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1986 Soliloquy
Nineteen eighty-six was the year when the F1 World Drivers' Championship went the full distance, sustaining interest to the final…
Nineteen eighty-six was the year when the F1 World Drivers' Championship went the full distance, sustaining interest to the final…
Having edited MOTOR SPORT for more than forty years, for half a century if one includes those memorable war years…
Last month we referred in good faith to this journal as being defunct, having been told by the then-Editor, Michael…
For many years F1 tyre supply has been a matter which most teams have taken for granted. There have been…
Driving-tests are an important part of competitive motoring life, because they do not call for a car in racing trim,…
Andy Wallace faced his biggest challenge this season, if not of his career, when he flew out to the Far…
Whether it be at Twickenham, Murrayfield or a levelled coal tip on the slopes of the upper Neath Valley, a…
Mercedes 560SEC If there is one marque closely identified with the life-style of a contemporary Grand Prix driver, it must…
The Estoril circuit in Portugal has its share of slow corners, where racing drivers need to feed the throttle to…
I went to North America to see a Swedish manufacturer demonstrate its durability with a record-breaking 20 days at Talladega,…
How do you fancy a trip to Osterreichring and the Austrian Grand Prix?", came a voice down the phone. "Well,…
The Connaught Story 1954 saw the introduction of a new Formula One and though it was in essence only the…
The article in November's MOTOR SPORT that was prompted by the writings of Dr. David Styles in the Riley Register…
Mazda Turbo 4x4 It seems hardly a month goes by without some manufacturer launching a car into the `hot hatch'…
Honda's Integra fills a vital gap in its model range. It's a pleasantly styled, competent car without being a class…
The GT Turbo, the twelfth variant in Renault's Supercinq range, packs a 115bhp version of the pushrod four which also…
Dear AH, I must say I envied you the other day when you had the chance to drive a current…
The Williams-Honda FW11 won nine of 1986 season's 16 World Championship Grands Prix, securing the Championship for the Anglo-Japanese partnership.…
One of our members recently brought to light an article from MOTOR SPORT dated January, 1985 — "The Motor Mountaineer"…
It must have been the dream of more than one schoolboy, surely, that a racing-car would come into the pits…
In the next three races, Sebastian Vettel cannot afford to risk another three-point penalty, for that would take his total to 12 – at which point an automatic one-race ban…
The telephone rang. “Andrew, the car’s handling like a piece of sh*t.” Spared the usual introductions, this could only my Porsche 911 GT3 driving chum who’d bought the car on…
This season Marc Marquez will use a new engine configuration, inspired by Honda’s first big-bang GP bike of the early 1990s Photo: Michelin Many moons ago I used to buy…
The first ever Estonian WRC round will restart the championship season in September, followed by at least four further rounds - Covid-19 restrictions permitting. The revised WRC calendar was revealed…