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Matters of moment, January 1956
Congratulations, Campbell! — Britain now holds the World's Water Speed Record, at a mean speed of 216.25 m.p.h. "Bluebird" reached…
Congratulations, Campbell! — Britain now holds the World's Water Speed Record, at a mean speed of 216.25 m.p.h. "Bluebird" reached…
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1955 Looking back twelve months, I find that in 1955…
As we close for Press it is rumoured that Ugolini has left Ferrari to manage the Maserati team next year.…
Morgan 4/4 Club Night Rally (December 3rd/4th) There were only three competitors to lose no marks on the road section—H.…
The present-day scarcity of really cheap sports cars and the high prices of the better ones have caused an increase…
In a test report of an M.G. MGA published in Empire News under the heading of "Sleek M.G. Stops the…
There is no need to underline the excellent performance, one might write "circuit-performance," of Colin Chapman's Mk. IX aerodynamic Lotus,…
The thirty-seventh Gloucester Trial was held on December 3rd at Birdlip, Glos. This well-known reliability trial consists of a road…
V.S.C.C. ODIHAM DRIVING TESTS (December 11th) III leaving difficult-to-locate Risley. the annual Ns inter driviuggests fixture ofthe Vintage S.C.C. moved…
THE 1955 R.A.C. TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP Newman Wins Again muu-TELAis have become a specialised branch C. f motor sport. contested between…
BOOK REVIEWS " Henry's Wonderful Model-T-1908-1927," by Floyd Clymer: 219 pp.. I 1 in. by 83 in. (McGraw-Hill Book (:ompany,…
A VISIT TO COVENTRY-CLIMAX K of the oinst:iiidim leatures of last season's tumor racing. so far as this eountry was…
()then, ise. the IAN l' design was hillom,ed, tin. combustion chamber layout of Nyhieh had far exceeded expectations. %slide I…
* * OPINION FROM SWEDEN Far many years I have with great lest interest read your publication, which •as far…
TMNEW LE MANS REGELA1 IONS Sir, The publication of the new regulations for I,e Mans will doubtless set many pondering…
LETTERS from READERS N.B.-Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and " Motor Sport" does not necessarily 118/10Ciatt itself with…
ENTI1USIASAI FOB AMERICAN CARS Sir, One wonders why Suety surprise is shown when a motoring enthusiast (i.e., Peter Clark. ref.…
FASHION P'ERSUS. DESIGN Sir, Thank you, " W.J.T." and " W.11." for explainiug many things. Your suggestion that the British…
"MOTOR SPORT" Becomes— ON INTIMATE TERMS WITH THE FIAT 600 The Smallest Four-Cylinder Car on the Market Proves Capable of…
FOR WINTER MOTORING A useful aid to winter motoring introduced by Douglas Holt Ltd. is Molt's Screenwash, which removes ice…
Ferrari’s ability to self-sabotage knows no bounds, and the Hungarian Grand Prix is the latest in a long list of examples. And it comes against the backdrop of a team…
Ramon Forcada has been a MotoGP chief crew for three decades, working on Honda’s NSR500, RC211V and RC212V, then Yamaha’s YZR-M1. He talks about working with two-stroke 500s, the big changes that have taken place in MotoGP in recent years and the category’s current problems
The historic racing calendar has a new date: the Historic Awards The Royal Automobile Club is to celebrate the UK’s historic racing and motoring scene with the launch of the…
First it was rear-end shapeshifters, now it’s front-end shapeshifters too. Should MotoGP ban these devices? And is it possible to ban the technology?