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The month in MOTOR SPORT
August 19: NASCAR star Ernie Irvan is critically injured after a qualifying accident at Michigan. Happily, his condition steadily improves…
October 1994
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No winners
By now, it has become rather tiresome to harp on about the need to tidy up Formula One's regulations, in…
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Luigi Chinetti
Luigi Chinetti, who passed away recently, knew Enzo Ferrari way back in the '30s, but though the former scored the…
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1994 Belgian Grand Prix: As thick as a plank
Schumacher was beaten to pole position by a combination of the weather and Rubens Barrichello, but on race day he…
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Diary of a somebody
When Benetton left an FIA Court of Appeal on September 7, it brought to an end a series of controversies…
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Who ran over the nun?
At a crucial stage of its precarious season Team Lotus staggered the F1 world with third place in the Italian…
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Phil Hill – America's first F1 champion: 'No regrets?'
Time was when Phil Hill would speak and write with some vitriol about Ferrari — both man and team. Despite…
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A momentary lapse of reason
Had the Hockenheim Formula 3000 race lasted two laps longer, chances are that Franck Lagorce might not have won it.…
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That sinking feeling. . .
British Touring Car Championship An inopportune engine failure at Silverstone finally put the BTCC title out of reach. There is…
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Postcard from America
Going, but not forgotten Nigel Mansell is leaving IndyCar racing behind, and will contest the final three World Championship Grands…
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A life on the ocean wave
When you're riding with him you could be forgiven for thinking Steve Curtis is to powerboats what the Marquis de…
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Tommi gun
Given a rare opportunity in a top works rally car on home soil, Tommy Mäkinen didn't waste it As the…
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A splash of brute
While waiting for the WRC debut of the Group A GT-Four, you can always try one on the road. .…
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Reaching to the converted
Dissatisfied with your standard Range Rover? Fancy a GTi that climbs trees? Well Overfinch can probably help, at a price…
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Planet of the shapes
Mazda continues to defuse the argument that Japanese cars necessarily look alike, discounting the 626. Consider the rest of the…
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Shake, rattle and stroll
Nowadays, there are few compact saloons or hatchbacks which aren't available without a roof: Golf, Escort, Astra, Peugeot 306, Punto,…
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End of an era
Alfa Romeo's Giovanni Guidotti, who died recently, rated in the Thirties with legends such as Nuvolari and Varzi. Two years…
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Kay Petre - a tribute
The advertisement for my History of Brooklands says it is about "the days when men were men, which reflected their…
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Getting it right
Those who find recollections of the past boring are apt to remind us that Henry Ford said "History is Bunk".…
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Wells Festival
For the Victorian Festival at Llandrindod Wells, 25 pre-war cars entered for the two scenic runs organised by Mike Baker,…
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