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VW back on top in F3
The manufacturer that helped launch the careers of future motor sport legends Michael Schumacher, Tom Kristensen and Bernd Schneider is…
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Penske hails 300th victory
Penske Racing has another reason to celebrate during its successful 2008 season – it has now notched up 300 victories.…
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Hamilton, Moss and more
Star drivers from every category of racing are heading to Goodwood By Ed Foster It has been confirmed that Lewis…
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Gordon Kirby – The US Scene
Lay your cards on the table The big news at this year’s 92nd Indy 500 was the creation of an…
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Andrew Frankel – Road cars
Who’ll buy this beauty? Times change. This week a press release landed not on my doormat but, as they all…
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Mat Oxley – MotoGP
Dealing with the pain Rostrum or hospital!” The bike racer’s on-the-grid battle cry is only half a joke. Motorcycle racing…
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Readers' Letters, August 2008, August 2008
Witness to Irwin’s crash Sir, I was interested and delighted to read that Chris Irwin had recently attended the Thruxton…
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Stirling Moss drives his innovative disc brake Jaguar C-Type
The true value of most great technological breakthroughs can usually only be appreciated with the benefit of hindsight. Life didn’t…
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Inside view
Braking news Jaguar, Dunlop and the development of the disc brake When Moss won at Reims, the disc brake was…
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Thinking inside the box
Massive computing power allows a British company to streamline and test cars before they’re built, and even drive them virtually…
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M7A: McLaren's lucky number
I have been connected to McLaren and Mercedes-Benz since 1998, and in that time the history I have witnessed in…
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MG EX181: Abingdon's fastest Land Speed Record car
When talk turns to the golden age of British Land Speed Record hegemony between the wars and on into the…
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A new world order
SEAT’s diesel has risen to the fore in this year’s World Touring Car Championship, to the consternation of its petrol-powered…
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“All your life you follow a dream to drive an F1 car – and then you have this chance...”
What’s it like to step up from a junior racing car to your very first test in Formula 1? It’s…
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Hits and near-misses
From title shootouts to pitstop trauma, ex-arrows man David Lowe has seen it all. He spoke to Rob Widdows David…
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Niche work if you can get it
BMW has created a new class of car with its X6 – the first ‘Sports Activity Coupé’. But who asked…
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F1 non-championship races Part One: the ’50s
Away from the limelight of the World Championship, these races sometimes ran at unusual venues, with drivers determined to gain…
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Unique Jaguar up for auction
Jaguar ‘E2A’, the prototype racer that provided the link between the D-type and E-type, is expected to sell for over…
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Lola history repeated at Brands
As part of the celebrations to mark 50 years of Lola, the first sub-60 second lap of the Brands Hatch…
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