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Matters of Moment, January 1979
• Happy New Year .... This issue of Motor Sport appears a little later than usual due to the present…
• Happy New Year .... This issue of Motor Sport appears a little later than usual due to the present…
Here we go again! On January 21st the 1979 Formula One season is due to start with the Argentine GP…
Lotus: Heading the 1979 list, naturally enough, is Team Lotus, no longer supported by John Player, the cigarette firm, while…
To mark the 3-million production-milestone of Bedford vehicles, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. has issued a lavishly-illustrated 48-page, large-format booklet tracing the…
The VSCC would like to run the main race at its Donnington meeting next year for the Nuffield Trophy, for…
Mr. R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, continues his account of life at T & T's of Brooklands under the great Reid…
A section dedicated to old-car matters Some Lucas History Last year the great Lucas electrical organisation, on which so many…
Single-Plate Clutches Sir, I wouldn't call myself an historian but I can read reference books, let's hope they are right;…
The Land-Rover Register has compiled a list of known pre-production prototype Land-Rovers, constructed prior to July 1948. It knows of…
VSCC Driving Tests, Enstone (Dec. 2nd) Moved from Silverstone to this new venue on the lofty heights of Oxfordshire beyond…
"The Art of Gordon Crosby" by Peter Garnier. 95 pp. 13" x 9¼". (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House,…
We hear that the new sports three-wheeler that we referred to in the November 1978 issue of Motor Sport and…
If you, like me, have suffered a deterioration of sound from your car cassette player because of inaccessibility, Ross Electronics…
It looks as if this very long-lived series, which I hope may sometimes bring to the notice of readers books…
"He can be regarded as the leader of the latest type of racing-motorist created in the atmosphere of the track"…
The Bugatti Owners Club held its annual Prize-Giving Luncheon at the Chateau Impney at Droitwich on November 26th last year,…
This years Model Engineer Exhibition, which is of interest to so many of our readers, will be opened by Stirling…
Lombard RAC Rally of Great Britain One year ago we began the review of the 1977 RAC Rally by writing…
The Things They Say ... "... it seems probable to me that those who read this book will have been…
Sparking plugs can be ignored between services in most modern engines, but this is not always the case for some…
Lewis' brilliant race, Ferrari on the back foot, the difficult situation at Force India and much more. Brilliant Lewis That was a bit exciting towards the end. What can you…
The circuit gates were unlocked, pit garages dusted down, and the cobwebs flicked from marshal's flags. As a new season of racing began, out from hibernation rumbled powerbikes, sidecars, classic…
Mercedes-Benz and its drivers will be taking a long, hard look at themselves and each other after the smoke and mirrors – that lock-up at Mirabeau – of Monaco. Niki…
A late stunner by the Toro Rosso returnee deprives Kimi Räikkönen of top spot at Barcelona A stunning late lap by Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso meant he was a…