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Matters of moment, November 1991
No beating about the Bush The defeat of Jean-Marie Balestre by Max Mosley in the FISA presidential election will materially…

No beating about the Bush The defeat of Jean-Marie Balestre by Max Mosley in the FISA presidential election will materially…
The Month in Motor Sport Sep 14: John Gray sets a new course record at Brighton Speed Trials in his…
Special Brews Dear Reader, One of the things I enjoy about Vintage Sports Car Club meetings is the variety of…
Wheel of misfortune What more does Nigel Mansell have to do to win the World Championship? It was the question…
The laughter, it has to be said, cannot have been lost on the luminaries of either Porsche or Footwork, that…
Prolonging the dream As a venue we feared the worst, worried that, literally, it might have nothing; as a race,…
Worrying traits There is little point is writing much about the F1 World Drivers' Championship in this issue of Motor…
Home fire burning The Sportscar World Championship has been a one-sided contest this year, and the result of the sixth…
Where next Mr President? MLC interviews new FISA president Max Mosley "I looked in my shaving minor this morning and…
Double and quits It took a while for the Silk Cut Jaguar team to react to the success in Mexico.…
Keeping it in the family When Emerson Fittipaldi clinched the 1974 World Championship at Watkins Glen, his McLaren was powered…
What's in a name? Last month, we pointed out that Formula 3000's name meant very little to the world at…
Hoy fever The British Touring Car Championship ran as a one-class two-litre formula for the first time in 1991. Gone…
Wet, wet, wet They might just as well have held the meeting in a jacuzzi, such were conditions for the…
Delta Wave When Carlos Sainz crashed out of contention whilst leading the 1000 Lakes Rally it was an uncharacteristic lapse,…
Instant Heritage Despite the absence of a rear "+ 2" seat and the presence of a firmly mid-mounted engine, the…
Alfa Romeo has been riding the British recession effectively. Unusually, it is the largest car in the line, the 164…
The Douglas Light Car Douglas motorcycles were known and esteemed the world over in pre-war days. The famous belt-drive flat-twins…
We see that a weekly contemporary is organising a competition for its readers to see which of their cars can…
Protests over the results of races or rallies are nasty things! Necessary perhaps but nasty nevertheless. They can cause ill-feeling…
He knew what it took to win world titles like no one before or since – but if there was an easy route, this great man wouldn’t often choose it……
After a three-week gap, F1 is back with the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola this weekend. Following the passing of Prince Philip, the times for both Friday practice sessions…
Bruce McLaren shouldn’t have been there. Masten Gregory should. Cooper team leader Jack Brabham reckoned the latter the most fearless man he met. Yet even the gung-ho ‘Kansas City Flash’…
What would think of a car so totally in touch with its surroundings it was almost impossible to crash? A good thing, surely? Well maybe. Next year Mercedes will launch…