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[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W. B., Now I have seen everything; when I left the…

The Rockingham Oval near Corby, East Midlands, is progressing, but not quite as quickly as when Brooklands was constructed in 1906/07! It was hoped to have the first meeting there…

One of the biggest talking points at Monza was the exclusion of the two American drivers, Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser. The Italian organisers disqualified them from the meeting under…

It's brave move for a new player to change the rules of the game. On the eve of Michelin's return to F1, Keith Howard recalls how they transferred road technology…

Reading in the February issue of Aeroplane Monthly of the sad accident which occurred at the 1952 SBAC Farnborough (RAE) Air Display, in which John Derry's DH 110 disintegrated over…

Marathon de la Route, 1965/66 With the cold war still decades away from thawing, the arrival of East European racing cars at international motorsport events was a rare occurrence in…

Le Mans legends race HSCC Brands hatch Hibberd's FJ run continues at packed brands historic weekend To follow up his Oulton Park victory, Mike Hibberd again clinched a thrilling FJ…

Ron Footitt (AC/GN) clinches Motor Sport Trophy contest THE last 1983 race meeting of the Vintage SCC took place on August 28th, at the very suitable, twisting 21/4-mile Cadwell Park circuit (owned…

Sir, Perhaps you would be interested in my specification of a " special " which I hope to construct "when it's over." I have at home a very fine Anzani-engined…

Tazio Nuvolari started seven races in 1932 aboard a Tipo B. He set fastest lap in all of them, scoring four victories, two seconds and a third in the process.…

Connections and Communications Over the past ten years or so the pit scene at a Grand Prix has changed enormously and the number of cars and volume of noise has…

THE NAPIER-CAMPBELL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. CONSTRUCTION OF THE EPICYCLIC GEAR-BOX DESIGNED BY MR MAINA. NOT long ago the world was thrilled with accounts of Captain Malcolm Campbell's defence at Daytona, Florida,…