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Matters of moment, January 2017
So, farewell then Ron Dennis. You were a titan of the sport. Like many reigns the end was messy –…
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Reflections with Nigel Roebuck
Penalty areas, Max's tactics, Vettel vs. the world Four weeks after the Malaysian Grand Prix, it was sobering to watch…
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F1 frontline with Mark Hughes
2016 Grand Prix review: How Rosberg finally ended his Hamilton jinx A different Mercedes world champion. Nico Rosberg had to…
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Top 10 drivers of the year
10 Valtteri Bottas Difficult to know if the final place in the top 10 should go to Bottas or Pérez.…
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A year in numbers
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International racing
What next for the WEC? Series bosses play down the effect of Audi's departure Audi’s withdrawal from the World Endurance…
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Gordon Kirby
A star-studded send-off On the first weekend in November, four months after his death, Carl Haas’s devoted wife and business partner…
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Darren Turner
Motor racing's unpredictable highs and lows I wasn’t supposed to race in the 2016 European Le Mans Series, but an…
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Mat Oxley
Márquez's greatest yet In 2015 Marc Márquez lost his MotoGP crown and slumped to third overall because he crashed too…
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Historic racing
Big plans for category's landmark anniversary Champions from throughout the history of Formula Ford will gather at the Legends of…
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Reviews, January 2017
From the cockpit Bruce McLaren Certain contemporary Formula 1 stars would do well to discard awhile their mobile phones, switch…
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Road cars
McLaren plans new hypercar Forthcoming three-seater recalls spirit of original F1 McLaren has announced it is to build a new…
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Road test: Ferrari F12 TdF
For years manufacturers have been making their sports cars ever more compliant. Or at least, they were... In these days…
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Road test: BMW i3
Brilliantly engineered, but will the latest tweaks finally boost sales? If, a year ago, you had predicted Trump, Brexit and…
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Road test: Audi R8 Spyder
Better than most alfresco conversions, although there is a 'but'... Although it surprises me to say as much, the new…
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Road test: Mercedes-Benz E220 D AMG Line
Stuttgart's big estate has long been the best car of its kind. Rest assured that it remains so I’ve always…
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Letters, January 2017
Group B reality check Thank you for your evocative article on Group B rallying, published in the December 2016 issue.…
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Hall of Fame
Meet star names from the past at Race Retro Visitors to Race Retro, the historic motor sports show, will be…
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Precision, January 2017
Keeping an eye on the time: powerful players in the watch world Junghans There are many watch companies, such as…
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Lunch with... Jean Alesi
By a strange quirk of history Jean Alesi’s CV includes just a single Grand Prix victory, achieved at Montréal in…
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