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Letters, June 2007
Letter of the month Play it again Sam Sir, As the current owner of Big Sam, I was pleased to…
Letter of the month Play it again Sam Sir, As the current owner of Big Sam, I was pleased to…
Diesel dismay Le Mans legend Pescarolo says that the current regulations for the 24 Hours mean that petrol-powered entrants can’t…
Coach Work Just how relevant is personal driver coaching in Formula 1? Sir Jackie Stewart believes the benefits could be manifold…
TVR - over and out? Amid rumours of a new Veyron-baiting supercar and a move from Blackpool to Florida, our…
He had no prior interest in rallying, and didn’t enjoy having someone barking instructions at him, but Carlos Reutemann proved…
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many…
In the 1970s, he reversed the house of Enzo’s flagging fortunes through sheer force of will. Just don’t expect ‘The…
Ferrari’s famous home has undergone several fundamental shifts recently, in terms of structure and practices. But, as Colin Goodwin discovers, these…
As Ferrari's first turbocharged 1.5-litre grand prix car, the 126CK broke with marque tradition, but its two victories in 1981…
This is the man who started as a marshal at Goodwood, won his first ever race in a Lotus 7,…
Built to honour Ferrari’s Big 4-0, this adrenalin-charged device was the fastest production car of them all in 1987. But…
It must be long gone, but in Turin’s Valentino Park there was a bench upon which once sat a desolate…
Porsche caught the sports car elite off-guard with its rule-stretching 917, but Ferrari soon responded with a blunt instruments of…
The uniquely versatile Monte Carlo Rally winner, sports car ace and Formula 1 driver talks to Simon Taylor about life on…
They got on famously at first, only for McLaren to favour the young pretender. Even so, John Watson is still…
Memories of a fast, successful, but frequently over-enthusiastic regular at the Brooklands Track, and his red Type 35 Bugatti With…
Apparently I was right to query how the Auto Union coming up for auction was known to be Nuvolari’s car!…
A recent TV appeal for donations by the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has a 60 year-old motor racing…
ISBN: 0-9552485-0-7, 264 pages, Newlands Press, Hillcroft, Bighton Lane, Bishops Sutton, Alresford, Hants SO24 0AU, £35 inc P&P A number…
A VSCC lynchpin The VSCC has sustained a grievous loss in the death of Arthur Jeddere-Fisher, who had such a…
The Donington Historic brings together the UK's more eclectic historic grids – and it's all the better for it This weekend sees historic racers and fans converge on Donington for…
The milestones from this week in motor sport, from the Archive and Database November 16 1892 Pre-war Grand Prix and Le Mans winner Tazio Nuvolari is born. The fourth son…
An extraordinary performance from Lewis Hamilton saw him overcome being thrown to the back of the grid for the Saturday sprint race, taking a five-place grid drop for the main…
Charles Leclerc will pay homage to a controversial cult driving film this weekend, by speeding through the narrow Monaco streets in a Ferrari. Footage of the drive will be made…