Recent winners in the FIA's European championship have reflected just how wide open the 1979 title chase is turning out. At Pau in France Eddie Cheever's Osella (above) scored its…

Sir, The 1971 Woolmark British Grand Prix has come and gone, providing Jackie Stewart with yet another runaway win. He left the rest of the field behind and romped home,…

Sir, With respect to Sam Clutton (Letters, Motor Sport, February 1989), the Type 35B Bugatti won races for reasons other than its "enormous torque". Its torque curve was impressive, but…

The Rootes Group has a reputation for eschewing shoddy, " tinny " cars, preferring to offer quality, rugged construction and high-quality equipment in the models of the Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam…

When not travelling around the world on photoshoots, only a proportion of which are about cars, Mitch enjoys sampling fine English ale and working on his collection of classic cars.…

On a bright autumn day, sun shining on the beautiful Lake District scenery, the Vintage Sports Car Club held its fourteenth annual Lakeland Trial. Sixty-six cars attempted some 13 trials sections in…

Stirling Moss Attacks the FIA In a circular sent to most of the motoring press, Stirling Moss has attacked the attitude of the Commission Sportive Internationale in its control of…

In the over-2-litre class the issue lay between Ferrari and Maserati, and the Maranello firm entered two 12-cylinder 3 1/2-litres as used in the Giro Sicilia, to be driven by…

Regarding the Delage pictured on p.260 of your March issue: This is the 1937 prototype constructed by Jean Henri-Labourdette (with the collaboration of the aerodynamic specialist, engineer Audrand) on a…

PORSCHE VICTORY.—On the first lap of the Daytona 24-Hours, the two JW Automotive Porsche 917s sweep off the banking (left) with Andretti's Ferrari 512S only inches behind. Siffert's car (leading)…

Sir, For the information of Peter Biggs (Letters, Motor Sport, November 1988), the new Jimmy Brown Centre at Silverstone is hardly a sop to the Press. True, there is a…

"Carburation, Carburetters and Petrol Injection," by Charles H. Fisher. (Chapman and Hall, 21/-.) This book, by Charles Fisher, has reached its second edition and we are not surprised. In its…