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Matters of moments, November 1974
The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…

The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…
Reutemann the Winner, but Fittipaldi the Champion Watkins Glen, New York, October 6th Watkins Glen, the 3.7-mile road circuit in…
From the point of view of the Watkins Glen organisers it was a good thing that the World Championship struggle…
The chances of motor races being held in Birmingham City Centre seem to be one step nearer according to a…
A personal Matra battle Brands Hatch Any thoughts of the 1,000-kilometre race affecting the outcome of the Manufacturers' Sports Car…
The Editor Drives the 2200TC and Re-appraises the 3500S A Rover 2000TC proved to be an admirable Editorial car until…
I am indebted to two readers for this month's contribution. Mr. Wallace Mason of Cumberland, R.I., who has recently been…
After insisting that the 1974 British Grand Prix be called the John Player Grand Prix, the RAC, or to be…
A proper motor-race One thing about a long race is that it gives you time to take stock of the…
Silverstone In an attempt to bring some semblance of reality to the Tourist Trophy race, this year's event was for…
The Sanremo Rally If you drive eastwards through the mountains from the Alpine stamping ground of the Monte-Carlo Rally, keeping…
In the face of looming austerity at least some manufacturers announced new cars in the months before Earls Court Since…
The exploits and achievements of Connaught Engineering in the early and mid-1950s are well chronicled and rightly so, for this…
A well-illustrated little book about the "Development of the London Bus, 19291933" has been written by Gavin Martin, MA, MIMechE,…
"Silverstone—The Story of Britain's Fastest Circuit" by Peter Carrick. 174 pp. 8¾ in. 5½ in. (Pelham Books Ltd., 52 Bedford…
The golden age of American motor racing has been written up by Griffith Borgeson but Albert R. Bochroch has now…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset have re-issued Annand and Roe's erudite book ". Gas Flow in…
"Bristol Cars And Engines" by L. J. K. Setright. 159 pp. 8¾ in. x 6 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd.,…
An Excellent British Car It may be remembered that having requested another spell of driving in a Triumph Dolomite Sprint;…
Fittipaldi a worthy first Mosport Park, Toronto In the two weeks between the final European Grand Prix at Monza and…
The second in a series of extracts from Inside Track: Phil Hill with Doug Nye. Phil Hill explains the moment he crashed his Cadillac in the 1953 Carrera PanAmericana, and…
Damon Hill is Rob Widdows' latest guest in our special podcast series, celebrating 100 years of Motor Sport Magazine. The 1996 Formula 1 World Champion reflects on following his father's…
Brad Binder talks riding technique – why MotoGP riders use less electronics, not more, how he locks the front tyre without crashing, why the leg dangle helps him tip into corners, why setting up a bike with downforce aero is so different and much more…
Drivers, fans and viewers were overjoyed to return to Suzuka for the first time in three years, so what went wrong? There's one overriding factor...