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30-second board
Think of Barney Oldfield and sepia-tinged images of a stogie-chomping superstar urging his car to the edge of control will…
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Damien Smith's Off the line
Up for the Cup Normally one-make racing does little to raise my blood pressure. Having reported on two years of…
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New champions -- who's taken the big 2005 titles ?
Sébastien Loeb Citroën's superstar successfully defended his World Rally Championship by finishing second in Japan . In doing so the…
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Moss: Alonso is the best
Sir Stirling Moss has hailed Spaniard Fernando Alonso as a "worthy" successor to Michael Schumacher after he became the youngest…
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Aïello retires from racing
Laurent Aïello, arguably the greatest driver of the Super Touring era, has announced his retirement from race driving -- at the…
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Red Bull buys Minardi team
Minardi will disappear from Formula One at the end of this season after 21 years mostly spent propping up the…
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My first race -- Andrea de Cesaris
Italian FF2000, Monza, 1977 My first race was in Formula Super Ford at Monza. I was 18 years old. For…
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Obituaries
Michael Park An accident on Rally Great Britain resulted in the loss of one of the most well-liked figures in…
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Event of the month -- Goodwood Revival
Sunshine, racing cars and very big hats... Marcus Simmons absorbs the unique atmosphere that can only spell one place Ever…
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James Hunt: Nigel Roebuck's Legends
After who knows how many years, I went back to Brands Hatch in late September for the inaugural A1GP race,…
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Cult heroes -- Sir John Whitmore
Film director, anti-nuclear activist, newspaper columnist, motivational coach and altogether too cool for any room, Sir John Whitmore proves that…
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Track back -- 50/30/20/10 years ago
1995: Damon Hill wins the Australian GP for Williams. Olivier Panis (Ligier) is second ahead of Footwork's Gianni Morbidelli. There…
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What goes around...
BMW to win world title? BMW stands on the brink of its drivers taking a clean sweep in the two…
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Adam Cooper's Track forward
Five years ago Fernando Alonso was just another F3000 hopeful. Enter Flavio Briatore... Fernando Alonso took the lead of the…
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Reviews, November 2005
Memoirs of a Racing Man by Jo Ramírez. ISBN184425 238 8, published by Haynes, £18.99 In the introduction to this book,…
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Feedback
Interserie info Sir, I was pleased to see some Interserie photographs from the vaults of Walter Hoffmann in the September…
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Jenks on...
The driver's job, 1969 During a recent discussion on grand prix drivers past and present, the inevitable Fangio, Moss, Clark,…
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Star letter
Gilles: Epic talent -- our correspondent this month was also our correspondent when Gilles first showed his talent. Sir, I thoroughly…
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You were there...
From Swiss vs Austrian hillclimbing to unwieldy in-car cameras, James Garner and a three-wheeled F3 racer... These wonderful hillclimb…
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In the hot seat -- John Cleland
He might team up with Frank Sytner, enjoys chatting with Steve Soper and sits next to Alain Menu on long-haul…
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