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Lease deal safeguards future of British GP’s home The British Racing Drivers' Club is set to hand over the running of Silverstone circuit on a long-term lease to an unspecified…

Britain No "basic" petrol since September 30th. Isle of Man Each "basic" unit is still worth one gallon.

The son of Clive Hulme, who had won a VC in Crete during World War 2, Denis Clive Hulme was an imposing man who inherited his father's flintiness and disdain…

"Santos-Dumont - A Study in Obsession" by Peter Wykeham. 278 pp. 8 3/4in. x 5 5/8in. (Putnam and Co., 42, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1. 30s.) This biography of the…

News Flash An unexpected if very brief encounter with motoring history punctuated TV coverage of the Westland Affair, that unhappy or welcome piece of Government bungling, depending on which Party…

Sir, I very much enjoyed Counting the Akelas (March) and here are one or two points I would like to make. The cylinder heads were held by four studs, not…

The new factory-backed Aston Martin-powered Lola coupé looks set to bury the memories of the last time the two companies teamed up at Le Mans.  A pair of Lola-Aston T70…

Le Mans legend and motor industry giant Carroll Shelby died on May 10. He was 89. Though a relatively late starter in motor sport, he was a quick learner yet…

Is there any surer way of uniting Australian sports fans than when there's the prospect of beating the Europeans on their home ground? Yes it was a shock when, in…

McRae is forced to let his team-mate win, but that quickly became the secondary talking point… What a commotion was caused during and after Spain's qualifier in the World Rally…

I am supposed to know a bit about Brooklands, having seen my first race meeting there over 73 years ago. But can anyone tell me about a car of which…

The Bugatti Royale sold for £5,000,000 at a Christie's Auction has been just about done to death in the media. The price paid by London vintage-car dealer Nicholas Harley (actually…