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miscellany SILVERSTONE ISSUED A VERY nice £1 programme for the Eight Clubs race meeting, a collectors' item if any remain. It had nostalgic pictures of earlier such races and extracts…

Another Amateur Driver—J.E.G. Fairman—Tells of His Experiences in 1947 Sprint Events with 2-litre G.P. Bugatti and 4 1/2-litre Bentley Cars. Pre-War experience with old Alvises, a blown B.N.C.. and a…

A NEW YEAR EXPEDITION MORE than ordinary interest attaches to the expedition to Cape Town which is being organised by Captain Geoffrey Malins, F.R.G.S., and which will start from London…

When amateur racer Bill Aston decided to decided to create his own Formula Two car for 1952 his intention was to use the 200bhp Küchen four-cam V8 engine. But only three examples were ever built,…

Whilst the Safari was rough, dusty and not very well supported by works teams, the Tour of Corsica was the opposite. The tortuous, undulating ribbons of narrow tarmac on this…

Romain Grosjean will serve as Renault’s reserve driver this year, taking over the role from fellow Renault Development Driver Lucas di Grassi. The Swiss, who has a French mother and…

Sir, I fear that your reporter has got his figures wrong in his story “Motoring to a Crisis?” in your December issue. I retailed the forecast made to me by…

How you can & why you should Club motor-racing is the future of automotive enjoyment and you need look no further than the nearest great road to have been blighted…

It took seven years for carbon brake discs to make their mark. Now F1 would not be without them. Keith Howard recalls one man's quest to make them work. So…

Some remarks about the Citroën DS21 Shortly after driving the Peugeot 404 (see page 613) I had a week remembering what the Citroën DS is all about. If the former…

Sir, I intended to write offering congratulations on your "Bad Journalism " (vide S/Capt. hess) in relation to the preposterous proposal for a Victory Run to Berlin by Vintage cars,…

Sir, What a coincidence! I photographed your September issue "White Elephant" in a yard in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire in the summer of 1956 whilst holidaying with my wife. I always…