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Warning siren The power of Honda's RA109E was ultimately Alain Prost's downfall in the Mexican Grand Prix on May 28. That, and a gamble on tyre choice that didn't come…

If the Monza G.P. held the chief end-of-season excitement, we must not overlook those curtain-raisers at Pescara and Bari. At Pescara on August 15th Gonzales, continuing his Silverstone form, won for…

Rally review The FIA's so-called rationalisation and streamlining of the World Rally Championship has led to what every one outside the portals of the sport's blue-blazered establishment had expected. Every…

Sir, As a reader of Motor Sport for seventeen years, this is the first time I have written to congratulate you on your excellent magazine. I have iust finished reading…

A Lamborghini Murciélago has become the third car to be developed for the new-for-2010 FIA GT1 World Championship. The German Reiter Engineering team unveiled its Murciélago R-SV at the Spa…

I do not want to harp too much about Ford dependability, because items repeated tend to lose their impact. But I must just tell you that the Ford 2.0 twin-cam…

[The Buick has tended to be neglected in these pages although it was one of America's and Canada's outstanding makes. Consequently, we are glad now to publish this article by the…

* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this list * C = Closed Event.  CI = Closed…

There is still great warmth in the way Peter Collins is recalled, 48 years after his passing. It’s more than the fact that he was a successful driver, with three…

This year’s Coys Historic Festival was the best and biggest yet staged. Marcus Pye was there Fifty years fell away as Baron Emanual ‘Toulo’ de Graffenried, Roy Salvadori, Geoff Richardson,…

The Automobile Club of France As is well known the first recognised competitive event for motor vehicles was held in 1894, organised by the then newly-formed Automobile Club of France.…

The BMW M3's dominance of intemational saloon car racing came to an end at Zolder on June 7 when a Ford RS Cosworth driven by Steve Soper/Pierre Dieudonne/Klaus Nieckwiedz won…