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HARVEY POSTLETHWAITE Tyrrell technical director (formerly Ferrari F1 designer, 1982-'88, '91-'93) "By the time I left I was beginning to find the whole organisation a little too cumbersome for my…

Premier VSCC contest winner enjoys the fruits of a successful season of bare-bones racing One of my appointments at the Race Retro exhibition (see also p22) was to watch the…

qk.umblings czA°10 f30AUER6ES /1,0?. NOW that the much-discussed R.A.C. Rally is over we can consider the results and see what they mean. The first and most obvious point is that…

The are some figures in motorsport whose importance has been unfairly ignored, ad Charles Jarrott is one such. Bill Boddy believes it is time to redress the balance So why…

University kart champ beats several fancied rivals... and sets his sights on a career in sports cars | by Alex Harmer John Surtees’s opinions about racing’s convoluted nursery slopes are…

After winning three of the last four BTCC races of the season – two at Oulton Park and one at Silverstone – I was very confident of a good result…

The VMCC Saundersfoot Run (Sept. 16th) Motorcycles make a pleasant change, so I had a look at the Welsh National Saundersfoot Run of the Vintage MCC on its 17th Occasion.…

The Jaguar V12 engine Technical description For some considerable time rumour implied that Jaguar were working on a vee engine to supplement or succeed their illustrious twin-cam XK six-cylinder power…

A 100 m.p.h. 4-seater G.T. car sold in component form for £945 How many 4-seater G.T. cars capable of 100 m.p.h. and costing under £1,000 can you name? Precious few;…

TW Steel's watches make a statement you can't miss You launch an all-new company in a super-competitive, overcrowded market and need to muscle in fast. How? Stick your logos all…

There is a whole chapter devoted to cars in "Schwepped Off My Feet," by Tommy Whitehead (Cassell, 1966), which is the packed autobiography of the wife of Comdr. Edward Whitehead,…

Looking at the specification of the new Volkswagen-backed Seat Marbella, I was reminded of a classic discussion which took place before the First World War between the great L H…