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Professor Sid Watkins
Sir, Reading Simon Taylor's article on Professor Sid Watkins in the February issue has compelled me to write to you.…
March 2001
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National ahem!
Sir, Reading the story concerning John Love's drive in the 1967 South African GP has prompted me to share some…
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Modern Times
Predictability is the enemy of goodmotor racing. That's because it's meant to be a sport, not an art. If you…
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John Cooper: Nigel Roebuck's Legends
It seems to me that John Cooper's place in motor racing has always been underrated. There is an abiding reverence…
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The head line
There is a view in Formula One that time spent looking back is time wasted. If you don't spend every…
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Farewell to crossed arms
Which is more important, the driver or his machine? The fiercest debate in motor racing will reach fever pitch this…
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Mauri Rose: Little Big Man
Mauri Rose was diminutive in stature but possessed huge gobbets of talent and determination. Joe Scalzo chronicles the career of…
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Halda Tripmeter
Racing drivers who talk of finding their way around a circuit are refetring to the identification of braking and turn-in…
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Opel's hidden gems
There is, and always has been, drama in all sporting events, and especially in motor-racing, both in the old days…
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Hardy Special II
Home-built specials were the lifeblood of British Motorsport before WWII and the genesis of a Formula One revolution after it.…
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Brabham BT46B
Even in a year dominated by the Lotus 79, Gordon Murray's fan car stood out as outrageously inventive solution to…
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On days like these
Long before high-profile sponsorship, mass media coverage and superstar status there were people who were stars nevertheless. One such is…
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Getting the bad brakes
He never got the GP win he deserved, but what niggles him more, this tough racer tells Adam Cooper, is…
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Brooklands: the world's first purpose-built racing circuit
There is no need to proffer a history of Brooklands here — that story has been told by someone better…
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The British F1 championship: brief brilliance of Aurora AFX series
Kids can be so greedy. Surely the spectacle of Gilles Villeneuve dragging half his Ferrari around Zandvoort and Alan Jones…
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My light vintage frolics
The light car & Edwardian section of the VSCC celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, which is a good excuse…
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Jaguar - a leap too far?
Jaguar entered F1 in 2000 with great optimism, the cars presented with a lavish release at Lords. If a podium…
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Inside story at Rover
It is sad that Great British makes are taking on new manufacturing identities and that long-established factories such as Vauxhall's…
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Victor Gillow's Riley
Mike Fountain, who has owned an ex-Victor Gillow Riley Special since 1984, and races it at VSCC meetings (right), wants…
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Obituary
Kenneth Sully The death has occurred of Kenneth Owen Sully, designer of HE cars, and son of Roland J Sully.…
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