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McLaren M23
I first drove the McLaren M23 at the end of 1974, and over the next few years I got to…
July 1997
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Onwards & upwards
In the 1930s, Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz fought epic battles on the mountain climbs of Europe now the fierce rivalry…
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The life of Brian
Brian Lister tells Gordon Cruickshank about his giant-killing cars, the company and Archie Scott Brown, who would have been 70…
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Wing Commander: Phil Hill and the groundbreaking Chaparral 2F
The sharknose Ferrari was every schoolboy's epitome of the early 1960s Formula 1 car, and it still has a place in…
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Chaparral 2F: The wind of change
The famous rear wing was the Chaparral's most obvious aerodynamic appendage, and one which Formula One would embrace wholeheartedly the…
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Mike Spence remembered by his friends: An unrewarded F1 talent
The Chaparral 2F is enshrined in motor racing lore as the car that allowed the underrated Mike Spence to demonstrate…
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The versatile Wisdoms
Their daughter was the famous one, but Tommy and Elsie Wisdom made their own mark in 25 years of racing…
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God's speed
Chaplain to both Queen and BRDC, Canon Lionel Webber is the force behind the remarkable Retro 97, taking place in…
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Discovering BMW's lost leader
As both racing car and money-making machine, the BMW M1 was an abject failure but, on the road,it proved sublime.…
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Procar: When current F1 champs went tin-top racing
They rolled, they slid wildly and, despite paying lip service to aerodynamics with nose spoilers and rear wings, they had…
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John Miles drives the Lotus 49 – the car that changed F1 forever
John Miles beckons me over with a crook of a gloved index finger. He points to a smear of blue…
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Derek Warwick
He's a veteran of over 140 Grand Prix, but none compares with that first taste of success in a stock…
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Volkswagen Golf GTi
Twenty years ago the Golf GTi defined a new breed of fast, practical fun car. Now, says Andrew Frankel, VW…
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The Bentley and the Chauffeur
The first time I saw a 3 1/2-litre Bentley, the sensation of 1933, was when I was associated with an…
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VSCC Action at Colerne Sprint
The VSCC is getting on with a very full fixture-list, and it has occurred to me that whereas driver ability…
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Castrol-R - The scent of racing
Pre-war motor racing will forever be associated with the scent of Castrol-R engine oil, mingled with the fuel fumes of…
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Miscellany, July 1997
The Brooklands Museum is open for business conferences, promotion parties and even weddings, and now the Bugatti OC is offering…
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To Scotland
By a coincidence, having recalled my first acquaintance with a Derby-built Bentley, I received a letter from a long-standing reader…
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Remembering the `Babs' cot
On July 18 50 years ago a clergyman stood in London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children and dedicated…
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