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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…
Niki Lauda is a legend. There is no other word for it. This is the man who cheated death, was…
Ferrari’s famous home has undergone several fundamental shifts recently, in terms of structure and practices. But, as Colin Goodwin discovers, these…
Sitting in the Galleria Ferrari at Maranello, the 126CK is certainly not the most elegant racing car to have emerged from the Gestione…
This is the man who started as a marshal at Goodwood, won his first ever race in a Lotus 7,…
Ten years ago I wrote a not terribly good book. And while I cannot claim responsibility for its somewhat cheesy…
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…
"I’d like to talk about Alan [he uses the English pronunciation] Prost,” says John Watson after some thinking time. He’s…
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 VSCC lynchpin The VSCC has sustained a grievous loss in the death of Arthur Jeddere-Fisher, who had such a…
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 recent TV appeal for donations by the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has a 60 year-old motor racing…
With Sébastien Ogier going part-time in WRC next year, he now has time to pursue his endurance "dream" – and is warming up with the WEC Rookie Test in November
The Mexican Grand Prix is usually a cast-iron feelgood story for F1: stands full of fervent Sergio Perez fans, a popular circuit, and the stage of the season where there's…
The museum dedicated to two-time Formula 1 world champion Jim Clark has opened in the Scottish Borders town of Duns The Jim Clark museum has reopened to the public Photo: Motorsport Images…
While the focus was on the championship pair fighting for first, a race-long battle for third was unfolding behind but did the right man win it?