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S.S. WINS A CONTINENTAL RACE FRANK McEVOY'S VICTORY IN THE MARNE G.P. WIMILLE REPEATS HIS MONTLHERY SUCCESS WITH THE STREAMLINED BUGATTI The Rheims permanent circuit, once the scene of stirring…

Obitua A fortnight after his brilliant driving of a Cooper 500 and 1)13 II Aston-W.0.in had pleased 150,000 English enthusiasts at Silverstone Raymond Sommer was killed when Ins Cooper 1,100…

Owing to difficulties in organisation, neither the Motor Cycling Club nor the Jaguar DC/Bentley DC were able to hold qualifying races for the Motor Sport Silverstone Trophy at their meetings. This reduces the…

At the grassier end of the racing spectrum, I stood in the rain at Castle Combe on Easter Monday to watch my 16-year-old nephew make his race debut. Having never…

In Maurice Hamilton’s new book, Williams, a host of characters tell the story of this great team. Here, they recall a dominant year for Mansell and the FW14B f ever…

A Brief Discourse on the Excellence of the 583-c.c. N.S,U. Prinz Although in this country it is considered that the minimum generally acceptable size of car is the ten- or twelve-horsepower…

We Hear Birkett motors in what appears to be normal 1928 Austin Seven "Chummy," except for outsize rear tyres, until the bonnet is opened, when a downdraught carburetter, four-branch exhaust…

Brooklands record breaker poised for life overseas... unless new buyer steps forward Tim Birkin’s famous red single-seater Bentley will disappear overseas if £5.1m is not found by the end of…

(continued from September issue) AT THE beginning of August 1917, the writer of these diaries, whom I am calling X, had been motoring about in a 1915 Rolls-Royce and he…

After a professional international career of ten years, three times World Champion John Young Stewart announced his retirement from active racing at a recent Press conference in London. He is leaving…

The Editor Goes on the Run in a Leyland-entered 1901 10-hp model This year I went on my 26th Brighton Run as a driver or co-driver, thanks to Mr. Charles…

After Motor Sport’s revered continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson had to shave off his beard when Jochen Rindt won the 1969 US Grand Prix in a Lotus, it was a moment…