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The Mercedes challenge stepped up a gear when Nico Rosberg won convincingly in China, but the W03's form has since been erratic. Michael Schumacher has put in some good qualifying…

The August Quiz proved a real "poser" — in fact, the car was a Delahaye. The first correct solution came from A. Farley, of Southport. Only two other correct solutions…

Alan Cottam's Day The traditional VSCC OuIton Park race meeting was held in sunshine, after a wet Friday, and had 148 race entries, and another 35 for the Cheshire Life…

A MODERNISED BAMFORD AND MARTIN ASTON A RECONDITIONED FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD SIDE-VALVE ASTON-MARTIN. SOME NOTES ON THE TYPE IN GENERAL IT is an outstanding feature of motoring enthusiasm in this country that…

Or finding out how the other half motors The heading does not infer that Motor Sport has been testing a Dynasphere, that remarkable rolling cage with the driver slung within…

git-e Olympian Shortcomings. -w HILE Olympia is generally, and rightly, regarded as the world's finest motor-show, especially in respect of the very representative display found there, there is one point…

Jack Brabham and the Cooper Car Company really started something when they went to Indianapolis with a Grand Prix style Cooper Climax 4-cylinder, for, apart from convincing Europeans that they could get…

This year's East African Rally or Safari lived up to its reputation as a tough event, the 2,500-mile route varying from sun-baked, dusty, corrugated main roads to muddy by-ways calling…

Sir, Thank you for your features commemorating the 30th anniversary of the passing of Gilles Villeneuve. I have only ever attended one Grand Prix, the 1977 British race, so I…

The distance of a quarter of a mile, or 440 yards, is one that has a particular interest to motoring enthusiasts, for it is a standard distance used by most…

Porsche and the Targa Florio Michael Keyser, Mark Koense & Enzo Manzo If you weren’t already keen on the subject, you’ll be hooked by this book’s stunning opening shot, a…

THE HAN WORTH PAGEANT FIRST BIG N.F.S. EVENT OF THE SEASON AN unexpected and wholly welcome change in the weather favoured the N.F.S. Pageant which took. place on Easter Monday…