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Simon Taylor: Modern Times
Justin Wilson's signing for Minardi has finally brought into F1 a young British driver whose talent and speed were in…
February 2003
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1955 British Grand Prix: Nigel Roebuck's F1 Legends
The 2002 Formula One season may have been largely desultory, for many reasons, but for me it had its moments.…
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Working-class heroes
We list the most crucial moments in the rise and fall of the Surbiton garagistes who mixed top-line driver talent,…
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The right stuff
Out of a small workshop, and against enormous odds, sprang an unlikely world force. But Paul Fearnly believes that what…
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Avant garda
1949: Circuito del Garda Once upon a time, Sir Stirling Moss was just a young talent trying to establish his…
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Rude awakening
1955: Richmond Trophy, Goodwood Jack Brabham's success at cooper was the product of graft and talent. His first UK race…
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Pivot Point
1955: Redex Trophy, Snetterton History often hinges upon events deemed insignificant at the time. Brabham's drive in this race was…
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Petit theft
1958: Argentine Grand Prix Fangio was the darling of the crowd, but it was Stirling Moss and his tiny Copper…
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Little Belter: the Cooper F1 team
Pragmatists, not purists: That was Cooper compared to design-led Lotus, or the intensive engineering of BRM. While Colin Chapman was…
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Low and behold
1960: First test of the 'lowline', Silverstone The team was still winning, but its car was fast becoming outdated. Something…
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Hit the jackpot
1960: FIVE CONSECUTIVE GP VICTORIES Lotus seemed to be holding all the aces, only to be trumped by Cooper's 'Black…
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Pros and cons
1964: JACKIE STEWART'S FIRST F3 TEST So effortless did it appear - in and out of the cockpit - there…
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Rand finale
1967: South African Grand Prix In F1, Cooper's stock had dropped for five seasons, but there was a brief respite…
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Coup de Grace
1968:Final season, last works driver Vic Elford was a rally star, but F1 is where he wanted to be. Delighted…
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Flat out to deceive: Why Jean-Pierre Jarier never won an F1 race
It was 1996, 13 years since Jean-Pierre Jarier had last raced in Formula 1. The Porsche Supercup cars arrived under…
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Prize repossessions
Jarier made his F1 debut in 1971 in a March 701 - but in bizarre circumstances. "I'd met Hubert Hahne…
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Fifteen minutes of fame: Fuel speed ahead
EMKA: Le Mans 24 hours - June 15-16, 1985 Porsche blitzed Lancia by taking the first five places,but for a…
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Knights of cold
There's nothing so thrilling as a rally car sideways on the snow. But climate change and the sports hot new…
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Me and my Arrows: optimistic birth of an F1 team that ended in court
It's funny how a throwaway remark can sometimes boomerang. Walking into the Shadow team's garage at the 1978 Silverstone International…
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Milestones rather than millstones
1978: Riccardo Patrese leads, Arrows'second-ever GP, at Kyalami, qualifies fifth twice, and finishes second in Sweden. 1980: Patrese finishes in…
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