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Sir, I was most interested to read the letter from Mr HP Wright, of Lewes. His feelings concerning the new Road Traffic Act entirely reflect my own. Quite apart from the British…

Run in conditions of heavy showers, fog, and snow in high places, this year's "Measham", starting and finishing at Church Stretton, lived up to its exacting reputation. Going to watch…

No doubt there were occasions when Derek Bell secretly wished for an engine failure and an early bath. Perhaps in the middle of a dark, dank night at Le Mans,…

It used to be commonly expressed that you could beat neither the Finns in Finland nor the Swedes in Sweden. Drivers from these two countries have dominated the world's leading…

My hero: Formula One was something that I aspired to from the age of four or five. There was no interest from my family, but Jo Siffert was Swiss, like…

A GUIDE TO 1939 HIGH PERFORMANCE CARS THIS LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS AND DATA HAS BEEN COMPILED TO ASSIST THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF A FAST CAR IN THE DIFFICULT MATTER OF…

Sandown Park 360kms Southern stars One defeat doesn't end a war, but the Silk Cut Jaguar team went down badly at Sandown Park, Melbourne on November 20, trounced by AEG…

Motoring into Motorfair Naturally, the approach to the Autumn motor shows of Frankfurt and London Motorfair is littered with new car launches. We have been ruthless in our selection of cars, but…

After a certain amount of alarm and despondency the Dutch organisers managed to raise the finance necessary to organise their Grand Prix, and, in fact, they did better than expected…

Fifty years to the month after Donington ran its last racing car Grand Prix, the Historic Grand Prix Car Association is running a 100-mile race for these cars at the…

Shortly before the South African GP, Longines announced that it was withdrawing as F1's official timekeeper. Like Mercedes-Benz, a couple of months beforehand, it cited ecological reasons for its decision.…

The Robinson "Redwing" Attractive New Light 'Plane with Side-by-Side Seating. CERTAIN amount of criticism has been levelled at aircraft manufacturers during the last year or so for carrying out a…