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Around and About, October 1979
Town and Country sour grapes A return to the annual Town and Country Festival over the August Bank Holiday proved…
October 1979
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Formula One Trend of Design
Front Brakes The mounting of the front brakes on a Formula One car is one thing that everyone agrees upon;…
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A Question of Numbers
Talking to Patrick Head, the designer of the Frank Williams team cars, he queried why the specialist motor magazines insisted…
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Obituary
Roger Willis It is with a great feeling of personal sadness that we report the death of Roger Willis, Castrol's…
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1979 Dutch Grand Prix race report
And another for Williams Zandvoort, August 26th Arrival at Zandvoort was greeted with thunder and lightning, rain and floods, and…
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An Encounter with a Willment Cobra
The Deputy Editor tries a famous racing Cobra in restored form "It was a terrific drive, indeed an inspired drive…
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Rally of the Thousand Lakes
Although Hannu Mikkola was leading in the early stages, a blown cylinlder head gasket in his Escort stopped him and…
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VSCC Cadwell Park
Neville Farquhar, a well-known VSCC competitor in his well turned out ex-Dixon Brooklands Riley 9, shown below, came out the…
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1979 Italian Grand Prix in pictures
Villeneuve dutifully follows Ferrari team mate Scheckter to the flag at Monza, above, as Laffite chases hard before his Ligier…
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Reflections in the Zand
After the Dutch GP the main talking point seemed to be the actions of Villeneuve, in particular the way he…
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Letters from Readers, October 1979
N.B. – Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -…
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