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Matters of moment, November 1971
• Showtime Soliloquy With the last of the Earls Court visitors leaving the Motor Show to discover whether or not…
• Showtime Soliloquy With the last of the Earls Court visitors leaving the Motor Show to discover whether or not…
They don't love Jackie Stewart at Laguna SCCA, or the motoring writer of the San Francisco Chronicle doesn't. That paper…
British Leyland, the only major motor manufactory this country now possesses, has many problems. We wonder whether at times they…
On the eve of Earls Court we received a hand-out over the name of Raymond Playfoot which told us that…
Cevert's first Formula One victory Watkins Glen, October 3rd What a tremendous season Elf-Team Tyrrell have had in 1971. Their…
The 2-mile-long V-bomber runway at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire has proved so successful as a venue for attacking short-distance records…
Some weeks before the Motor Show British Leyland invited us up to Silverstone where they had laid on a test…
A slice of Talbot lore, I fancy, can be culled from an article by Jack Gilbey on "The Vanished Cab…
Interesting mainly for their colour plates, mostly of modern racing cars and motorcycles, are two Orbis Books volumes, "Racing Cars"…
By George Oliver. 220 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
By Lettice Curtis. 337 pp. 8 1/5 in. x 5 2/5 in. (G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., 50a, Bell…
By Tim Nicholson. 138 pp. 8 4/5 in. x 6 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
Brainerd, Minnesota, September 12th Peter Revson won his fourth Can-Am race of the season at Donnybrooke International Speedway, an ultra-quick…
The European Formula Two season effectively came to an end at Vallelunga at the beginning of October when Ronnie Peterson…
"It is a matter for sorrow that those who lead the Trades Unions whose members are mostly employed in our…
It's easy to estimate the popularity of a rally; one need only count the number of people who want to…
TAP Rally When it was first held five years ago, some people thought that it had a connection with plumbing;…
On the Can-Am trail While in North America last month for the Canadian and US Grands Prix I was lucky…
Ferrari For the past couple of years the efforts by Ferrari in sports car racing have been a bit luke-warm…
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Welsh Week-end (October 2nd/3rd) The traditional excursion over the Welsh border for…
It's Hammer-time for Mercedes' factory staff, as its star F1 driver calls for an intense six-months of work to catch Red Bull. The team says that it knows where to focus its efforts but, writes Mark Hughes, Lewis Hamilton isn't saying quite the same thing
Custom liveries and an earlier June release date announced for Codemasters' F1 2019, and the trailer teases something bigger... Codemasters' latest Formula 1 sim racer F1 2019 will be released on…
Thousands were at Silverstone on Sunday, yet no one turned up… Silverstone had an odd weekend. Thousands of fans were left disappointed late on Friday as the World Endurance Championship announced…
After highly successful 2019 tests, Bloodhound has said that its land speed record car is capable of setting a new world record having completed its month-long programme in South Africa.…