by Christopher Hilton. 171pp. 8” x 5”. (Transworld Publishers Ltd, 61-63 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5SA. £3.95) For a straightforward biography of this country’s leading Formula One driver, you…

Great expectations We have recently published criticisms of the BLMC, for which we do not repent. But, having discussed these editorials with Lord Stokes in his eyrie on the sixth…

Although the Monte Carlo Rally is not one of the oldest of motoring competitions, the road to Monte Carlo has for a very long time exercised a peculiar fascination over…

Sir, Mr RJ Wade’s letter (Motor Sport, April 1988) surely misses the point. It is the incorrect use of the first and second lands on motorways that causes congestion in…

Sir, English is a living language, but it is living it up a shade too fast for some old codgers! In the same issue as another splendid piece by Jenks…

Three Class Records Broken at Bugatti O.C. May Meeting The weather was fine until the programme at Prescott on May 22nd was almost completed, so that drivers had the advantage…

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Sir, I would appreciate the hospitality of your columns in order to clear up any misunderstandings about the R.A.C.'s Rescue Services which may have arisen as a result of the…

Mike will be watching the new Lotus F1 team with a touch of insider interest – he worked for Team Lotus in the 1970s as the sport’s first full-time press…

Sir, Congratulations on keeping your excellent journal "alive" in such difficult times. I read your note about the B.N.C. in January's Motor Sport, and I have just read in a…

Goodwood Easter Monday An Immense Effort. - Peter Whitehead taking Lavant Corner in his 1936 B-type E.R.A. on the great drive that earned him second place to Parnell in the…

Sir, In his review of Scalextric by Roger Gillham (November issue), Bill Boddy wonders if Scalextric ever produced banked track. Indeed it did; as a child in the 1970s I had…