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Honda Type R Story book review
Type R is Honda’s performance label and in these two large volumes Lionel Lucas takes us through the whole story…
February 2024
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Jimmy Vasser: The Motor Sport Interview
Jimmy Vasser has been making headlines in American motor racing for more than 30 years and today he remains in…
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Andy Priaulx: My Life in Cars
My family car as a child... A Ferrari Dino! My father was a Ferrari dealer in Guernsey and I still…
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Flashback: Monte Carlo Rally has rarely looked — or smelt — better
The Monte Carlo Rally caught my imagination in 1956 when Ronnie Adams hefted a Jaguar Mark VII (manual, no overdrive…
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Letters - February 2024
I find it interesting that Max Verstappen was quoted in various media outlets as not being enthusiastic about the promotional…
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Laura Ferrari: The driving force behind Enzo’s empire
Enzo Ferrari liked women. That’s a fact. Ask Gerhard Berger when he was happiest in his career as a racing…
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Stunt driver and actor: Marino Franchitti’s role in Ferrari film
When Marino Franchitti jumped on a call with Michael Mann, the director of Ferrari, the Scot thought any potential role…
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Michael Mann: ‘I had to make Ferrari film the right way otherwise I didn’t want to make it at all’
The release of Ferrari this month is the culmination of an odyssey that spans 30 years for director and Hollywood…
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Ferrari sweep the board again
From: Motor Sport, June 1957 1957 Mille Miglia The Ferrari team received notification of only the first three positions…
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F1 in 2023, a record-breaking season
Given that the championship had been wrapped up almost two months earlier, there was little tension around the Abu Dhabi…
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Johnny Herbert: ‘Mansell’s F1 car was fastest but he gave it everything. It was the same with Verstappen’
I know some people, myself included, would say the season was boring and predictable. But you have to give Red…
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The birth of Motor Sport in 1924
The Organ of Motor and Motor Cycle Sport. That was this magazine’s subtitle at its inception, when it began life…
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Bentley Speed Six: Bentley Boys' Le Mans-winning beast
Voting has now closed in our Race Car of the Century poll and the winner will be announced later this…
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World Rallycross in Hong Kong dust-up
Looking out towards Hong Kong’s famous Victoria Bay, a cloud suddenly appears. Is it mist coming in off the water,…
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How to build a rallycross track in 10 days
The World Rallycross Championship put in a herculean effort to get its season-finale Hong Kong street circuit completed in barely…
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Best racing photos of 2023
IndyCar Having lifted a breakthrough IndyCar title during his first full season back in 2021, how much better could Alex…
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Eric Crudgington Fernihough: Biker who took on the Nazis and won
Sat in a dusty cupboard in the bowels of the Royal Automobile Club, leafing through ancient volumes of The Motor…
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The V8 Vantage GT2 that returned Aston Martin Racing to serious competition
I shan’t forget the first time I clapped eyes on Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage in its 2005 launch year. It…
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Vauxhall Lotus Carlton price tops £100k
1991 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton Sold by Historics, £111,524 If prices for fast Fords can hit six-figures, why shouldn’t it be…
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Motor Sport collection: A new star of Formula 1 art
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