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30-second board
Battle for hole position in '55 Argentinian GP Battered, scraped and drilled, this crash helmet once protected a famous cranium…
June 2005
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Damien Smith's Off the line
Cheers Gerry The cars line the grass verges of the narrow lane around West Herts Crematorium, bumper to bumper beyond…
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Porsche links up with Penske for prototype
LMP2 racer to up the ante for German marque in the ALMS Porsche has teamed up with the American motorsport…
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Alonso heads F1 matadors to Goodwood
Formula One World Championship leader Fernando Alonso heads the list of superstars lined up for this year's Goodwood Festival of…
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My first race -- Ray Mallock
Formula Ford, SiIverstone, 1969 Racing was all I'd wanted to do since I was 10. I remember my father Arthur…
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Indy star de Ferran in political BAR brawl
Former Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran was appointed as the new sporting director of the BAR-Honda Formula One team…
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Gerry Marshall
Mark Hughes pays tribute to the ultimate hard-driving, hard-partying cult legend of British motorsport So the big fellah's gone. Nineteen…
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Obituaries
John Love This Southern African racing star and 1962 British Saloon Car Champion died in April. He was 80. Accomplished…
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Event of the month -- Tour Auto
While some of the favourites hit trouble, John Sheldon turned in a sublime performance to win the 14th Tour…
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Montjuïc Park: Nigel Roebuck's F1 Legends
When people ask me which I think is the most impressive vantage point on any circuit I have visited, my…
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Cult heroes -- Brian Jones
Brian Jones spent the weekend of his 70th birthday last month commentating on a 750 Motor Club meeting at Brands…
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Kunimitsu Takahashi — My only grand prix
1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji How proud were you in 1961 to become the first Japanese rider to win…
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My only WRC win -- Armin Schwarz
1991 Catalunya Rally Was it part of the original plan that you should be in Catalunya? No, but after…
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Adam Cooper's Track forward
The FIA's zero-tolerance decision to ban BAR for bending the rules must be good for F1 The sight of the…
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What goes around... Unser vs Andretti -- again!
If you thought that the Andretti/Unser dynasties must run out of steam some time, think again! On April 3 Marco…
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Track back -- 50/30/20/10 years ago
1995: Jean Alesi finally breaks his F1 duck at the Canadian Grand Prix -- a fitting birthday present for the French-Sicilian,…
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Reviews, June 2005
Kings of the Nürburgring by Chris Nixon, ISBN 0-85184-070-1, Published by Transport Bookman Ltd., £45.00 You're drawn instantly to this…
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Feedback
Willment memories Sir, Thank you for the wonderful article on John Willment in your January issue. It brought back a…
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Jenks on...
Pitstops, 1974 The chaos as everyone changed to wheels fitted with dry-weather tyres put new life into the Spanish…
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Star letter
Clark relayed DSJ Sir, Thanks to all for a superb May issue of Motor Sport and especially for the reprint…
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