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Matters of moment, August 1989
Split-seconds The sprint scene in this country began at Mucklow Hill in Halesowen in 1900 (with a Mors making FTD),…
Split-seconds The sprint scene in this country began at Mucklow Hill in Halesowen in 1900 (with a Mors making FTD),…
Historic Nurburgring One of the great historic meetings of the year takes place at the Nurburgring in Germany on the…
Berger for Prost As expected, Alain Prost announced his intention to leave McLaren International at the end of the season,…
A fillip for racing Success came early for Renault, after all. it came in appalling conditions in Montreal, when the…
Plus ca change Suddenly, things weren’t looking so rosy for Ayrton Senna. The rot had started with that electronics problem…
The Price of Progress Ayrton Senna must be wondering who he’s offended these days. Since Phoenix nothing has gone right…
Wound Up Tight The first half of the 1989 Formula One season ended on a high-speed note round the flat…
A scorcher! Longer-distance saloon car racing in Britain reached new levels of endurance ten years ago, when the BRSCC and…
A Busy Month Dear Reader, It’s a good thing that the months of June provides us with the longest day…
Too much advice! There is probably just time for you to enter the Fiesta Formula One Nations Cup, and it…
Ole! Fresh from success at Le Mans, the Sauber Mercedes team went to the Jarama track outside Madrid with another…
Brief encounter Perhaps “launch” is too generous a word for the unveiling of the Jaguar XJR-11 in the paddock at…
The survivor Like Hitler’s personal car, there are plenty of “first” Minis around. Sometimes they are a prize to be…
Small wonder! When BMC’s Mini was unveiled in 1959 and enjoyed instant success, it caused a revolution in the car…
From Another ERA Before I drove a small green 1.3-litre Mini at the SMMT test-day at Donington, one sporting an…
Thouroughbred amongst meetings Difficult though it might have been to drag myself away from a paddock full of interesting cars…
We didn't mean that tough Make it tougher, said last year’s entrants as they handed over their entry fees for the 1989 Pirelli Classic…
Boasting Big It took many years to do it, but Vauxhall finally made the breakthrough about a dozen years ago when…
VSCC Colerne While many must have been crying into their wine because Jaguar and failed to achieve its seventh victory…
The Brooklands Society held its annual Reunion in torrid heat on June 18. The theme of the day was the…
With Sébastien Ogier going part-time in WRC next year, he now has time to pursue his endurance "dream" – and is warming up with the WEC Rookie Test in November
After Carl Edwards crashed into the fence at Talladega last month, with debris injuring seven spectators, the debate began about the state of safety on high-banked superspeedways. Edwards’ accident was…
Haas has ended its Rich Energy era for good, unveiling a new livery to replace the black and gold colours of last season's troubled sponsor. It's the first team to…
Ducati Corse has announced that Jack Miller will join the official Ducati team from the 2021 MotoGP season. Miller will make the jump from the Pramac Ducati team after rumours…