Undoubtably the beginning of August was a sad one for motor racing, for as a result of accidents we lost two well-known drivers, one a Grand Prix star of the highest order, and the other a first-class all-rounder. Motor racing at the limit must inevitably bring about its crop of accidents, and once an accident has started it is a matter of sheer luck whether it turns out to be fatal or whether...
The Midland AC, founded in 1901, put on an ambitious Press Day at its historic Shelsley Walsh hill on May 2nd, to introduce Presspersons to this famous venue. Helped by the VSCC, timed climbs were demonstrated by representative pre-war cars, after which rides were available, at intended lower speeds. MOTOR SPORT staff, who know all about Shelsley, were present in some force and I much enjoyed my...
By OUR CONTINENTAL CORRESPONDENT
HOW THEY WILL LINE UP
Most of the manufacturers and Scuderias have completed their teams for the coming season, and we are now able to take stock of the position. One or two well known drivers are still disengaged, but it is generally agreed that the constitution of the various teams will be as follows:
Grand Prix
Mercedes-Benz: 1, Rudolf Caracciola; 2, Herman...
Continental Notes and News
By
HAROLD NOCKOLDS.
The Passing of a Famous Designer.
IN the death of Arnold Zoller, at Darmstadt last month, the motoring world has lost a pioneer. A Swiss by birth, he was with the Fiat concern for several years • from 1906 onwards, and designed some of the early racing engines. Even in those days Zoller was an ardent upholder of mechanical developments which are...
LOOKING BACK ON 1935
GERMAN AND ITALIAN RIVALRY, ASTONISHING SPEEDS AND A HAPPY FREEDOM FROM SERIOUS ACCIDENT THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS It is more probable that in years to come we shall look back on the 1935 motor-racing season as one of the finest in the history of the sport. A full programme of races has been fought out
by four, and sometimes five, works teams, supplemented by a group of...
CONTINENTAL NEWS.
PROSPECTS OF A WONDERFUL FRENCH G P.
ALFA-ROMEO-BUGATTI DUEL TO BE FOUGHT ONCE AGAIN AT RHEIMS
T•EN years ago the most important road race in the world was the French Grand Prix. To win this race was the ambition of manufacturers and drivers alike, the blue rib and of motor racing. Then came the advent of " sports " car racing, and the prestige of the race declined. Entries fell...
ntinental Notes and News
By
HAROLD NOCKOLDS.
Definitely an Inducement.,
MOTOR racing as a whole is surprisingly (ree from nationalistic spirit. Not even the Nazis are badly affected by. it, for we find Italians in both of their State-aided racing teams. Mussolini is most prone to demonstrations of patriotic fervour, and the classic telegrams ordering his men to win are renowned. His latest move...
Nuvolari’s victory over the Silver Arrows in the 1935 German GP is known as one of his greatest drives. For years rumour suggested that Alfa Romeo had fitted a bigger engine, diminishing the scale of his achievement. Now we finally have the answers to this long-running debate
By Simon Moore
Money has always counted in Grand Prix racing. In the early 1930s state funding was helping Mercedes and...
One of the last great names of the Golden Era of motor racing, Rene Dreyfus, passed away on August 17 in his adopted New York. He was 88.
Celebrated as both a racing driver and a restaurateur, he was born in Nice in 1905, the son of a wealthy linen merchant. He started his racing career 19 years later in a Mathis. His performances eventually caught the eye of local Bugatti agent Ernest Friderich...
THE GRAND PRIX OF PAU MARCEL LEHOUX (BUGATTI) WINS OPENING RACE OF THE SEASON, SNOWSTORM MAKES CONDITIONS SEVERE.
ROUND-THE-TOWN races have the advantage of being a concentrated test of the endurance of cars and drivers alike. At first regarded as" miniature" circuits, they have become recognised as placing a severe strain on engines, gears, transmission and brakes. First Monaco, then Nimes and...