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Jody Scheckter: On the limit, off message
Ferrari had romanced him. He had joined as its number one; Gilles was its number two. All seemed in order...…
March 2004
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A swift half of a career
Charles Martin was one of Britain's talented amateur racer of the thirties. He perhaps had the ability to become professional…
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Quantum yump
The Lancia Stratos brought rallying out of the Dark Ages. John Davenport talks to those who helped make the legend.…
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An idea that snowballed
Ten years before the Lancia Stratos scored its first Monte Carlo win, a mid-engined supercar blasted through the Alps. Hartmut…
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Ardua non astra
Although it never claimed a major win, the Erskine Staride set a future Lotus Formula One racer on his way.…
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An island race
Bill Boddy recounts the growth of the Targa Florio from one man's dream to everybody's idea of a road race…
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Len Terry
'Colin Chapman and I came from different planets. We admired each other but were not on the same wavelength. He…
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McLaren M7A
It was sink or swim when a 21-year-old was given sole charge of a new F1 project: Keith Howard talks…
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Alfa males
Long before McLaren's teaming of Senna, Prost and the MP4/4, Alfa Romeo formed the first GP superteam: Nuvolari, Caracciola and…
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The one that got away: Riccardo Patrese – 1983 San Marino GP
"There were many races when I was in the lead, like South Africa 1978 or Monza '92, when the car…
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Sidekick phenomena
Formula Two was its finest when established Grand Prix stars like Jochen Rindt happily stepped down to put their reputations…
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Cavallino Rampante
By Nick Garton ISBN 1844250237 Published by Haynes, £19.99 Ferrari books are hitting the shelves in a torrent. Blink, and…
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Automobile Year 2003/04
By Ian Norris ISBN 2883240698, Published by EditionsJR, £35.00 Thankfully, some things don't change: Automobile Year is a welcome constant.…
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It Still Beats Working
By Eoin Young ISBN 0851840698, Published by Transport Bookman, £19.99 This is the pick-me-up for anyone who is feeling jaded…
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Stanguellini-Big Little Racing Cars
By Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari ISBN 8879113062 Published by Giorgio Nada Editore, £49.95 This Book Offers everything that you…
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The Complete Book of Formula One
By Simon Aaron and Mark Hughes ISBN 0760316880 Published by Motor Books International, £34.99 This work by photographic agency LAT…
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Bill Boddy
Tazio at BrooklandsTazio Nuvolari is thought by many to be the greatest racing driver of his era, perhaps the greatest…
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Keeping track of Buckler's cars
My recent recall of contesting trials alongside Derek Buckler in his Buckler Specials has brought a letter from his youngest…
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Miscellany, March 2004
The RAC/IMS has ended its joint stewardship of the London-Brighton Veteran Car Run. This popular historic event, dating from 1927,…
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We're all goin' on a winter holiday
The National Motor Museum's workshop has been busy. The blower Bentley has been given a reconditioned radiator and its two…
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