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Matters of Moment, May 2015
Just after 5.30pm on a Friday evening, the FIA confirmed what we’d long feared: for the first time since 1955,…
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Nigel Roebuck
Why Mercedes merits praise, McLaren’s prospects, memories of ’65 A memory from the Daytona 24 Hours in 2012. It was…
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F1 frontline with Mark Hughes
No, no, no, no. Were the FIA to heed Christian Horner’s call to put a brake on Mercedes for having…
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Catch Merc if you can
Clawing back Mercedes’ 2014 performance advantage was the daunting task facing rival teams and engine manufacturers this winter. We present…
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Grand Prix Notebook
Rd 1 Albert Park, March 15 2015 1 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W06, 1hr 31min 54.067sec 2 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes W06,…
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International racing news
Race delay for Nissan Crash test problem postpones debut until Le Mans | By Gary Watkins Nissan has withdrawn its…
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Fresh look for Daytona Speedway
Next year’s Rolex 24 Hours and Daytona 500 will herald the formal opening of a total renovation of the Daytona…
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Why sports car racing is now a young man’s game…
Oliver Jarvis It’s often underestimated how much work goes in to building an LMP1 car. The design process starts months,…
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Obituary – Jem Marsh
Marcos founder Jeremy George Weston ‘Jem’ Marsh died on March 2. He was 84. The Westcountryman first ventured trackside in…
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Book reviews, May 2015, May 2015
Details 1965-1969, Legendary sports cars up close Wilfried Müller There has been a rich seam of McKlein releases of late.…
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Toes, knees, elbows... head!
At last year’s season-ending Valencia GP, Scott Redding completed a circle started half a century ago: he leaned so far…
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Historic racing news
VSCC’s pre-war initiative Club takes action to lure cars back to racing | by Paul Lawrence The Vintage Sports-Car Club…
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Porsche 356A
Dream garage There could hardly be a less promising starting point for a sports car than a Volkswagen Beetle with…
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Road car news
Aston’s show surprise All-electric DBX causes a shock in Geneva | by Andrew Frankel For once I was right. This…
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Porsche Cayman GT4
Its maker denied this car would ever exist. Was it worth the wait? | by Andrew Frankel This is a…
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Jaguar F-type AWD
Two new versions of the stylish Cat, but only one meets customary marque standards In order to let the press…
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Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 BlueTec AMG Line
Forget three-speed column changes: nine ratios will doubtless one day become the norm It’s a sign of ever-shrinking product cycles.…
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Radical RXC500
Race-bred roadster destined for a tilt at another Nürburgring lap record For some years Radical has been making some of…
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Letters, May 2015
Too much, too young? “Is Max Verstappen too young to be an F1 driver?” asked Johnny Herbert in the April…
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Precision, May 2015
Keeping an eye on the time: New releases and bygone classics By Richard Holt Montblanc ‘Smart’ watches have been causing…
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