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Credit Where It's Due
There will doubtless be those who begrudge Damon Hill his championship success this year. Ever since he emerged in the…
There will doubtless be those who begrudge Damon Hill his championship success this year. Ever since he emerged in the…
This month's copy of MOTOR SPORT celebrates the World Championship success of Damon Hill, and it also represents a milestone…
There are striking similarities between the careers of Damon and Graham Hill, but the new World Champion is very much…
Damon Hill kept his fans on the edge of their seats right to the bitter end; so too did his…
At his first attempt, Jacques Villeneuve has already enjoyed a more successful Grand Prix year than his legendary father, Gilles,…
It is 20 years since James Hunt clinched the World Championship in one of the tensest Formula One finales. Simon…
The ITC's collapse mirrors that of the World Touring Car Championship nine years ago. But who is really to blame?…
Overnight success for Mitsubishi is the result of years of experience, says David Williams Andrew Cowan and Phil Short, the…
...but not quite. For all its sporting pedigree, Mark Hughes emerges a tad disappointed from AMG's interpretation of the E-Class…
Sir, In the October issue you enquired if the side-handle starting arrangement on Chris Piercy's Utility Trojan was a standard…
Sir I was most interested to read "Rich Rumour" in October's issue. Having had access to official Mercedes archives, I…
Sir, John Hickman enquires (Readers' Letters, October) whether the 212 European Hillclimb Championship-winning Ferrari driven by Peter Schetty still exists…
Sir, Transport technology reached a zenith when, with the invention of the bicycle, the addition of just 25Ibs to a…
Chrysler 300 — America's Most Powerful Car, by Robert Ackerson. Veloce Publishing, £25.00. Veloce provide in this book a useful…
Ferrari — the Battle for Revival, by Alan Henry. Haynes, £14.99. Quick off the mark, as befits an Autocar columnist,…
Essential BMW Roadsters and Cabriolets, by Eberhard Kittler. Bay View Books, £9.95. I found much of interest in this soft-back…
Fairthorpe Cars, by John H Allan. Bookmarque Publishing, £24.99. It is good that the lesser makes among those sports cars…
Roads to Oblivion Triumphs and Tragedies of British Car Makers 1946-56, by Christopher Balfour. Bay View Books, £24.95. I suppose…
A Gentleman's Motor Racing Diary. World Action Sports Productions (Tel: 01606 49723), £295 Compiled from the private films of Johnny…
Volkswagen Beetle — The Rise From The Ashes Of War, by Simon Parkinson. Veloce Publishing, £14.99. Here is the extraordinary…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past British Grand Prix, Silverstone, July 16 1977 This was Silverstone at…
And then there were four: Sebastian Vettel has won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship and his name now sits alongside Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. As…
You had to look twice to be certain, but there was no mistaking the boyish grin. Two young female fans had spotted their quarry as he strode towards his motorbike,…
For the first time ever Ducati goes into a new season as favourite to win the MotoGP riders' world championship, after winning the last two constructors' titles. It’s taken a…