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The Editor Asks the World's Most Prolific and Successful Record-Breaker Some Questions and Gets Some Very Interesting Answers A book would be needed to detail all the racing and record-breaking…

On the first Saturday of November, with Christmas shopping underway and under the 'festive' lights, Regent Street, one of the busiest thoroughfares in London, was closed to traffic. But not…

Ferrari 312 It had a bumpy career with some serious low-points, but the flat-12 Ferrari eventually brought Maranello its first championship in 11 years. Derek Gardner, Tyrell's designer 1970 -…

AN OLD MASTER REVIVED DAVENPORT'S FAMOUS FRAZER-NASH " SPIDER " REBUILT FOR SHELSLEY Following my query in " Rumblings " about B. H. Davenport's famous old 1,500 c.c. twin Frazer-Nash,…

Simon Taylor It is a truth universally acknowledged (except by some of the F1 drivers themselves) that the man you most want to beat is your own teammate. He has the same horsepower, the same…

Sir, Capt. Moon's preference for a beat reservoir rather than a true radiator surprises me, but he is, of course, entitled to his own tastes, and if he doesn't mind…

The Editor describes the M.G. Magnette Victory in the 1933 Mille Miglia. It is well, sometimes, to recall some of the greater deeds which British motorcars have done in the face…

Design certainly isn't stagnant, but, leaving racing cars to D. S. J.. nothing very revolutionary was to be seen at the Earls Court and complementary Motor Shows. Nineteen-seventy will probably…

The trend of design At the commencement of another year it is encouraging to discover that some of the past pessimism is dispersing. The flow of oil which we were…

Sir, The recent road test by C.R. concerned with the current Porsche 911 SC Sport evoked once again the desirability of owning such a piece of exotica. Like I imagine 99%…

The pointed-tail Allard Special once owned by Ken Hutchison which competed in the 1938 Experts and many other trials, etc, and later was owned by Len Potter and then thought…

I have the greatest of admiration for Lewis Hamilton, but for me there are two types of competitor: racing drivers and Formula 1 drivers. Today’s GP participants, drivers and cars…