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Matters of Moment, January 1999
editorial First things first. A happy Christmas and best wishes for the new season from the staff of Motor Sport.…
editorial First things first. A happy Christmas and best wishes for the new season from the staff of Motor Sport.…
Chris Humberstone Chris Humberstone, former head of Spice Racing Cars and creator of the outrageous Allard WSC car, has died.…
Network Q Rally of GT Britain & Coys Historic Extraordinary events in November's Rally of Great Britain led to Tommi…
By the time these words are read the Mile Miglia will be taking place. There seem to be three methods…
The Japanese Grand Prix and its attendant dramas are long gone now: consigned already, it seems, to the history books.…
Sir, I was most interested to have my attention turned to the above car in the October 1998 edition of…
Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Blydenstein's article in the October issue on racing his Borgward saloon in the '50s and…
Sir, Turn it up, mate! Fosters spends millions on sponsoring Formula One and you will give them a serve about…
Sir, Re John Aston's letter in the December issue. As a competitor, I confess I had my doubts as the…
Sir, Having just read the very interesting article on the Straker Squire racing car in your July 1998 issue, it…
Sir, Chris Nixon is not quite right (Letters, December) in stating that there were only two versions of the Reims…
Sir, It was with disappointment that I read Mr Boddy's rather negative BRM article in December's Motor Sport. He concluded…
Sir, The two letters in your December issue commenting on the Goodwood Revival Meeting struck a chord about how easy…
Sir, Further to Bill Boddy's article "British Racing Misery" in December, in 1950 I was still a medical student in…
Sir, I was grateful for that excellent Hotchkiss article. I have had that roadster CUL 597 for 27 years. The…
Twenty years ago this month, found myself a week before Christmas in a place to which ordinarily wild horses would…
Compared with its immortal rival, the sleek Suprmnarine Spitfire featured in last month's Motor Sport, the Hawker Hurricane was considered…
While several Spitfires have been restored over the years, the same cannot be said of the Hurricane. In its heyday,…
The Forgotten Races - 1914 French Grand Prix Whether bravery of pointless egoism, Georges Boillot's vain battle shadowed the conflict…
The Forgotten Races - 1950 Belgian Grand Prix Who'd bet on a slow old Talbot against Alfa's works GP team?…
Ferdinand Porsche's radical V16 engine was the perfect fit for grand prix racing's new pre-war formula. In the hands of Auto Union's Bernd Rosemeyer, it brought German dominance to circuits across Europe
What do Aldous Huxley, Lawrence of Arabia, Richard III and James Joyce have in common? They all appear in the first few pages of this remarkable new book by Mat…
The best-loved character in all of Formula 1: Sid Watkins was responsible for introducing F1 medical care that has saved the lives of many drivers, writes Nigel Roebuck
Now that Bluebird K7 has been raised from the depths of Coniston Water, Andrew Frankel hopes more than ever that people remember the legacy and achievements of Donald Campbell Photo: Phil Evans/The Bluebird…