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The ‘Gullwing' sensation The 300SL Mercedes-Benz, which created such a sensation in sportscar racing two years ago until the manufacturer withdrew it from competition because 'they had learnt all they…

We are fans of the Isle of Man TT and love the event because it’s the essence of our sport: man and machine against the road. Martin Brundle perfectly summed…

McLaren has strengthened its engineering team by hiring Sam Michael, who announced he was leaving Williams earlier this year. Although he is technical director at his current team Michael's new…

...FOUR I looked forward keenly to November's edition and the final countdown to The Greatest Driver', and what a massive disappointment! Nuvolari at number one: Well, indisputably the best driver…

Clark and Chapman Sir, I enjoyed enormously October's article on Jim Clark. As it reveals, the relationship between Clark and Chapman was indeed extraordinary, but not without moments of tension.…

AS we write, the war-news is grave; may it have improved by the time these words are read. The fact remains that it is mechanised forces which have swept through…

It is true, as Mr B J Walsh of Loughborough pointed out in his letter (MOTOR SPORT, December 1986), that the increasing use of anti-lock brakes may increase the number…

The Monterey Historics festival paid tribute to Porsche this year with racing at Laguna Seca. Fittingly, Brian Redman was among the winners By Gordon Kirby No fewer than 400 cars…

Sir, You may be interested to hear that I and three companions have completed a 1,265-mile tour from Rugby around the north-west of Scotland and back in a mere 10…

"The Sky Suspended," by Jim Bailey. 166 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (Hodder & Stroughton, Warwick Lane, London, E.C.4. 21s.) Jim Bailey, now a publisher in Africa,…

Sir, I wish I owned the one and only rear-engined sports-racing Scarab ostensibly shown on opposite lock in the hands of AJ Foyt at Brands in '64 (July, p41). Would…

In commenting last Show-time on the trend of design, Autocar pointed to the recent re-introduction of multiple valves as an aid to engine efficiency. Thus we have seen the latest…