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Matters of moment, April 1998
If I were Frank Williams of Jean Todt, I’d be banging on Bridgestone's door right now. The problem is I…
If I were Frank Williams of Jean Todt, I’d be banging on Bridgestone's door right now. The problem is I…
The Chevron B16 which took a Wankel engine to Le Mans 21 years before Mazda won the event with a…
Modern pretenders were soundly spanked in February’s Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone, where seven of the top ten were Frazer Nashes.…
Richard Noble has asked me to ask you to stop sending him money. Thanks at least in part to the…
The former President of the British Racing Drivers Club, Gerald Lascelles has died aged 73. Under his presidency from 1964…
With the ink barely dry on the contract to sell his Grand Prix team to British American Racing, the newly…
You may not have realised it but the thing that's missing from your life is a Murray Walker character jug.…
Remarkable how careless some people can be. We’ve all lost our keys at some time, but a Grand Prix car?…
Having watched the ITV documentary on Murray Walker, I’ve decided that, when digital TV arrives offering a choice of camera…
Have fun and do some good at the same time. On Saturday April 11, International Rally Car Day offers you…
Former World Champion John Surtees has sportingly loaned FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Car Championship competitor Chris Perkins the ex-John Watson…
Formula Junior, the brainchild of Count 'Johnny' Lurani and training ground for many Grand Prix stars of the early 1960s,…
Over the years there have been mutterings about newly-built cars in historic racing. As far as a Grand Prix car…
Motorsport historian Duncan Rabagliati’s collection of more than 60 cars, one of the most eclectic assortments ever to be offered…
March 21 Oulton Park (GB) Historic Touring Cars headline the programme for this meeting on the Fosters Circuit. T: 01829…
Stirling Moss Attacks the FIA In a circular sent to most of the motoring press, Stirling Moss has attacked the…
So now we know. All that endless speculation through the dark days of winter, all that sifting the conflicting scraps…
Heated debate Sir, With reference to John Grimson's letter in the February issue I was not aware of any reluctance…
Some weekends you can come back from a Grand Prix with a notebook relatively clean. There will be a lap…
The return of racing to Goodwood may be the highpoint of the 1998 Historic motorsport season, but as Marcus Pye…
This month the team sat down with Richard Attwood, winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1970. Regular listeners will know how entertaining Richard can be after Ed's evening…
I’ll miss the phone calls from Tony Brooks. Sometimes it was to clarify something we had written in the magazine, sometimes just to get some information and then discuss Verstappen…
A permanent tribute to Murray Walker has been unveiled at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, remembering the legendary commentator who died in March. The commemorative plaque pays tribute…
Ford is staying out of team management in its latest F1 partnership with Red Bull and AlphaTauri, potentially still shuddering at its attempt to run Jaguar "the Ford way", witnessed first-hand by Johnny Herbert and others