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"I Rallied One"
From winning in F3 to taking pole at Le Mans, ‘Jeannot’ had done it all. But his ’81 Monte win…
October 2010
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Reviews, October 2010
AUTOCOURSE 60 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING - ALAN HENRY The clearest statement one can make of…
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You were there
Both Graham and Damon Hill star this month, among other F1 greats at Silverstone and Snetterton, plus a bit of…
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One chassis, Five Le Mans
It wasn’t a 24 Hours winner, but Gulf GR8 chassis ‘802’ was one of the race’s most successful cars in…
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The supercar that Wimille designed
Jean-Pierre Wimille was the finest racing driver of the late ’40s, but as early as 1943 in wartime France he’d…
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The Cadwell trip that got Surtees hooked on racing
Talking with the great John Surtees recently was more than usually interesting as he began to reminisce about the dawn…
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Sir Malcolms circuit breaker
The first race on Brooklands’ new Campbell Circuit in 1937 proved to be a tough test of man and machinery…
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The King's Cup and the prince's pilot
On July 8-9, 1932 the important King’s Cup Handicap Aeroplane Race was based at Brooklands. Compared to the 1930 King’s…
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Beauty of Ford's ABF was in the two-stroke engine
I have received a letter from a Motor Sport reader who informs me that he has recently purchased a ‘Pup’,…
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What happened to model of record-breaking Peugeot?
It has been brought to my attention that the model of Malcolm Campbell’s Peugeot Grand Prix Type L76 that was…
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