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Peter Gethin 1940-2011
Peter Gethin, who has died aged 71 after a long illness, is best remembered for his dramatic BRM victory in…
February 2012
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East African Safari Classic Rally
Mombasa, Kenya Wet weather on a Safari Rally is seldom welcomed by the competitors, whose vocabulary will quickly include such…
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Roger Albert Clark Rally
Helmsley & Carlisle, UK Ultimately, Gwyndaf Evans and John Millington scored a resounding victory on the 2011 Roger Albert Clark…
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Race of Champions
Düsseldorf, Germany With the ink on his new Volkswagen World Rally Championship contract barely dry, Sébastien Ogier held off Audi…
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Ogier ready to lead VW
Hot on the heels of his stunning win in the Race of Champions, Motor Sport caught up with French rising…
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Nigel Roebuck
Reflections – The return of Räikkönen, the decline of Massa – How the party turned sour for Ireland at Lotus…
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A change in direction
In my final column for Motor Sport, I turn to a painful subject: the performance of Williams F1 in the…
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A race to honour Dan
Monday night in Milton Keynes. Cold, dark, neon lights and roundabouts as far as the eye can see. Doesn’t sound…
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Original thinking
John Barnard has always been fascinated by motorcycles. So when he was offered the chance to become chief engineer at…
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A Foyt for today
Tony Stewart put on a superb show in the closing rounds of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. In the…
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FIA action needed
Sir, I wholeheartedly agree with Dr Hambridge’s sentiments on Bahrain expressed in December’s Letters. The FIA should not award rounds…
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Tale of two Taylors
Sir, For several years now I have been researching the life and times of the late John Taylor, who perished…
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Bravo to Delta designer
Sir, The article on the new Delta Wing design from Ben Bowlby in the December issue made me smile and…
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Gentlemen and racers
Sir, December’s Motor Sport was absolutely brilliant with Sir Jackie Stewart as guest editor and Simon Taylor outdoing himself again…
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One hippy says his piece...
Sir, Speaking as a Mk1 hippie and lifelong gearhead, I would like to reply to self-described “grumpy old man” S…
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Grin and hear it
Sir, I offer this succinct critical review of your track test of the 1991 Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B (January issue):…
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Forced into a corner
Sir, With regards to the Delta Wing article, the first question that springs to mind is how on earth is…
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View from the cheap seats
Sir, I received the November issue and, as usual, went straight to Nigel Roebuck’s Reflections and spotted the photo of…
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A helping hand from Hines
Sir, It was sad to hear of the passing of Martin Hines. My little story begins with our epic trip…
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Just the ticket
Sir, I very much enjoyed the Private View feature on Mont Tremblant (December), as I was there as well. The…
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