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Matters of moment, February 2017
Readers of this magazine may be familiar with the names of Paul and Barbara Karassik. The intrepid pair made something…
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Nico Rosberg's retirement — Reflections with Nigel Roebuck
Putting the world to rights with Martin Brundle "Of course I’m a bit jaundiced about him at the moment –…
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F1 frontline with Mark Hughes
How life after Rosberg affects Mercedes... and Williams Nico Rosberg’s sudden retirement as world champion (putting him in company with…
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Changing of the old guard
Nico Rosberg won’t be the only significant absentee from Mercedes technical briefings in 2017. Paddy Lowe is also poised to…
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International racing
A sports car superteam Porsche announce its new driver line-up for 2017 A desire to add to his tally of…
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Gordon Kirby
Time for America to sharpen up In recent years major league American motor racing has suffered a precipitous decline in…
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Darren Turner
Pain in Bahrain, but a strong 2016 The last race of the season in Bahrain didn’t quite go to plan……
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Mat Oxley
Motorcycling's need for speed If Guy Martin had become the world’s fastest motorcyclist last September he would have been the…
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Reviews, February 2017
Ferrari 250 GTO The autobiography of 4153 GT Keith Bluemel This fine series would not be complete without one of…
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Historic racing
All change... thanks to F1 GP calendar shuffle has knock-on effect for fixtures The change of date for the 2017…
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Dream garage
Ford GT40 “Is it a real one?” The question everyone who turns up in a GT40 dreads. A supercar sensation…
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Road cars
New from Newport Pagnell Aston to build 25 new DB4GT lightweights Aston Martin is to produce a series of 25…
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Road test: Maserati Levante
The company that built the 250F, arguably the most elegant Grand Prix car of all time, has just launched its…
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Road test: BMW M140i
Bad news for rivals: the bar has just been raised for very hot hatches Those who read these pages a couple of…
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Road test: Ferrari 488 Spider
Drop-tops often have drawbacks, but here's an exception I used to giggle at people who drove convertible mid-engined Ferraris, figuring…
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Road test: Volvo V90 D4
Estate cars were once the Swedish firm's forte, but is that still the case? Last month I put the new…
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Letters, February 2017
Hamilton not thinking Lewis Hamilton may be an instinctive racer but he isn’t a smart one. If he had used…
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Precision, February 2017
Keeping an eye on the time: powerful players in the watch world H Moser & Cie The 19th-century watchmaker Heinrich…
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Lotus 33 R11: A classic rediscovered
The original - and one of the very best Jim Clark's 1965 World Championship Lotus 33 breaks cover after four…
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The owner's story
Having been stored for many years, Lotus 33 R11 is poised for a sympathetic restoration I have known R11’s owner…
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