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The highlight of the second Grand Prix historique de Monaco was when Ferrari's 1955 Super Squalo finally came good, with Martin Stretton triumphing in the Pre-'61 GP car feature. Stretton…

CHANGING THE FORMULA THE BUREAU DES CONSTRUCTEURS MEET AT ZURICH. RAYMOND MAYS REPRKENTS E.R.A. When the E.R.A. concern started out eto build racing cars, none of them larger than 2…

ROUND THE RALLY ROUT WITH THE NEW " 65 " TALBOT /F any of the entrants in the R.A.C. Rally believed at the start that the event would prove to…

THIS is not, of course, an expression of political idealism, though doubtless we shall get plenty of that sort of thing written for us and talked at us when the…

Highlights Concerning the New B.M.C. Babies Quite the brightest highlight is the low price. Inclusive of purchase tax you can buy one of these Austins or Morrises for under £500.…

As soon as I'd posed the question I felt a bit mean. After all we had just spent the best part of an entire Silverstone test day abusing the splendidly…

A Tyrrell double Castellet, France, July 4th Before anyone gets too excited it is worth remembering that the original series of French Grand Prix races ended in 1967, when the Automobile…

ANOTHER UNDER /300 SPORTS-CAR The class of sports-cars under i300 is fortunately filling up again. We have announced the new H.R.G. and the Le Mans Morgan 4/4. Last month Singer…

Six victories in seven contests is more than enough to put the stamp of favourite on any sportsman and, having won six events prior to the Sanremo Rally, Didier Auriol…

rear tyre whose width probably exceeds that of both front tyres combined. The chassis is a simple steel spaceframe designed by Morgan but manufactured in Hinckley, while the body is…

The rebirth of Formula 5000 took another major step in late March when the final round of the New Zealand F5000 Tasman Revival Cup was held as a support race…

The Godalming Round Table's Brooklands 60th Anniversary Rally on June 11th can be rated a considerable success. It was nearly a ghastly flop. An excellent assembly of Brooklands cars ranging…