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Five Finishers out of 13 Starters in B.A.R.C. "International 200" Aintree, April 21st. THE B.A.R.C. International Meeting at the three-mile Aintree circuit consisted of the 67-lap "lnternational 200" Race for…

1981 Monaco Grand Prix Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari 126CK) When Jacques Laffite said, "No driver can do miracles. But Gilles sometimes made you wonder," he was probably thinking of Monaco '81.…

What did the young Pole think about – during and after – his spectacular crash during the Canadian Grand Prix? “I have absolutely no fear at all of driving, no nightmares,…

Fittipaldi wins after Hailwood retires Silverstone, April 23rd. In years gone by the Silverstone International Trophy meeting was THE non-championship Formula One event of the season. The entry was often…

At the drivers' briefing before the start of the Six-Hour Race B.R.S.C.C. Secretary Nick Syrett cast a doleful eye towards the empty car parks and said to the assembled drivers…

Jaguar's US appeal Sir, As an Englishman presently living here in California, I was very interested to read your article "Jaguar — On the way back" in the September issue…

The MCC Exeter 'Trial On January 5/6 the MCC held its 62nd "Exeter" Trial, an event dating back to 1910. That these unique classic trials have lost none of their…

Mike Hawthorn was crowned World Champion 50 years ago. As a successor, Lewis Hamilton couldn’t be more different. But have they anything in common? Exactly 50 years after Mike Hawthorn…

The 2009 F1 calendar remains in a state of flux after financial issues forced both the Canadian and French GPs to be dropped. In October the FIA issued a revised…

Engine : Four cylinders, 82.5 by 79.5 mm. (1,703 c.c.). Push rod-operated o.h. valves. 7.8-to-1 compression-ratio. 59 b.h.p. at 4,400 r.p.m. Gear ratios : First, 11.67 to 1; second, 6.75…

Clever of Sotheby's to have a sale devoted entirely to the effects of the early aviator S F Cody. In January they auctioned his clothes, pistols, art-work, posters, propellers, kites,…

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun. But on January 11/12th it was VSCC members out all night on the annual Measham navigation event, based in Hereford.…