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Matters of Moment, February 1991
It is War The Editorial of the October 1939 MOTOR SPORT carried the same heading as the one above. Great…
It is War The Editorial of the October 1939 MOTOR SPORT carried the same heading as the one above. Great…
On January 9th the BRDC unveiled the new-look Silverstone, just five months after the first hole was put in the…
A Bright Outlook The racing may have stopped last November, but Formula One itself never stops, and development, design and…
English remains the common international language of motor racing, even though half the drivers in Formula 1 are Italian and…
Fast Company March, and longtime rivals Lola, will join the World Sportscar Championship in 1992 and both, coincidentally, will offer…
The Underdog Walter Brun, 1986 World Team Champion in sports car racing, will forsake Porsche in the year ahead and…
A Fresh Start The history of British Racing Motors is essentially a story of hopes and heartbreaks in the world…
Seventy Dear Reader, No, I am not talking about our fatuous speed limit on motorways, but of 70 years. When…
The Juggler At the age of 35, Tim Lee-Davey's ambition is as clear as ever: to be a successful racing…
The World Series for 1991 Much has happened in world rallying circles in the past year, but no-one can argue…
The Carrera Panamericana is a 7-day marathon dash through Mexico in what are essentially pre-1955 cars commemorating the Fifties event…
Under the Cam Covers To those in the know, racing engines sometimes appear to resemble those Russian dolls; remove one…
Que Sera Despite the evermore sophisticated engines produced by the car manufacturers, it seems that there is always room for…
Riding High Those who saw the fledgling Formula Renault races in 1989 would be forgiven for thinking that it was…
Never Say Goodbye The new BMW 3-series, which goes on sale in the Spring, represents a worthwhile advance over the…
The Alfa 33 is now available to those with tighter purse strings because Alfa Romeo have added to their 1.7…
Automatically Smart More than a quarter million Porsche 911s have been made since the September 1963 inauguration of a production…
Compiled by WB and WPK Like the VSCC the VMCC has published its 1991 fixtures list. This leading club for…
Ersatz Character I must confess I am confused. Do they offend, or are they an acceptable substitute? Should one turn…
On New Year's Day VSCC members congregate at various venues, to endorse the start of another season's activity, to the…
Can Mick Schumacher turn his season around and convince the sceptics that he’s made of the right stuff? A strong weekend in Baku, a venue that always opens up opportunities…
The life of Britain’s first Formula 1 world champion is to be celebrated at next month's Race Retro Race Retro, powered by Motor Sport, will mark 60 years since Britain’s first Formula…
No Formula 1 team has ever had a perfect season. In 70 years of the world championship, great racing drivers have come and gone and brilliantly-engineered cars have dominated. But…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring McLaren's 100th win and Brawn's memorable first March 27 1965: Gregor Foitek, F3000 race winner and Grand Prix starter, is born.…