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The Schumacher era Dieter Streve-Mühlens/Rainer W Schlegelmilch Schlegelmilch's stunning photography is the heart and soul of this beautiful coffee-table tome covering Formula 1 in the years when Michael Schumacher was on…

MILLS' SCREEN SILENCER. A useful little device that has been brought to our notice is the Mills Rubber Screen Silencer. As most motorists are fully aware, and in particular drivers…

The Concours d'Elegance has departed forever from its original role of a contest in the Mediterranean sunshine to decide which near-millionaire had contrived the most elegant individual example of the…

SPORTING MACHINES ON TEST—continued. of one kick from cold, without flooding and astride the saddle. The sporting Amac carburettor gave good results on the whole, but possibly an improvement might…

By Our Continental Correspondent Kick-off: 1936 Pau Grand Prix The Pau Grand Prix was a very adequate curtain-raiser to the racing season. No one knew who was going to win…

Kimi Räikkönen's single-minded victory in Abu Dhabi was vindication for his Formula 1 return. At least, that's true for Lotus. Not for the man himself. He couldn't care less what…

One of the extremely rare Arab sportscars, with which the celebrated racing and record-breaking car designer Reid Railton and the famous Welsh engineer/racing driver J G Parry Thomas were associated…

Ascent of K3 Sir, My remembrance of the Porsche 935 K3 (November '04 issue) is from during its heyday in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschoft (DRM): John Fitzpatrick, Bob Wollek and…

It was a cool, dry day, Tuesday July 19 1983. Donington Park was bathed in weak sun, and conditions were favourable. Two days earlier Alain Prost had just won the…

When the 1985 season started I didn't have an F1 drive. I was still looking at F1, hoping to get back in. In the middle of the season I got…

Sir, I remember listening to the BBC news sometime in 1957 and hearing the reader state something to the effect that: "The future of Formula One grand prix racing is…

Top left: Motor Racing with Mercedes Benz by George Monkhouse. Top right: Motoraces Photographic book by George Monkhouse. Bottom left: Motor Racing. Bottom right: The first issue of the Brooklonds…