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Editor's Letter
I am not a betting man, unless you count my annual fiver each way on the Grand National at Aintree…
May 2019
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Staff list // Details matter
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
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Matters of Moment, May 2019
One of the most universally loved racing cars of all-time, the Porsche 917, turns 50 this year and to celebrate…
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Herta, 18, becomes youngest IndyCar winner
In December 1991, Motor Sport interviewed young Californian racer Bryan Herta, who had stepped down from winning the Barber Saab…
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It’s a Toyota, Jim. But not as we know it…
Forget the next-generation Prius, Toyota’s latest design project is quite literally out of this world. It has teamed up with…
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Up and running again
Silverstone will host the first classic Le Mans-style start in Britain for over 50 years after Motorsport UK granted permission…
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Ferrari’s new extreme
Ferrari has taken the wraps off the most extreme one-off project in its history, the track-only P80/C. The new sports…
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Alonso expands racing wish list
Fernando Alonso has twice lifted the Formula 1 world title. He shared last season’s winning Toyota at Le Mans. Already…
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Bloodhound back on the trail
The troubled Bloodhound speed record attempt appears to have sprung back to life just a few months after it was…
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Speeding into history
You have to hand it to Bentley: the men a Crewe certainly know how to upcycle. As part of the…
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Final selection for W Series
The W Series is gearing up for its maiden race event at Hockenheim on May 3/4 and has released five…
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Charlie Whiting: an old-fashioned racer and a link to simpler times in Formula 1
FIA race director Charlie Whiting, who died in Melbourne on the eve of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, was one…
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Mark Hughes
Robert Kubica’s Formula 1 comeback from his serious right arm injury wasn’t quite a fairy tale – at least during…
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Mat Oxley
Thirty years ago this spring one of motorcycling’s all-time greats made his agonising entry to world championship racing. When Mick…
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Doug Nye
Long ago I was asked to write an auction description of a pretty important competition car. The breathless owner was…
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Andrew Frankel
Were you at all put out by the news, announced at the Geneva car show, that a controlling interest in…
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Jennie Gow
Melbourne has much in its favour at any time of the year. But the presence of Formula 1 adds a…
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No more Mr Nice Guy
The new aero regulations formed a ‘known unknown’ (copyright Donald Rumsfeld) as we headed into the 2019 season in Melbourne.…
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Trackside view
At the tail end of a Melbourne summer, it’s bright but breezy and gusts carry the sound of turbo hybrids…
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Word on the beat
• FIA technical chief and race director CHARLIE WHITING passed away in Melbourne, in the early hours of Thursday morning…
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