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Race Retro
The International Historic Motor Show, better known as Race Retro, is now firmly established as the kick-off point for the…
May 2012
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Daytona 500
This year's Daytona 500 was an epic, delayed by rain for a day and a half and finally run on…
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Nigel Roebuck
Reflections — Prost like-Button leaves Hamilton shaken — Villeneuve's fear of falling out a window... The opening round of the…
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David and Goliath
One look at the grid in Melbourne and you are reminded that Formula 1 is now exclusively underpinned by the…
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1000 Reasons to Watch
Can an extra 200cc of swept volume and softer tyre casings transform a race series? That's what MotoGP is about…
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NASCAR Gets Wired
Change is coming to NASCAR. Electronic fuel injection has arrived this season, replacing the traditional four-barrel carburettor while the introduction…
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Letters, May 2012
Don't blame the bean counters Sir, As both a motor sport enthusiast and a chartered accountant I must object to…
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'Pure speed. Pure talent': Stories of Gilles Villeneuve by his racing rivals
Interviews by Rob Widdows & Nigel Roebuck With the death of Gilles Villeneuve Grand Prix racing will not be the…
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Trans-Atlantic Roots
Raw, youthful Gilles Villeneuve set sail in North America's single-seater shallows. It was a tough voyage that would lead him…
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In a Class of His Own
In the motorcycle racing record books, no one can touch Italian legend Giacomo Agostini. On the night when he took…
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A Klaus encounter
He keeps retiring, but Klaus Ludwig just can't stop racing. Motor Sport has an appointment in a van with the…
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Stately as a Galleon
To highlight its Classic department, Mercedes decided to go racing — slowly. In a vast Fintail... The idea was simple…
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Peak Practice
It was the nearest England ever got to hosting a true road race. Sixty years on we visit Derbyshire to…
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Teo Fabi: "He Didn't Need a Kiss and a Cuddle"
Only four Indianapolis 500 rookies in 100 years have started from pole: Teo Fabi in 1983 is one. Prematurely balding…
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Lunch with... Keith Greene & Chris Craft
I'm in a village pub, listening to two old friends reminisce about spending their entire working lives in and around…
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The first big stock car race — before the gold rush
Many claims have been made about the location of the first race in America for production cars, which came to…
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Road Cars
So it's happened. Bentley's much-threatened SUV finally broke cover at the Geneva Motorshow and if its first job was to…
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My Motoring Month
Tempted by an Exquisitely Restored E-Type This month saw a couple of wonderful steps into Jaguar history. First was a…
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Porsche Boxster S
Here's progress for you. When the Porsche Boxster was launched in 1996, the quickest normally aspirated Porsche you could buy…
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MG6 Magnette TSE
How many really good MGs have there been? There were many before the war, from the pretty little PB to…
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