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Matthew Jeffreys challenges Gordon Murray’s account of the McLaren MP4/4
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Max Verstappen: 'Why I'm staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting'
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Laurent Mekies’ Red Bull journey: from Minardi engineer to Verstappen’s team principal
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Brooklands began with Hugh Locke King’s plan to give Britain a racing circuit
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Barbara Cartland’s 1931 Brooklands race was more staged than society admitted
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Why Gunther Werks’ 850bhp Turbo brings old-school Porsche boost back to the road
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Scott Dixon and Will Power: two long IndyCar careers shaped by Ganassi and Penske
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Santa Pod’s 2026 FIA European Finals deliver 286mph Funny Cars and 280mph Top Fuel
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Nyck de Vries: how Mercedes and Toyota kept his F1 dream alive
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Ferrari 348 Challenge: the £130,000 race car that could have room to rise
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William Towns’ Lagonda finds a new life as a £320,000 shooting brake
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Monterey auction results: the £13.8m Corvette Grand Sport leads the field
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Barcelona testing: Pierre Gasly and the AlphaTauri AT01 before F1’s 2020 shutdown
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