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ARROWS GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL Losing the Mugen-Honda engine could have been a body blow to Arrows (nee Footwork, nee Arrows!), but instead lack Oliver allied himself with Ford by taking…

This month’s magazine reflects the best and worst of Nelson Piquet Sr. Our cover story, on BMW’s peaks-and-troughs record in Formula 1, presents Piquet the driver, a man determined to…

Sir, There has been quite a bit of correspondence recently regarding the Monotrace, culminating in a letter from Mr. White who tells us that the engine in the Monotrace was…

WE ARE glad to be able to announce that, following many requests, Bill Boddy's classic book, "The History of Brooklands Motor Course — 1906 -1940", which had been out-of-print for…

Hakkinen wins at Spa Mika Häkkinen's brilliant win in May's DTM round at Spa-Francorchamps was a stunning result in only his third race as a touring car driver. In taking…

Remember Senna at Donington Park in 1993? Ran away with it in the pouring rain. One of the best drives ever. Yes, but how does it compare with, say, Moss…

Sir, Thank you very much indeed for publishing the performance figures of a Daimler Majestic Major (page 830, July issue). I can now raise my head again and start discussing…

Sir, In your interesting article on the Kremer Porsche 917K-81 (June issue) you say the only other minor criticism is that the late Bob Wollek had not, at that stage…

(Continued from the February issue)  The summer of 1916 saw our aristocratic young Guards Officer, seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, whom I shall identify as X, as keen on…

Delta Wing to race at Le Mans The radical Delta Wing conceived as the nextgeneration Indycar will race at Le Mans next year. A two-seater version of the car, overlooked…

Ganassi signs Rahal Chip Ganassi will run a new twocar IndyCar Series team this season in addition to his existing title-winning squad with Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon. Graham Rahal…

EarlySeaplanes. HISTORY, especially aviation history is always rather enthralling, and I am all attention when a pioneer of flying becomes reminiscent. Recently I was told some interesting facts about the…