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We have reached the final twenty, the drivers who, says Mark Hughes, are the greatest since racing began. More than ever, personal opinion separates drivers who, to many, are inseparable.…

KLG: one bright spark IN THIS FUEL-INJECTED AGE, PROBLEMS with sparking plugs have receded. In olden times they were experienced by most car-owners, were widely discussed, but not always cured.…

The US Scene As everyone knows, Indycar racing is trying to pull itself together under the banner of Tony George’s Indy Racing League. A bitter 12-year civil war has come…

Toyota is refusing to reset its targets for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the major accident that forced it to miss its only scheduled race appearance before the French…

Grand prix racing was a changing world by 1958. And after the opening race of that season, in Argentina, it would never be the same again, for a tiny rear-engined…

Professor Ferdinand Porsche was the genius behind the mid-engined Auto Union.The 750kg Formula for grand prix cars was originally scheduled to run from 1934 to 1936 inclusive, and put no…

BBC Sport: is it all balls? Once upon a time Motor Sport was consulted by the BBC — the conference included a sports-producer and the top tennis commentator — as…

Sir, I shall be most grateful if anyone can identify the make of car in the enclosed photograph. The driver is my father, the late Dr. J. H. Bayley, of…

The 1963 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen was freed this year from all World Championships considerations in so far that Clark and Lotus had clinched this year's Championship…

News from the main auctions houses around the world RM AUCTIONS The sale on May 11/12 in Monaco was always going to be a grand affair. Countless competition cars, some…

Goodwood, Sussex. April 19th. The practice day on the Saturday of Easter weekend was blessed with mixed weather, so that times and starting-grid positions did not give a true indication…

Last month DSJ reminded us that hand-brakes are no longer required on F1 cars so that on anything less than a level starting-grid drivers have to juggle with brake and accelerator pedals at the…