Articles from the archive

Our recent round-up of the performance hatchback crop, one that had been released for last autumn's motor shows, highlighted the headline contenders from Ford and Vauxhall (RS2000 reborn and Astra…

WE HEAR . . a II Congratulations to Laurence Pomeroy, Junior. who was married to Miss Elsie Tee at Marlborough last month. Gordon Wilkins was bast man and amongst the…

Fredy Kumschick beat Michael Schumacher by some five hours to become the first man to win a Formula One race at the new Bahrain grand prix circuit The Swiss led…

The Price of Progress Ayrton Senna must be wondering who he’s offended these days. Since Phoenix nothing has gone right for him. In Canada the engine blew a big hole…

Autocourse 1996-97. Hazleton Publishing, £30. As it says on the cover, Autocourse is the "world's leading Grand Prix annual", now moving into its 46th year of publication. Along with the…

THE RACING ALFA-ROMEO CYLINDER HEAD The best of racing-cars is liable to trouble in the course of development. In the case of the Alfa-Romeo, a difficulty which has arisen since…

For a brief while this simple alternative to the almost-universal helical valve spring seemed to offer real advantages for high-performance racing engines. Keith Howard explains how apiece of bent wire…

Few motorsport events polarise opinion among drivers quite like the Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans. To some it’s an interminable bore, for others it’s worth missing a grand prix for.…

SOM THING NEW IN MOTOR-CYCLES First Details of Remarkable Ariel "Four." ASATISFACTORY four-cylinder motor cycle has been from very early days, the desire of a large number of riders, and…

The new circuit near Toulon, financed by the French drink firm of Ricard, was opened with a mixed race meeting which included a race for 2-litre Group 6 and Group…

More cars in books occur in "George Formby", a biography by Alan Randall and Ray Seaton, which is published by W. H. Allen and was sent to me by the…

The public at Brooklands used to complain of the closely-spaced, high, spiked iron railings through which they had to peer. But at least large dogs were unable to get through…