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The committee running this form of single-seater racing using the 1,172-c.c. side-valve Ford engine, have announced that there will be no major changes to the Formula for 1964, but that it is…

Norfolk and Cambridgeshire enthusiasts at a meeting at King's Lynn on February 17th formed a temporary committee to organise local support, with a view to forming an area branch of…

Believe it or not, our Editor-in-Chief's first reporting job was at the 1971 Spanish Grand Prix. There followed a memorable season the first of many... By the spring of 1971…

There will be those among you who, quite understandably hold the unswerving belief that Ayrton Senna was robbed of his first GP win when the 1984 Monaco race was controversially…

Brief Specification Engine 6 cylinders, 57 x 84, 1,287 c.c., I208 h.p. Tax £12. Single o.h.c. 4-bearing crankshaft. Twin S. U. carburetters. Rot ax battery and coil ignition. 14 mm.…

Sir, Your report on The Fox and Nichol Trophy Race under the title "A look back at VSCC Silverstone" in your September issue does less than justice to the race…

"The Land-Rover" by Graham Robson. 148 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2in. (David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon. £4.95.) Here is the complete story of that workhorse of the…

Ferrari triumph Daytona Beach, 5th February 1967: When Ford won the Manufacturers Championship last year it was achieved with a very diminished opposition from the chief rival, Ferrari, and now…

The Headquarters section of the 750 Motor Club will be holding their Eleventh National British Six-Hour Handicap Relay Race for sports cars on the 1.6-mile Silverstone Club circuit on Saturday,…

Formula One  Does experience still matter? Drivers such as Hamilton are seasoned racers by the time they graduate to F1 Lewis Hamilton leads the world championship in his rookie season. Sebastian…

MATTERS OF MOMENT BRITAIN'S BONNIE BABIES The Welfare State, whatever else may be said and thought about it, has contrived to produce bonnie British babies—the rising generation of mechanically-minded youngsters.…

Sir, We write in memory of Huschke von Hanstein, who passed away in March. We met him 35 years ago when he was Europe's most famous "Rennieiter" and we had…