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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…
The handbagging afters between Sebastian Vettel and Narain Karthikeyan in Malaysia were pure sanitised Formula 1: nothing more savage than a sound bite or two. Idiot. Crybaby. Hardly bare-knuckle. Neither…
A Ferrari 412P has just sold for more than $30m at auction and Andrew Frankel knows how special it is, having driven it at a landmark moment for Motor Sport and his own career
To make a great driver, you need bravery, instinct and speed. To make that driver great, you need a talented engineer. In the latest Motor Sport podcast series, we interview…
Welcome to another 'week in motor sport'. There was plenty to talk about this week and I sat down with features editor Rob Widdows to mull over the Hungarian Grand…