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The Month In Motor Sport
Aug 20: FISA releases draft plans for its proposed GT supercar class. Pre-requisites include a power to weight ratio of…
Aug 20: FISA releases draft plans for its proposed GT supercar class. Pre-requisites include a power to weight ratio of…
All of a sudden, the British national press has discovered something new: Indycar racing. Yes, that's right, Indycar racing... born…
Michael Schumacher becomes the first German since Jochen Mass to win a Grande Epreuve In the end it was the…
I recently came across the following paragraph in a 1931 edition of MOTOR SPORT, in a race meeting report: "The…
Mansell retires twice in one day, and as Patrese also falters Senna sweeps to a lucky but deserved victory A…
France's old Reims-Gueux circuit might effectively have been a high-speed triangle that put the onus on power rather than skill,…
Every now and then friends say "Have you been to such-and-such a circuit (or hillclimb, or rally route)?" and if…
The Le Mans 24 Hours will be held next year on June 19/20 and regulations have already been published. Entries…
You have to sympathise with Jean Todt and the Peugeot Talbot Sport team. Winners of four Sportscar World Championship races…
There was a time when no one thought it possible that a driver from outside the Nordic region could ever…
Richard Brown wants to be the first man to break the Sound Barrier on land. He's designing his own rocket…
They call it Unser Mountain. This gigantic chunk of pink granite in the southern part of the Rocky Mountains inhabited…
The worst part of the BARC sprint meeting at Goodwood was that all the way round the circuit I could…
How much does it cost to acquire a championship-winning racing car? The answer might have fewer noughts on the end…
The traditional track test feature used to be safely rooted in a private test day, at which risks were low.…
Introduced with the objective of winning the World Rally Championship at least once in the '90s, the Ford Escort RS…
Recently, JaguarSport delivered three examples of the twin turbo, 542 bhp, XJ220, to the Salzburgring in Austria. The £415,000 machines…
Plucking with painful PR consciousness at every strand that connects the Bentley marque and Brooklands, the Crewe car maker recently…
It was just approaching six in the morning. It was foggy, with a touch of moisture in the air. As…
Volkswagens, particularly the Beetle, and MOTOR SPORT used to be synonymous whilst VW was awaiting post-war recognition. Today, we struggled…
You may hate me for saying this, but following MotoGP sometimes feels like Groundhog Day. Each weekend’s schedule mimics that of the last race you went to, so occasionally you…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here. To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith…
The old man hauling his blue teapot into the podium places, horrific levels of sportswashing and Pirellis exploding like they're going out of fashion were the order of the day at the Qatar GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor races we can never forget… Welcome to…