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NASCAR in the doldrums
The atmosphere was sombre as Jimmie Johnson wrapped up his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship at the Homestead-Miami Speedway…
February 2009
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Edwards racks up the race wins
Through the final half-dozen NASCAR Sprint Cup races of 2008, Jimmie Johnson’s biggest challengers were the Roush Fenway Fords driven…
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American teens show F1 potential
In our 1000th issue (December 2008) I lamented the disappearance of US drivers and teams from Europe and international racing…
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Facing a harsh truth
At times as bad as these, it is important to keep a level head and, if you are a captain…
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New-look Cayman beats big sister
After the comparative disappointment of the new 911, it’s good to spend a couple of days being enchanted by a…
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Beefed-up Farbio still in demand
A year ago I brought news of the Farbio GTS, a great-looking British sports car with a fantastic chassis but…
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Norton's rotary revival
Norton is back, and not for the first time. The grand old name of motorcycling – grander than Triumph, older…
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BMW gets serious, MotoGP loses out
Difficult to believe, but BMW has never seriously contested a motorcycle road-racing World Championship. Its greatest bike racing days were…
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Rossi fights to keep M1 advantage
Valentino Rossi has had a busy few weeks of hopping back and forth between two wheels and four. In between…
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Letters, February 2009
If you can’t say something nice… Sir, Here we go again… We get a sporting hero, something akin to hen’s…
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Paternity test
The modern-day Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car is one of many evolutions born from the original RSR. So has the…
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A hard rain's a-gonna fall
Formula 1 is facing the biggest financial storm in its history. The sport must adjust, or face being washed away…
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The BBC: are they ready for the switch?
Twelve years after it lost out to ITV, the BBC has won back the contract to screen F1. That was…
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Loeb keeps winning feeling
Not content with a fifth WRC crown, Sébastien Loeb beat a star line-up to win his third Race of Champions…
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Ford C100
Designer Tony Southgate insists the troubled endurance racer could have brought success back to Ford in the mid-1980s By Keith…
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"If he'd done F1 10 years ago he would have been world champion"
For the past five years Sébastien Loeb has totally dominated world rallying. But beyond that he is arguably today’s best…
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A long way from home
Rudolf Caracciola’s trophies are on display in Indianapolis. So how did his silverware end up so far from Germany? By…
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Lunch with... David Piper
He is the farmer turned privateer racer who spent years touring Europe, and winning in a succession of great sports…
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Cheever on Warwick
The re-match: in May last year Derek talked about Eddie (left). Now the racing boot is on the other foot…
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The second coming
Despite an indifferent first season, Nelson Piquet has another chance to show if he has his father’s abilities By Adam…
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