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Luigi Chinetti, who passed away recently, knew Enzo Ferrari way back in the '30s, but though the former scored the first of the latter's nine victories at Le Mans with…

R C Vickers, MC Ralph Cecil Vickers MC died at the age of 79 last September and was buried at Holy Trinity, Brompton. Educated at Cambridge, he acquired a Lea-Francis…

During the fourth round of the 1992 European F3000 Championship at Enna, series leader Rubens Barrichello, who had been suffering from spongy brakes since the start, was negotiating the second…

Nearly 180 Ferraris graced the splendid grounds of Honington Hall, Shipston-on-Stour for the Ferrari Owners Club Ferrari Festival and Concours d'Elegance. Champion of Champions in the concours was Major Trevelyan's…

As the long trip by boat from his native Cape Town came to an end at Southampton in the damp spring of 1961, one of Grand Prix racing's most celebrated…

Real racing ircuits Sir, I should like to endorse enthusiastically Denis Jenkinson's remarks concerning .real" racing circuits contained in his article "Reflections on a Grand Prix" (p.784 July issue). From…

World Champions — T.E.A.C. Cat's-eyes Rally — Harker Special — OuIton Park — Kieft Chassis Top, left: Runner-Up in the 1953 World Championship was Juan Fangio, pictured here in his…

Sir, I read with keen interest your recent article covering the Jowett Jupiter (Motor Sport, February 1989) but I feel some points of detail need to be mentioned. Firstly that…

In the November Motor Sport there was an advertisement which read as follows:— "250F Maserati. Built up from original parts using engine number 2522 and a new chassis frame. Car…

V.S.C.C. ODIHAM DRIVING TESTS (December 11th) III leaving difficult-to-locate Risley. the annual Ns inter driviuggests fixture ofthe Vintage S.C.C. moved to the squalor of the Slough Trading Estate. shifted to…

What lies behind Porsche’s acquisition of a controlling interest in Volkswagen? Well, we know what lies around it, namely the wreckage of many hedge funds who’d short-sold VW stock only…

N .F.S. PageantProgramme. NATIONAL Flying Services are now repeating their arrangements, which proved so successful last year, when they staged numerous pageants and meetings at the several aerodromes which they…