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THE DOORS of the exclusive Ferrari Owners' Club are open only to those fortunates who own examples of the Maranello marque. Now the club has formed the Prancing Horse Register…

Sir, I would like to thank you for your most interesting article on this car. Unless there were two racing prototypes still competing in Northern events in the early twenties,…

Damon Hill: My Championship Year, by Damon Hill and Timothy Collings. Little, Brown & Co, £25. This is the official story of Damon Hill's championship year. Written by the man…

Sir, In view of the volume of criticism directed against the motor trade in the matter of its after-sales service, I feel that you should start some sort of "Honours…

THE CUNEO-COLLE DELLA MADDALENA HILL CLIMB THIS year's Shelsley Walsh hill-climb, an account of which appears in this number, was the third of a series of hill-climbs counting for the…

Matra had already won Le Mans – now it wanted more. Ferrari was facing a classic duel to remember – especially as it would be their last in sports car…

What Was It? Sir, I have carried out some research and it is my opinion that it is a production tourer version of the 28/95 Mercedes sports racer raced successfully…

Jean-Piere Jabouille snatched the European Formula Two title neatly from the grasp of Rene Arnoux in a tense final round confrontation at Hockenheim, Germany. The tall blonde Frenchman ended a…

"The Art of Gordon Crosby" by Peter Garnier. 95 pp. 13" x 9¼". (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex. £7.95). I may not be the best person…

"Climax in Coventry" by Walter Hassan and Graham Robson. 158 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 6 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 56, Fitzjames Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CRO 5DD. £5.25.) This…

ELVA AT EPSOM The Elva Press-party was a disaster. Not for the assembled journalists, for they had a good lunch in the slightly-decayed dining room of the R.A.C. Country Club…

Russell Brookes was a talent ripe for the top level of international rallying, so why was he overlooked? He talks to John Davenport Not too many British rally drivers can…