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Matters of moment, September 1981
Compulsion It looks as if the do-gooders, among whom must be numbered some motor journals and motoring organisations, the AA…
Compulsion It looks as if the do-gooders, among whom must be numbered some motor journals and motoring organisations, the AA…
Confusion We are glad not to have been assigned the task of writing a layman's guide to motor racing and…
You never meet anyone who objects to the Österreichring. It may be a little difficult to get to, there may…
Morgan Sports Car Club In conjunction with the Austin Healey Owners Club, the MSCC is organising an Inter-Club sprint meeting…
It has come to our notice that, presumably to replace criminally inaccurate radar-guns, certain Police Forces are reverting to stop-watch…
Qualifying The pits and paddock were well filled by Friday morning, to see the start of testing under blue skies…
Unipart's Metro Challenge One-make racing has become tremendously popular in recent years with international Grand Prix meetings graced by the "Procar"…
First year Formula Two driver— "Rookie" the Americans would call him — Thierry Boutsen took the lead of the European…
South American Double Summertime, or rather the weeks between mid-June and mid-August during which High. Summer is supposed to prevail,…
The 1981 24 Heures de Francorchamps will he remembered for its relatively incident free progress and a superb battle for…
the time was generating a great deal of downforce. It was absolutely fine at Buenos Aires, where Niki finished second,…
"I think it's important to remember that Bernie was spending a lot of his own money in those days ... "…
The starter At one time the starting of a Grand Prix was a pretty haphazard affair, the signal being given by the…
BGH 23 Any manufacturer who pursued an active programme of sports-car racing, especially in the days before transporters, when cars were…
The perfect driving machine? "What'll she do, mister?" -the age old question on the lips of small bovs of all ages…
LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO-continued assisted, the front discs being slightly smaller in diameter at 10.5'' than the rears, and the hand…
[A section devoted to old-car matters] The Life and Times of Montie Grahame-White (Continued from the August issue) Towards the end of 1898 Claude Johnson,…
The pictures on this page were sent to us by the Head Librarian of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu,…
It was a few years ago that correspondence started to appear in the VSCC Bulletin, proposing a straight line sprint…
Spot the Pub Sir, I enclose two enprints, together with negatives, recently found in an attic. They are all I…
There are no white lines or barriers, crowds watch from behind roadside bushes and the mountains behind provide a majestic backdrop. You can almost feel the warm sun on your…
Fernando Alonso will undergo surgery after the 2021 Formula 1 season to remove two titanium plates from his jaw after his cycling accident last month. The Spaniard was hit by…
Last week I speculated that McLaren would unveil the successor to the F1 at the Paris Motorshow so, of course, no sooner were the words up on the website than…
In the final year of its F1 partnership with Sauber, Alfa Romeo has unveiled its 2023 car with extensive modifications, aimed at improving on the performance that saw it finish sixth in last year's constructors' championship