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Matters of moment, September 1960
Are we going, mad ? Is the country suffering from an inexplicable mania for roadside signs and speed limits? It seems…
Are we going, mad ? Is the country suffering from an inexplicable mania for roadside signs and speed limits? It seems…
Owing to difficulties in organisation, neither the Motor Cycling Club nor the Jaguar DC/Bentley DC were able to hold qualifying races…
Driving his first race since his accident in the Belgian GP, Stirling Moss won the 75-kilometre sports-car race at the…
This year it was the turn of the Portuguese Grand Prix to go north to the town of Porto, where…
Moss (Ferrari) beats the Aston Martins. Porsche and Lotus Elite win their classes. Team Lotus dominate BARC FJ Championship. The TT, reduced to…
Tornado Team Wins from Fairthorpes All BMC Mini-Cars "Black-Flagged" That ever-entertaining "race which is different," invented by Holland Birkett, the 750 MC…
A visit to the new Lotus factory at Cheshunt Just over a year ago the Lotus factory moved, lock, stock and…
"Jack Brabham's Motor Racing Book", 124 pp. 10 in. x 71/2 in. (Frederick Muller Ltd, Ludgate House, 110 Fleet Street, London EC4. 15s.).…
A Galaxie American cars are of considerable interest here on account of their comparative rarity and their fabulous size and…
Nothing much has been encountered in this direction lately, apart from a chapter on "I buy a Velocette" in Anne…
This best selling family car now better than ever Notwithstanding the fact that Wolfsburg has instituted improvements to the VW whenever…
Although not specifieally designed as such, the Yimkin Special, which has been raced for two seasons now, is a boon to the…
(August 6th) There is a great deal to be said in favour of sprint motoring, for a lot of sport can…
(August 7th) On the Sunday after GTt Auclum, three clubs, the West of England, Plymouth and Taunton MC, conbined to…
A Miserable Formula 2 race Adenau, July 31st. There have been some very good German Grand Prix events in the past,…
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Silverstone meeting (July 23rd) The second VSCC Silverstone Race Meeting of 1960 was held in fine weather…
On the day that "Bluebird," which may soon become the World's fastest car, first ran, the Editor was returning from…
Sir, It was very interesting to me to read in your May issue of Motor Sport, "Fragments on Forgotten Makes: The…
One of the best saloon cars in the World It was recently a privilege as well as a pleasure to…
Considerable interest was aroused by the appearance at the VSCC Oulton Park and Silverstone Race Meetings of RJ Cooper's supercharged 1930 8-litre…
Carl Cox has announced his own Extreme E team, due to make its debut at the 2023 season opener in Saudi Arabia. How did a globally acclaimed DJ come to join the grid of the all-electric series?
Traditionally Ferrari has chosen the Monza weekend to announce any forthcoming changes in its driver line-up: it was immediately after the race here in 2006, for example, that the signing…
With five races remaining, the Formula 1 World Championship (especially after the Spa debacle) is beautifully poised for a classic finale. Kimi Räikkönen has recently been out-performed by his Brazilian…
The big stories from the past fortnight in motor sport from the Archive. The most successful Formula 1 driver of all time, Michael Schumacher, was born in 1969. He was…