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SIR, I enjoyed David McKinney's feature on the Tasman series, but I must take issue with him on one point. When he writes that the colours of Jim Clark's 1968…

Despite much anticipatory publicity, prospects for the much-vaunted World Touring Car Championship remained blurred as this issue went to press. Despite promises of a major international series sponsor, FISA has…

Jenks on GP catering! In any Grand Prix paddock you will find giant motor caravans, known in Americanese as motorhomes, for the team personnel. Most of the teams provide a…

Britannica Sport, £10.99. Perhaps the bottom has fallen out of the encyclopedia market, for Britannica of that ilk has branched out into the world of motorsporting videos. British Grand Prix…

Toyota Celica Supra OVER the past few years Japanese cars with a sporting flavour have improved quite dramatically, combining their already established reputations for providing a high level of basic…

Sir, I was fascinated and delighted to read your article on Lewin Spittle's "Historic MG Midget". As a regular reader, I know your passion for accuracy, so I thought I…

A Fangio Party

"Lunardi", by Leslie Gardner. 191 pp. 8 3/4 in by 5 1/2 in. (Airlife Publishing Ltd, 7 St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury, Salop. £9.95) This is the story of the pioneer…

Last month it was Sunbeams at Silverstone. This time it's A7s at Beaulieu. If I were on one of the weekly motor papers I might report something like this: "The…

Collector’s Edition Filmed in 1968, this follows Chapman through that dramatic season. Perhaps because fame is still new, he talks frankly, laughing every time the interviewer calls him a millionaire:…

(July 11th) It was nice to be back among the Coatalen Sunbeams, Roesch Talbots and the Darracqs, at Wolverhampton, where Register members meet ex-employees of the old Sunbeam Company, take…

GIäseI shows them who's Bosch -- RA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Only when his engine cut out at the Lausitzring did Christian Gläsel fail to win during a crushing season in…