It has been a year of development, controversy and near-peak excitement, rather than a season of out-and-out classic motor racing on the national club scene.
On the whole grids have been full - in the majority of cases near to over-flowing - and competition has been keen and fierce. It is, perhaps, a sign of the slightly easier times in which we live that there appears to have been no dire...
TUNING TEST VW-Brabham's Lighter Formula 3
JOHN JUDD, business associate of Sir Jack Brabham since 1966 and whose Rugby-based Cosworth DFV Formula I engine building activities were the subject of a MOTOR SPORT profile in 1978, enjoyed August 1982 heartily. On the 15th of that month Brands Hatch witnessed an extraordinary reversal in the fortunes of the Formula 3-dominant Toyota d.o.h.c. engine....
GT racing has developed to the point of controversy. Michael Cotton explains why the Porsche v McLaren battle goes deeper than the racetrack
On the eve of its third anniversary, contemporary Grand Touring racing stands at a crossroads. Will it follow the usual path of progress and become more professional, ever more expensive and, ultimately, like Group C? Or will it remain a sport for wealthy...
Iconic British marque to fight Ferrari and not just at Le Mans
Aston Martin and its motorsport partner Prodrive Engineering plan to build 32 DBR9 racers in a bid to recreate the marque's golden era of 1950s sportscar success.
They want the V12 machine — which next year will take Aston back to the Le Mans 24 Hours — to race in all the major sportscar series around the world. As well as supplying...
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Customs Duty
Sir,
Readers of Motor Sport may be interested to learn that HM Customs now actively discourages the return to the UK of UK manufactured Historic vehicles.
Customs Duty is normally assessed on certain foreign goods to protect the home market...
It was not an obvious choice, but the big 3500 put Rover on the tin-top map. British Leyland's then motorsport boss, John Davenport, retraces its steps
To its designers, David Bache and Spen King, it was known as Specialist Division Number One: SD1 for short. It was known to the journalists who voted it Car of the Year in 1976 as the Rover 3500. Comedians called it the 'Bionic Dog'. But at the...