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Matters of moment: July 2018, July 2018
Is there such a thing as a born racer? It’s a question that comes up from time to time at…
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Raging Red Bulls
His engines are short of power and his drivers have been undone by their own freedom to race. Delicate times,…
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Word on the beat
Rumour and gossip from the F1 paddock Liberty Media’s F1 marketing boss SEAN BRATCHES has been working hard on trying to inaugurate…
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Trackside view: Barcelona
A rare error, but the answer is blowin’ in the wind Bright sun, strong wind. A classic combination for Circuit…
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Birmingham back on the race map?
There is a strong will to bring Formula E back to the UK... but not necessarily in London For Superprix…
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Acceptance of the halo
It might be ungainly, but fuss is fading For all the furore, it was inevitable that the world would accept…
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Super Tourers stalling?
Eligible cars are plentiful, but few compete The HSCC Super Touring Car Championship was one of the most eagerly anticipated…
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Aren't records made to be broken?
Porsche potential reduced to a mere parade With the excitement generated by the Le Mans-winning Porsche 919’s current world tour…
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Changing of the old guard
Touring cars, bikes, a dearth of Cortinas… and a sprinkling of poetry The British famously have a habit of banging…
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Club racing spotlight: Charles Barter
Charles Barter has spent 25 seasons in the same Datsun For many years the family name was almost as synonymous…
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Heavy metal thunder
V8 muscle, FF 1600 and hotdog-eating contests – the SpeedFest isn’t quite your typical race weekend The sixth American SpeedFest,…
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Hello, goodbye
Jaguar’s outgoing Formula E car to bid farewell at Shelsley Walsh Past meets present this August as Jaguar will be…
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Royal approval
Formula E battery tech brings Williams Queen’s Award Williams Advanced Engineering has been recognised for its development of the Formula…
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Diamond in the rough
Rolls Royce claims top off-road ability in its gem of an SUV To gasps of shock and awe, Rolls-Royce has…
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F1 frontline: July 2018
As Formula 1 awaits its next big regulation change for 2021, interim tweaks are on the horizon. In theory, the…
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Racing lines: July 2018
Britain’s third-biggest spectator event takes place in another country. Why do enthusiasts cross the Channel in droves for it? What…
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Motorcycles: July 2018
Intelligence has always been an important part of going fast, but never more so than in racing’s electronics age Knowledge…
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The archives: July 2018
Playboy or professional? Investigating the track record of Woolf Barnato, high priest of the Bentley Boys In the run-up to…
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Historic scene: July 2018
A concours Ford Zodiac, early Volkswagen Beetles and a £300 Rover 110. It’s amazing where the internet can lead… It…
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Letters: July 2018
Setting history straight As an owner and racer of Historic F3 and F2 Tecnos, at one time owning four, I…
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