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Matters of Moment, July 2011
Pie in the sky? Perhaps not... Formula 1 is "currently" not for sale. So says CVC Capital Partners, the private…
July 2011
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Contributors
Adam Cooper We don't normally see Adam as our Hollywood reporter, but the new Senna movie is a special case.…
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The Motor Sport Month - Formula 1 News
Todt defends engine choice Jean Todt is standing by the controversial 2013 F1 turbo rules, despite opposition from Bernie Ecclestone…
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The Motor Sport Month - Track days
Nurburgring firm wins case Ron Simons' RSRNurburg company has won its court case against Niirburgring Automotive GmbH at the German…
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The Motor Sport Month - Historic News
Connaught to race again After 18 years in a French garage and nearly 30 years after its last event, the…
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The Motor Sport Month - FIA
Too many series for Todt Jean Todt has made it clear that he's not happy with the myriad of single-seater…
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The Motor Sport Month - Sports Car News
Le Mans set for close battle Audi and Peugeot were evenly matched at the Le Mans Test Day at the…
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The Motor Sport Month - Rallying News
VW out to win in WRC Volkswagen expects its Polo R World Rally Car to be a winner from the…
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The Motor Sport Month - Obituaries
Soames Langton Fifteen years after suffering a devastating accident in a GT race at Nogaro, Soames Langton died in late…
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The Motor Sport Month - Historic News
Jags to star at Silverstone Races for the E-type Challenge and Group C cars will have star billing at the…
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Events of the Month
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Spa 1000Kms Peugeot took home the silverware on the first competitive meeting of its second-generation 908 and arch…
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Nigel Roebuck
REFLECTIONS - How F1 has gone from one extreme to the other - JYS on being global news and a…
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Patrick Head
FEISTY JUST LIKE HIS DAD May was a difficult time at Williams, having started the season far from where we…
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Rob Widdows
EVERY SHOW NEEDS A STAR Never been to Indianapolis? You must. It is one of the great motor racing occasions.…
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Mat Oxley
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN As always, the first week of June is Isle of Man TT week. This year however, is…
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Gordon Kirby
RENEWED PROMISE For a while Mike Conway was known mostly for his spectacular flip along the fence on the final…
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Letters, July 2011
A brave rescue bid Sir, I regret to have to record that my tribute to Elio de Angelis, which was…
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Senna The Making of a Screen Idol
He is known to motor radng fans everywhere, but thanks to the efforts of British film-makers, cinema-goers worldwide are now…
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Choice cuts
Senna quotes from the film — and the cutting room floor — reveal much Ayrton Senna could be articulate and…
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Roebuck: 'Senna was the most complex character I ever encountered in F1'
For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn't get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so.…
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