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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…
Readers of this magazine may be familiar with the names of Paul and Barbara Karassik. The intrepid pair made something…
Putting the world to rights with Martin Brundle "Of course I’m a bit jaundiced about him at the moment –…
How life after Rosberg affects Mercedes... and Williams Nico Rosberg’s sudden retirement as world champion (putting him in company with…
Nico Rosberg won’t be the only significant absentee from Mercedes technical briefings in 2017. Paddy Lowe is also poised to…
A sports car superteam Porsche announce its new driver line-up for 2017 A desire to add to his tally of…
Time for America to sharpen up In recent years major league American motor racing has suffered a precipitous decline in…
Pain in Bahrain, but a strong 2016 The last race of the season in Bahrain didn’t quite go to plan……
Motorcycling's need for speed If Guy Martin had become the world’s fastest motorcyclist last September he would have been the…
Ferrari 250 GTO The autobiography of 4153 GT Keith Bluemel This fine series would not be complete without one of…
All change... thanks to F1 GP calendar shuffle has knock-on effect for fixtures The change of date for the 2017…
Ford GT40 “Is it a real one?” The question everyone who turns up in a GT40 dreads. A supercar sensation…
New from Newport Pagnell Aston to build 25 new DB4GT lightweights Aston Martin is to produce a series of 25…
The company that built the 250F, arguably the most elegant Grand Prix car of all time, has just launched its…
Bad news for rivals: the bar has just been raised for very hot hatches Those who read these pages a couple of…
Drop-tops often have drawbacks, but here's an exception I used to giggle at people who drove convertible mid-engined Ferraris, figuring…
Estate cars were once the Swedish firm's forte, but is that still the case? Last month I put the new…
Hamilton not thinking Lewis Hamilton may be an instinctive racer but he isn’t a smart one. If he had used…
Keeping an eye on the time: powerful players in the watch world H Moser & Cie The 19th-century watchmaker Heinrich…
From February 24-26, the Race Retro exhibition at Stoneleigh, Kenilworth is in part being “powered by Motor Sport”. That merits…
Having been stored for many years, Lotus 33 R11 is poised for a sympathetic restoration I have known R11’s owner…
Alberto Ascari drove racing cars as though born to it – which, of course, he had been. Father Antonio – much admired by the formative Enzo Ferrari – had until…
Happy birthday to the man in the green helmet. Henri Pescarolo is 72 today. Fifty years ago he was a third-year medical student – a young non-shaver – winning for…
McLaren has unveiled its full-time IndyCar effort ahead of the 2020 season. The team has unveiled the liveries that will be used by both of its drivers as part of…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here To buy the lead image click here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define…