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Never had it so good? Some years ago, when we were criticised in biased and unenlightened quarters for praising foreign cars, our defence was simply that we were a motoring, not a…

Guest Editor... And 2013 World Champion, Allan McNish: "I'm delighted to be guest editor of Motor Sport this month especially in the wake of our title success in the World…

Osterreichring, Knitteffeld, August 17th In torrential rain with a back-drop of thunder and lightning the Austrian Grand Prix started over one hour late with conditions officially declared to be "wet",…

Sir, I have resisted the temptation for two or three months to write to you on the subject of Triumph TRs, expecting enthusiasm for these cars to be sufficiently unimportant…

The Rally Manufacturers in conflict If nothing else the 1983 World Rally Championship helped disprove two myths. The first, that Germans are without exception coldly and clinically efficient. The second,…

One thing about the world of Formula One you do know where you stand. Nobody tells the truth, decisions that are made can be revoked and any statement of clarification…

In 1966 a highly qualified engineer and formerly successful saloon car driver called Blydenstein took a very courageous decision. Five years later this was to lead to the formation of…

VSCC Nidderdale Rally The winner of this event, held on May 4th, was P Cattle (Riley) who was awarded the Northern Weekend Jug. With three nonstarters, 47 drivers and navigators…

Shuttleworth Collection — A varied Flying Day on May 30th THE Red Arrows and a powered hang-glider; a Vulcan delta-wing V bomber and the free-fall Skydivers; a historic DC-3 airliner…

Sir, I refer to Clive Richardson's article on the DTV Chevette and Cavalier cars tested by him recently. He gives the impression that we tried to by-pass him with the…

ONE day last month the Press were invited to Brands to view the extension to this popular little circuit which lengthens it to 2.65 miles. The sponsors have spent a…

Nurburgring, Germany, May 19th Last year the Matra-Simca team had a slight superiority over the Ferrari team which resulted in a narrow win in the World Championship for Makes. This…