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Sir, I feel I must reply in defence of Joseph Lucas after reading P.C. Hardcastle's comments on alternators. The average car owner would have difficulty in finding a capable engineer…

Into the closing laps of a race labelled Swiss but held on French soil. A Frenchman in a French car is leading. But he's in trouble and being caught hand…

As we went to press we learned that the Dundrod Retrospective (page 733) has been postponed until next year. This decision does not affect events on the competition calendar, such as…

Sir, In your issue for this month, you suggest readers to send in a pot card to Mr. Niki Lauda in order that the Nurburgring be preserved. am flabbergasted that…

Michael Schumacher’s motorcycle racing career continues to arouse respect and bewilderment. The seven-time Formula 1 World Champion recently tested with the number one Honda World Superbike team, prompting some to…

BROOKLAN DS, THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MEETING A Good Dav's Sport at VVeybridge. THE B.A.R.C. were once again lucky in their weather on August 3rd, but they fully deserved some…

The road-test report in this issue of Motor Sport emphasises the quite fantastic performance of the Fiat 1500. In Italy it is regarded as a quite normal sort of 4-seater…

MotoGP Toni Elias has had a screw removed from his femur, while Sete Gibernau has undergone collar bone surgery and John Hopkins has had supportive plates removed from his left…

The Racing Car of the Future. Sir,—First I must congratulate you on your very excellent article on the above subject. Secondly, I thought that possibly my views as producer of…

Sir, You mentioned in "Cars In Books" an "open, screenless, racing car" at Belvoir Castle. This car is still very much a thing of the present and I enclose some photos.…

A CASE FOR QUARTER-LIGHTS Sir, One of the main disadvantages Of life in the West Indies is that very often Moroa SPORT arrives several weeks late. However I hope you…

CONGRATULATIONS ... . . . . to Paddy Hopkirk and Henry Liddon on their splendid outright victory in the Monte Carlo Rally, endorsing all MOTOR SPORT has said in the…