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Matters of moment, December 1985
During 1985 we have been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the title Motor Sport. While looking back has been fun,…
During 1985 we have been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the title Motor Sport. While looking back has been fun,…
Motor Sport enthusiasts who are students now have a Championship event of their own, the Endsleigh National Student Motorsport Championship.…
Kyalami, October 19th The fact that the Renault and Ligier teams both made the gesture of missing the 1985 edition…
Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, November 3rd Perhaps wondering inwardly whether he was doing the right thing moving to the McLaren…
For the first time since the Brazilian Grand Prix at Rio de Janeiro started the 1985 World Championship season back…
The 1984 season saw the Marlboro / TAG sponsored McLaren team win 12 out of the 16 World Championship Grand…
Mazda RX-7 Mazda makes no bones about it; the brand new version of its successful 2 + 2 sports coupe…
Toyota Supreme in Ivory Coast There can be no doubt that the Ivory Coast Rally is not the most favoured…
As this will be the last issue of Motor Sport to appear before the festive season breaks out, it seems…
We have had to become used to almost any old and interesting car not being the real thing as the…
DIY Expert As a breed, motor racing journalists are a pretty cynical bunch. We don't start off that way, we…
My attention has been drawn to the chapter on "Motors And Motoring" in Earl Russell's book "My Life and Adventures"…
Books For Christmas "The Ford That Beat Ferrari – A Racing History Of The GT40" by Gordon Jones & John…
Not bad! Even mention of Diesel power is an anathema to keen drivers who associate such propulsion with sluggish performance,…
To Brighton by Talbot November’s Veteran Car Run to Brighton, organised by RAC Motor Sports Association, is as popular as…
Too late to record last month, it was sad to learn of the death of David H. Murray, which severs…
A Look Back To The Roads Of The 1920s The year is 1924 and we left Owen John, whose motoring…
I had the opportunity of spending an evening with Mr H. S. Eaton, a versatile Australian sportsman, who has enjoyed…
First, some corrections to errors that crept in last month. In my article about David Harrison's 1907 Renault it should…
Ford Escort RS Turbo Packaging is everything At the end of last year, Ford announced that it would build 5,000…
Austria was the second successive Grand Prix in which the team that locked-out the front row lucked-out in terms of victory. In Canada, Mercedes-Benz proved how hard it’s pushing the…
Professional racing drivers tend to fight shy of admitting to a favourite circuit because any such pronouncement presupposes that there are tracks where they might find themselves unable to give…
Stirling Moss attempted to win Le Mans ten times, even though the restraint required for the 24 Hour enduro went against his racing instinct. He may never have claimed victory but, writes Damien Smith, his superlative performances meant that it never troubled him
Lewis Hamilton has shared his memories of Murray Walker, the day after the iconic commentator's passing