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Ferrari stars at Coys Festival
The largest gathering of racing Ferraris ever seen in Britain honoured the marque's Golden Jubilee in style at last month's…
September 1997
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Stars come out for Silverstone's party
It was a memorable moment when Jose Froilan Gonzalez took the wheel of a mighty 4 1/2-litre V12 engined Ferrari…
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Silverstone to mark jubilee at Coys '98
Fifty years of Silverstone Circuit will be the theme of the BRDC's seventh International Historic Festival extravaganza, scheduled to take…
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Lola to put T70 to put back into production
Lola's T70 sports racing car - as tested in this issue of MOTOR SPORT — is set to re-enter production,…
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editorial, September 1997
Two books have caught my eye in the last month. First is Eric Dymock's biography of Jim Clark. Great though…
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Team Lotus plans F1 comeback
Former racing driver David Hunt, brother of 1976 World Champion James, reaffirmed his intention, at last month's British Grand Prix,…
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M-B buys Neubauer archive
Mercedes-Benz last month acquired personal archives of its legendary driver and racing team manager Alfred Neubauer, and intends to put…
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miscellany, September 1997
Piston failure in a test session on the eve of last month's Coys International Historic Festival sadly precluded Martin Stretton…
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Goodwood sets 1998 race date
Lord March has relaunched the Goodwood Road Racing Company the name used when Goodwood Motor Circuit last hosted race meetings…
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Tyrrell stars at the 'Ring
Bob Berridge won round four of the FIA cup, for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars series at the Nurburgring on July…
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GT40 VS TVR at Spa
Belgian sportswear veteran Jean 'Burleys' Blaton heads the 90-car entry for Motor Classic's Six Hours of Spa on September 6/7…
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Paris to Peking ready to go
Ninety intrepid crews from 25 countries are embarking on the Classic Rally Association's Peking to Paris Motor Challenge — a…
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Mercedes boss Alfred Neubauer: Nigel Roebuck's F1 Legends
On 17 July 1937, during practice for the German GP, Bernd Rosemeyer fought his wayward Auto Union round the Nürburgring…
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Simon Draper
A man with the world's best collection of Aston Martins and the force behind the Palawan press If you see…
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A record breaker writes
Sir, A copy of your July 1995 edition has come into my possession where you review Double-Twelve hour records, and…
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Thanks from the BRDC
Sir, The British Racing Drivers Club and Silventone Circuits would like to thank everyone involved in The Coys International Historic…
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Thanks to Benetton
Sir, In these days of cynical media manipulation in sport this is a wonderfully refreshing opportunity to go public and…
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Spirit on Ecstasy
Sir, Imagine my surprise when I boarded the cruise ship 'Ecstasy' to find this Rolls Royce chocked up on welded…
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Film on Ford
Sir, The article on the Beatrice Formula One team was terrific, but you were wrong about the film of the…
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Motor Sport in the blood
Sir, It is amazing how much you take things for granted. It took me several days to realise what had…
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