Subscriber Archive ‘How I almost got the first Las Vegas GP cancelled’ Forty-two years ago, staging a Formula 1 race in Las Vegas was yet another example of Bernie Ecclestone’s fabled ingenuity. By 1981, to be exporting Grand Prix racing to a… December 2023 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still… July 2023 Issue By Mike Doodson
Subscriber Archive Is there much more of this? book review First, a declaration. It was Andrew Marriott who got me started in the writing racket almost 60 years ago by recruiting me as a freelancer at Motoring News. We shared… December 2022 Issue By Mike Doodson
Subscriber Archive Chris Amon: The real drive to survive It was a chilly morning in early January 1971 when Alan Henry and I called on Chris Amon at his new engine business in Reading. It would be an unforgettable… November 2022 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Smoke and Heat: Lotus in the JPS days Although I had no more than a small role as the team’s press officer during the black-and-gold glory days of the Lotus 72, I had a ringside seat at someof… October 2022 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Ken Tyrrell —entrant of Jackie Stewart’s World Championship-winning Matra Foresight is a virtue with which very few motor-racing people are commonly blessed. They tend to get wildly enthusiastic about an idea which… December 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Formula Two Review European Championship The 1969 Championship, which came to a close at the Gran Premio Roma, with Johnny Servoz-Gavin coming through to win from second place with only two rounds to… December 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive International Formula Three at Brands Hatch The Motor Show is the occasion for British car manufacturers to tempt their customers with as much glitter and excitement as they can. In motor racing, too, the Brands Hatch… November 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive New Developments By increasing the power of the four-cylinder Ford-based FVA engine to around the 435 b.h.p. mark, Cosworth Engineering has put Britain firmly back on top in the Formula Two world.… July 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Formula 2 Review G.P. Du Limbourg (June 8th) The controversial cancellation of the Belgian Grand Prix was a serious blow to Belgian people, who were thereby denied the opportunity of watching top racing… July 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson
Archive Easter Monday at Thruxton For the second year in succession, a British round in the European Formula Two Championship for non-graded drivers opened the Formula Two season at the Hampshire circuit of Thruxton. Expected… May 1969 Issue By Mike Doodson