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The month in MOTOR SPORT
APRIL 14: Eric Bernard returns to F1 carrying out a three-day active suspension test for Ligier at Magny-Cours. 16: McLaren…
June 1993
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Next month's MOTOR SPORT
The price of MOTOR SPORT has been held at £1.60 for over two years now. As from next month, it…
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Matters of moment, June 1993
Still hazy, after all these years The biggest race in the sports car calendar is almost upon us. On the…
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Hunt at Sandown
One of the highlights of the Sandown Park International Collectors Car Fair on June 19/20 will be a display of…
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Thruxton's 25th
On June 26/27, Thruxton celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special Silver Jubilee meeting. Highlights of the weekend will include…
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Canon fodder
Prost silences his critics, in the wet and the dry An interesting race, the San Marino GP. To some extent…
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1993 Spanish Grand Prix: Wheel of fortune
Prost survives vibro-massage to take 47th GP win — but only just... The real stories of the Spanish Grand Prix,…
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Traction control and ABS
Does Formula One really need to run all the technology we take for granted in road cars? The first time…
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Age shall not wither...
In the first of a regular new series, top IndyCar journalist David Phillips casts an eye over topical racing issues…
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Noise
Dear reader, In April's Motor Sport I gave a warning that the rule makers and FISA were contemplating "a degree…
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Sound and fury
There is something about a supercharged racing engine that makes the adrenalin flow when you hear it start up. If…
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Ticket details
General admission tickets are priced at 320 FF (about £40 at the prevailing rate of exchange as we closed for…
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Timetable
Scrutineering takes place in the town on Monday June 14/Tuesday June 15. Practice is on Wednesday and Thursday, with two…
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New age travellers
Peugeot... Toyota... Porsche. Group C cars will be battling away at Le Mans for the last time, probably, to win…
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Top Cat
What's it like to drive the XJ220C in anger? Win Percy, one of Jaguar's nine-strong Le Mans squad gave the…
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From 0-24 in six months . . .
Le Mans may be a test of endurance but, as XJ220C designer Richard Owen explains, getting ready for the event…
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The last true rally?
During April and May, two World Championship qualifiers took place in fairly close succession. The Safari and the Tour of…
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Revenge is sweet
Whilst the Safari was rough, dusty and not very well supported by works teams, the Tour of Corsica was the…
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There is a green Gil far away...
Green he may be in terms of his F3000 experience, but you'd never have guessed as much from Gil de…
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Middle wallop
Late last year, Mercedes-Benz brought its extensively overhauled middleweight range of W124 saloons, coupés and cabriolets to Britain. Besides being…
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