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FRENCH POLISH AT DONINGTON FRANCO-GERMAN DUEL IN THE TOURIST TROPHY—BRITISH SINGER PLACED FOURTH FOREIGN ears swept the boardlin the first Tourist Trophy Race to be run in England. Previous races…

The Concorde flight that had to be aborted during take-off due to tyre trouble — and I am sure the split-second reactions of Captain and crew equal those of racing drivers —…

Sir, Your article on the McLaren M16 in the May issue reminds me of the very favourable early impression it made upon at least one of the drivers. I had…

World Sportscar Championship Silverstone 1000km The Mercedes-powered Sauber team again proved fast and extremely reliable at Silverstone, in the 1000km race, but again the Silk Cut Jaguar team was marginally…

SIR, What a transformation! The best literary motor racing read I have yet experienced, with cracking articles (Spa 1960 was just exceptional) by cracking writers (Doug Nye, Nigel Roebuck, Alan…

Even in our particular world there are divers matters that will require reshaping when the peace comes and about which thinking men and women should plan now. Apart from major motoring…

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is to chair the new Formula One Teams’ Association, a forum within which the teams can agree on future rules. The body was established as…

The past winter has seen a surprising interest in Grand Prix cars and Grand Prix racing; this renewed interest has been most encouraging for those keen followers of Grand Prix…

Sir, May we refer to the article in the August issue of Motor Sport by Mr. Rob Walker about his Mercedes-Benz 300SL. It was very good of Mr. Walker to mention the…

The Things They Say . . . -AMID all he weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth over thc demise of the MG Morgue I hope the flood of tears…

— GERMANY — — — Sir, Like your reader F. L. Hodgson, B.A.0.11I am not in the habit of writing to magazines. However, his apparent sick-, weari, and tiredness over…

Sir, The articles by David Tremayne and David Phillips on advanced F1 technology and the relatively advanced age of IndyCar drivers in June's issue were both illuminating and topical. A…