feel privileged to take over the editor’s chair on such…
August 2006
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Audi R10 Diesel wins Le Mans 24 hours
Pirro, Biela and Werner take the chequered flag first Audi took a historic first diesel win in the Le Mans…
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Moss honoured with bronze statue
Mallory Park unveiling Leicestershire track adds to its collection of racing-related art A life-sized bronze statue of Sir Stirling Moss…
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Collins returns 21 to competition
The Lotus 21 which scored Team Lotus’s first grand prix win has returned to racing in the hands of new…
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Chimay in jeopardy
Licence pulled on safety grounds Just weeks before the meeting planned to mark the 80th anniversary of racing at Chimay,…
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News in brief, August 2006
Moss speaks If after reading our Lunch with Stirling Moss feature (p46) you fancy hearing the man himself talk, he…
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Silverstone return after 25 years
Howells revives de Udy porsche 906 Targa Florio veteran takes to track again at British Grand Prix The Porsche 906…
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Longes to round off tour in park
Australian racer Richard Longes recently completed a three-race European tour with his ex-Bib Stilwell Cooper T51 and aims to round…
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Pescarolo pushes on in 640
Re-creation runs clean Four-times Le Mans winner steps back in time to tame the car which nearly ended his career…
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Packed Prescott for VSCC climb
The Vintage Sports Car Club is expecting a capacity entry of 250 cars for its annual Prescott hillclimb on August…
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Obituary – Johnny Servoz-Gavin
(1942-2006) Handsome, athletic and tressed to thrill, this carefree man from Grenoble appeared destined for F1 greatness when he grabbed…
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Diary: What's on this month
July 15/16 Magny-Cours (F) Grand Prix Centenary race supporting the French Grand Prix. www.grandprixmasters.org July 15/16 Spa-Francorchamps (B) Historic GP…
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Obituary – Doug Serrurier
(1920-2006) This South African engineer raced a self-built F1 car three times – 1962, ’63 and ’65 – in his…
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Stirling Moss scrapbook 1961
Stirling Moss and Philip Porter The second of Porter’s Moss scrapbooks, this follows Moss’s 1961 month by month, expanding on…
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Grand Prix!
Rare images of the first 100 years Quentin Spurring One of our frustrations at Motor Sport is weeding down an…
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Targa Florio – 20th Century epic
Pino Fondi This is the official book celebrating the centenary of Sicily’s incredible road race, and covers everything within its…
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The Bahamas Speed Weeks
Terry O’Neill This is the official book celebrating the centenary of Sicily’s incredible road race, and covers everything within its…
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Sporting opportunities
This month’s lots... Pebble Beach weekend highlights a packed month for the sales houses So you’ve decided to go sportscar…
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Le Mans – not the first?
Sir, I am somewhat confused as to why the 1906 Grand Prix at Le Mans Connerré is considered to be…
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Autograph hunting
Sir, I read with interest Nigel Roebuck’s article on Giuseppe Farina, and especially about how he never liked signing autographs.…
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