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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…
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Guest Column – Henri Pescarolo
Diesel dismay Le Mans legend Pescarolo says that the current regulations for the 24 Hours mean that petrol-powered entrants can’t…
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Mark Hughes
Coach Work Just how relevant is personal driver coaching in Formula 1? Sir Jackie Stewart believes the benefits could be manifold…
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Road Cars
TVR - over and out? Amid rumours of a new Veyron-baiting supercar and a move from Blackpool to Florida, our…
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Lole: a natural on the loose
He had no prior interest in rallying, and didn’t enjoy having someone barking instructions at him, but Carlos Reutemann proved…
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Roebuck's Legends: Didier Pironi
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many…
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“You do things, you **** people, It’s racing”
In the 1970s, he reversed the house of Enzo’s flagging fortunes through sheer force of will. Just don’t expect ‘The…
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The Factory – Time and emotion at Maranello
Ferrari’s famous home has undergone several fundamental shifts recently, in terms of structure and practices. But, as Colin Goodwin discovers, these…
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Profile: Ferrari 126CK
As Ferrari's first turbocharged 1.5-litre grand prix car, the 126CK broke with marque tradition, but its two victories in 1981…
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Derek Bell – Enzo Ferrari: his part in my downfall
This is the man who started as a marshal at Goodwood, won his first ever race in a Lotus 7,…
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Ferrari F40
Built to honour Ferrari’s Big 4-0, this adrenalin-charged device was the fastest production car of them all in 1987. But…
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Sommer in the city
It must be long gone, but in Turin’s Valentino Park there was a bench upon which once sat a desolate…
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Big bang theory
Porsche caught the sports car elite off-guard with its rule-stretching 917, but Ferrari soon responded with a blunt instruments of…
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Lunch with... Vic Elford
The uniquely versatile Monte Carlo Rally winner, sports car ace and Formula 1 driver talks to Simon Taylor about life on…
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Watson on Prost
They got on famously at first, only for McLaren to favour the young pretender. Even so, John Watson is still…
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Spottiswoode: a wild one
Memories of a fast, successful, but frequently over-enthusiastic regular at the Brooklands Track, and his red Type 35 Bugatti With…
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Lacking definition
Apparently I was right to query how the Auto Union coming up for auction was known to be Nuvolari’s car!…
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‘Babs’ link with hospital
A recent TV appeal for donations by the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has a 60 year-old motor racing…
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South Harting hill climb 1905-1924
ISBN: 0-9552485-0-7, 264 pages, Newlands Press, Hillcroft, Bighton Lane, Bishops Sutton, Alresford, Hants SO24 0AU, £35 inc P&P A number…
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Remembering Arthur Jeddere Fisher
A VSCC lynchpin The VSCC has sustained a grievous loss in the death of Arthur Jeddere-Fisher, who had such a…
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