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DIARY
October 18: Opel rocks the German Touring Car scene by poaching reigning champion Klaus Ludwig from Mercedes. He will partner…
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MATTERS OF MOMENT, December 1994
The crowning Irony HAD the lead battle in the Australian Grand Prix lasted the full distance, the chances are that…
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Down to the wire
You wouldn't have given tuppence for his chances of victory after qualifying, but when down in Suzuka Damon Hill kept…
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1994 Australian Grand Prix report: Game, set and crash
Game, set and crash. After going off the road on his own, Michael Schumacher ensured his first World Championship in…
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There but for fortune
But for an alert guardian angel in Suzuka Martin Brundle might have become another statistic in 1994’s grim toll. Observations…
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INTERVIEW - JOHNNY HERBERT
Johnny come lately In 1989 he was F1’s blue-eyed boy. Five years down the road, things may finally be happening…
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POSTCARD FROM AMERICA - CART AT THE CROSSROADS
A second-tier sport? Improved though it might be, IndyCar racing still has hurdles to overcome if it is to be…
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SEASONAL REVIEW - BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Alfa's man, Alfa’s biscuit. Twenty minutes beforehand he had looked like death warmed up, ensconced in his Alfa Romeo swathed…
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ROAD TEST - ASTON MARTIN DB7
ThunDerBall Following on 28 years after the launch of the cherished Aston Martin DB6, you could forgive the air of…
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NEW CARS - SUZUKI CAPPUCCINO
Coffee with cream Rarely, if ever, has a road-taxable car looked quite so much like something which belongs in a…
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NEW CARS - MISTUBISHI LANCER GTi
Lost for words Open the door of the latest Mitsubishi Lancer range; it's like peering into the late 1970s. Lashings…
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NEW CARS - CITROËN 2.5 TD/2.0 16V
Fuel for thought Saturday morning, before daybreak. The XM's fuel gauge indicates that it has about three-quarters of a tank…
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CATALONIA RALLY
Berione by design Hot on the heels of the FIA's announcement of a Two Litre (two wheel drive) World Championship…
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RALLY REVIEW - ZAMBIA RALLY, December 1994
Golf swings When the Zambia Rally began as a national event in 1969, it took the form followed by many…
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RETROSPECTIVE - ANGOULÊME
Streets, cars, names, desire There used to be a racing circuit through the streets of Angoulême. Officially, it no longer…
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Historic focus - TKF 9
D for two TKF 9 was responsible for launching the F1 careers of Henry Taylor and Jim Clark. And it’s…
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VETERAN TO CLASSIC - THE BRIGHTON VETERANS RUN
As much of a British Institution as Trooping The Colour, Changing The Guard or the Queen Mother's Birthday Appearances, the…
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V-to-C Miscellany, December 1994, December 1994
At this year's Royal Tournament, three Rolls-Royces took part, a 1919 tourer, a 1924 Ghost landaulette and a Phantom I…
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VETERAN TO CLASSIC - TEN RECORDS FALL
Congratulations to the MG CC's Triple M Register, whose members, subject to official confirmation, set new records at Millbrook on…
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AIR - THE FLYING ELLISONS
By the 1930s, long-distance flights in light aeroplanes flown by amateur or semi-professional pilots were becoming almost too common. C…
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