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Qualified: Pole Result: Retired "The FW08 was very quick at a course like Brands Hatch, and it was a circuit I loved. In that car, it was like being in…

Some cars gain fame, some have fame thrust upon them. The Italian Chiribiri deserves to be remembered because Tazio Nuvolari, whom many people think was the greatest racing driver of…

Among small-output British sportscars the Marendaz Specials have a definite place, made more memorable by their colourful, selfpublicising creator. They were raced and rallied and sold as individual, fast road…

The Lesney " Matchbox " Collector's Catalogue is now available in Great Britain for a cost of 3d. It illustrates almost 130 different " Matchbox " models, including the veteran…

A Gentleman's Motor Racing Diary. World Action Sports Productions (Tel: 01606 49723), £295 Compiled from the private films of Johnny Tate and with a narration derived from his notes, this…

Starting at the beginning of the alphabet with the AC Owners Club, the February issue of AC Action includes a fascinating article on the history and longawaited restoration of A98,…

Over 100 mph and good acceleration allied to the former merits of this American-sponsored 6-cylinder 2-litre, £1,070 car The new cars which Ford of Dagenham have brought out to replace the old…

1925 There was a foretaste of the 1925 range of Daimler models comparatively early in 1924, when, at the Wembley Exhibition, the latest 35 hp was shown with a nickel radiator with…

1. Luigi Musso/Juan Manuel Fangio (Ferrari) 3:00:03.7 2. Jean Behra (Maserati) + 24.4 3. Mike Hawthorn (Maserati) + 2 laps 4. Chico Landi/Gerino Gerini (Maserati) + 6 laps 5. Olivier…

fit the world's first aquajet tyre New unique 'Aquajet' action Aquatets are shoulder vents which pump away surface water between tyre and road when braking pressure is applied. Resti!t—an even…

Driving his first race since his accident in the Belgian GP, Stirling Moss won the 75-kilometre sports-car race at the Swedish Karlskoga meeting in the new 2-litre rear-engined Lotus Nineteen.…

The fanaticism of Rolls-Royce followers knows no bounds. For instance, a play by William Douglas-Home, called "Rolls Hyphen-Royce" starring Wilfred Hyde White, opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 11th…