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Letters: November 2017
Trans-Europe express I guess I’m one of the few Brits still around who watched the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix. Prudently…

Trans-Europe express I guess I’m one of the few Brits still around who watched the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix. Prudently…
Keeping an eye on time: Powerful players in the watch world GRAND SEIKO What are you thinking about when you…
Niki Lauda: Been there done that Many drivers have a corner named in their honour, rather fewer a breakfast. For…
Niki Lauda breaks every mould that has ever been made for a sports star. Or any normal human being, come…
Inspired by a touring car legend and infused with his car’s Italian spirit, ‘Ricardo Meadioca’ drove the race of his…
That long moment when there’s no more lock left… Dickie Meaden’s victory didn’t come easily: a slide exiting Fordwater prompted…
Between separate phases of Renault ownership, the Enstone Formula 1 factory lost many key assets. The former champion knows it…
The FIA’s modern portfolio embraces everything from F1 and Formula E to hillclimbs and, here, the European Truck Racing Championship...…
Following wholesale absence of period success, the Scarab seemed destined to be remembered as a poor racing car. But Julian…
The rear-engined revolution – why did it take so long? Between 1934 and 1939, Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union dominated Grand…
Amid fresh hope for Indycar’s future, a new champion was crowned after a spectacular seasonal finale Two hours after the…
In 1964, when the late Mike Twite picked up this very Alan Mann Mustang to write about it for Motor Sport,…
Motor Sport gets back in the saddle 53 years on from our first acquaintance It’s always a special moment when…
Mercedes’ new hypercar brings Formula 1 technology to the road and the results are simply staggering In the summer of…
It is far too early to say whether the Project ONE represents a new level of dynamic achievement for a…
The latest version of Lotus’s evergreen Elise takes the company’s motto to new extremes The motoring world has made much…
Good looks, but this Audi RS5 fails to deliver where it matters Here are some of my thoughts about the…
The world’s fastest front-wheel-drive car is a blast to drive The Civic Type R is appallingly ugly, looking as it…
The 40-year-old Ferrari that could become a future classic How do you follow a car like the Daytona? Well, if…
A small Surrey dealer that specialises in idiosyncrasy “We are somewhere between a modern dealership and the traditional British…
Animator Rufus Blacklock has created this stunning video charting the evolution of Grand Prix cars, from the front-engined Alfas of 1950 to the polarising stepped-nose challengers of today. See if…
On August 30, the British Government changed its Covid-19 quarantine rules: anyone testing positive must self-isolate for 10 days instead of seven. Where did this leave Sergio Perez who had…
Lewis Hamilton described himself as "speechless" after being made an honorary citizen of Brazil, following his Grand Prix victory in Sao Paolo last year. The seven-time world champion wrapped himself…
Now that the May issue of Motor Sport is out, celebrating the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 100th anniversary, I thought I’d take the chance to write about some of the Indy…