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Wesley J Tee
AIthough not exactly unexpected, because he had been away from the office for some time due to illness, the death…
September 1996
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A Difficult Task For The Selectors
An independent report recently highlighted the British motorsport industry as a paragon of enterprise and innovation. Taking a global view…
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1997 MotorSport Calendar
The popular MOTOR SPORT wall calendar will soon be available once again. In keeping with tradition, LAT Photographic has selected…
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Johnny Herbert: Fears Of A Clown
Of the ridiculously small percentage of racing drivers who make it to Formula One, precious few ever win a Grand…
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Benetton: The Great Pretender?
Hailed only months ago as the team which had set new standards in Formula One, Benetton has had trouble adapting…
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Bloc Booking
From Iron Curtain, to curtain call. Mark Skewis takes a look at the Hungarian Grand Prix When teams arrived behind…
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Walter Hassan OBE
Gordon Cruickshank recalls the impact the skills of this gifted designer have had on motoring and racing The passing of…
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The Forgotten Streets
David Phillips examines the prosperity of Trois-Rivieres, a classic street circuit which is unlikely to be foremost in European minds…
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With Attitude
Cooper vs Abarth: unlikely duelists in the 1990s. Mark Hughes analyses how much cars have progressed in three decades. And,…
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Flair On A Shoestring
Despite the UK's plethora of one-make championships, David Finlay finds that the Ginetta G27 series has strong arguments to justify…
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Citroen Saxo
Citroen is no longer the habitual innovator of yore. There are snatches of flair to be found within the present…
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Chrysler Neon
I t looks like the front end of a Honda Civic mated to the rear of a Ford Mondeo. Chrysler…
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Range Rover 4.6 HSE
I t had to happen one day. The original Range Rover (b 1970) lives on, just about, in Classic guise…
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Passing Comment
Sir, I have been an avid spectator of motor racing for some 16 years and never, until now, could I…
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Riley Kindness
Sir, An unusual experience I had in about 1960 might be worth relating. On a wet winter's night I dined…
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Prophet without Honour
Sir, Re WB's comments on Cameron Earl, Autosport reported at that time that he died testing, not R14B, but a…
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Fred or Freddie?
Sir, Having completed what is intended to be the definitive biography of Dixon, which I hope to see published in…
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Forgotten Facts
Sir, Pleased to see Clement-Bayard as the subject of WB's Forgotten Makes. Nice to see too he makes mention of…
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The Aston Martin DB3S
The Aston Martin DB3S Sportscar, by Chris Nixon. Palawan Press, £375. Perhaps Palawan is pioneering the "homologation special" of car…
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Beetle
Beetle, by David and Andrea Sparrow. Veloce, £12.99. Another new Veloce publication is this hardback in their Colour Family Album…
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