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Sir, In your February issue, you invite readers to let you know of any ,experiences with the Startix device. Around 1935 I did a fair amount of driving in a…

The reflections left by the Italian Grand Prix at Monza are a mixture of joy and sadness, for the Ferrari victory by Regazzoni and the Lotus loss in the death…

The advertisement for my History of Brooklands says it is about "the days when men were men, which reflected their will to win". Maybe: but it is also about many…

The challenge has been put back into the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series. Although the works McLaren team of Bruce McLaren and Denis Hulme remains the strongest, its stranglehold has been…

Obituary Just as this issue of Motor Sport was closing for press, on June 15, we heard the sad news of James Hunt's death, from a heart attack, at the…

So how did 2012's new Formula 1 cars end up looking so ugly — and why is the McLaren MP4-27 the odd one out? In fact it's an interesting case…

With 1200kg and 700bhp, the GT1 Viper eats straights and slingshots out of corners. But what's it like going into them? Andrew Frankel straps in and blasts around Paul Ricard…

VSCC Welsh Weekend Oct. 4th/5th THIS ANNUAL EVENT followed the traditional pattern but will be remembered as "30/98 Year", because 13 of these splendid sporting cars took part, or 14…

BRIEF SPECIFICATION Engine : 0-cylinders. Bore nun., strOli0. 90 MM., 0:11-M61y 1,911 c.c. R.A.C. rating 15.7 imslirod operated. Coil ignition. Three Zenith carburetters. Gearbox : Four speeds and reverse. central…

Some modifications to the Pukekohe circuit reduced the lap distance from 2.2 miles to 1.75 miles and the Grand Prix was held over 57 laps. Before this there was a…

Shelsley Walsh is a splendidly enduring British institution, having first been used as a motor sporting venue as early as 1905, and still going strong today. The organising Midland Automobile…

An Italian Champion Details of the 2!-2-litre Maserati. THE performance of the 2i-litre Maserati in the great races of the 1930 season has been sufficiently striking to make this machine…