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Editor's Letter
As luck would have it I was at Motorsport UK’s offices at the end of last month, when the news…
July 2019
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Staff list // Details matter
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
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Matters 1 Lauda
‘Extraordinary’ scarcely does him justice. Niki Lauda rarely features near the top when motor sport’s all-time greats are discussed, but…
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Matters 2 Lauda side
They raced against each other for many years and together in Formula 1 for three seasons but throughout there remained…
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Matters 3 Rally Crash
Thierry Neuville’s huge accident during Rally Chile may have been spectacular, but it also served as a reminder of how…
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Matters 4 W Series
W Series may be working as intended, with Jamie Chadwick having sealed a deal to become a Williams Formula 1…
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Matters 5 Porsche
Three Porsche Type 64s were built for the Berlin-Rome 1500km road race, but two were destroyed and that race never…
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Matters 6 Bentley
A unique single-seat Bentley racing car built in the 1970s and developed with the direct assistance of Rolls-Royce, has been…
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Matters 7 Scotsman
In much the same way that Stirling Moss’s name remains synonymous with motor racing, The Flying Scotsman has a similarly…
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Mark Hughes
Unintended consequences invariably unfold whenever Formula 1 makes any sort of change. It’s inevitable in something so complex. They can…
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Mat Oxley
MotoGP’s aero conflict has been looming since 2016, when Ducati introduced its first multi-winged Desmosedici. Hostilities finally broke out at…
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Doug Nye
Ground-effect racing car aerodynamics can be a double-edged sword. In essence, those airflow-accelerating underfloor surfaces were developed to suck the…
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Andrew Frankel
It might be that you’ve caught me on a bad day, but it seems the future for those of us…
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Jennie Gow
When it comes to Formula 1, I think I’m a bit of a jinx. My very first F1 race weekend…
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F1 Race Report
Forget, for a moment, Charles Leclerc’s unfortunate qualifying accident in Baku just as it looked like he was about to…
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Trackside view
As far as technical demands go, there probably isn’t a more testing sequence than Turns 1-3 of the Circuit de…
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Word on the beat
• In Barcelona, performing the role of Lance Stroll’s driver coach for the first time, was Juan Pablo Montoya (left). Stroll…
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Toyota Supra
The obvious question about the launch of a new Supra is, what took Toyota so long? It’s been 17 years…
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Bentley Continental GTC
At the risk of repeating myself, I’ve never bought into the big, fast convertible way of thinking, and this new…
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BMW 330i M Sport
I am surprised. This is not the direction that I thought BMW would take with this car. This new 330i…
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