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The simply brilliant Brabham BT49: F1 track test
In the end, it is just a car. You sit with a steering wheel in your hands. You change gear…
May 1999
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Technofile - Koni adjustable damper
To ensure F1 cars stick to the track in 1999, they bolt on a bigger wing. It wasn't always that…
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The Blitzen Benz
Before the First War, the Benz company decided it needed a machine to boost its image. The result was a…
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The worst car I ever drove - Front wheel dive
At a time when privateers could drive their cars to and from race tracks all over Europe, the Baron invested…
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Team Managers - Jean Todt
Known throughout F1 as 'Little Napoleon', Ferrari's Mr Motivator is, in reality, a kind and engaging leader. Mark Hughes investigates…
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Historic Rallying - A stage by stage guide
This world of historic rallying is a complex one but, says John Davenport, if you do your research properly then…
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Mike Parkes: the F1 driver with too many talents?
Can a man be cursed by having too many abilities? Spending his life torn between what he's got and what…
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Blood & Thunder
Jaguar once built the best sports saloon in the world and if the new S-Type is to succeed it must…
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Jacques Laffite: My Greatest Race
Argentinian Grand Prix, Buenos Aires, 1979 I've always considered Argentina in 1979 to be my first real Grand Prix victory.…
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Did you hear the one about?
I have been reading High Driver's book on that keen Rolls-Royce fan, Lord Northcliffe. One of his suggestions in 1913…
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Identity Crisis?
Last July what was described as the ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire was entered for the Brooks auction at Beaulieu. The catalogue quoted…
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Night of the garter...
It started as an Allard occasion. The car's owner had had his trials Allard at the works for overhaul and…
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Miscellany, May 1999
To celebrate a century of Lagonda, the Lagonda Club has issued a most attractive 28 page book about plans for…
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VSCC Herefordshire Trial
The VSCC's fourth trial of the year, based at the Verzons near Ledbury, was held in some rain but mostly…
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Which BARC?
The Rockingham Oval scheduled to open in the Millennium Year has amused much interest, but some misconceptions. The proposed new…
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The Harrier barrier
With Harriers in action over Kosovo I prefer to think of this innovative VTOL aeroplane in happier times. The Hawker…
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Whizzers from Oz
The Australian GP was surely the most dramatic ever? The expected winners were on pole, but unready for the race…
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The VSCC Light Car Welsh Weekend
The light car weekend of the VSCC is one of the jollies at which the less powerful of the vintage…
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Miscellany, May 1999
The latest category recognised by the VSCC is for 'Aero Cars', which means those with aero-engines in early chassis. But…
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Hooray for Henry
The Henry I am referring to is the great Henry Ford, who virtually invented mass-production and whose automotive empire is,…
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