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F.I = Formula I cars, i.e., up to 1½ litres s/c, up to 4½ litres non-s/c. F.II = Formula II cars. i.e., up to 2 litres, non-s/c. C.= Formula Libre,…

The 1936 King's Cup Race A Personal Recollection IN May 1981 this feature dealt with the first post-war Aerial Derby, held in 1919 and won by Capt. Gerald Gathergood's DH…

The recently established Mechanics Grand Prix Trust benefited to the tune of around £115,000 as a result of the two-day clay pigeon shoot organised by Jackie Stewart at the Gleneagles…

Sir, May I be permitted to thank Denis Jenkinson for writing and Motor Sport for printing the report on Stirling Moss' epic drive in the Mille Miglia-what a superb piece…

Single-Seaters Again. After a lapse of several years, manufacturers are again turning their attention to the small, simple single-seater machine. One found examples of this type of 'plane at the…

Sometimes in a car all the right ingredients come together; the look, the noise, an attacking driver wrestling the wheel and leaning in to Eau Rouge's right-hander... The Ferrari 312PB…

LEADED FUEL Sir, A friend of mine recently returning from Wales, found himself. so he tells me, following the biggest and blackest tyre marks he had ever seen on a…

Unrest within FOTA The unity of the Formula One Teams' Association has come under threat after it was suggested that Red Bull Racing did not comply with the Resource Restriction…

SCOTT BROWN VS GREGORY SIR, Reading Nigel Roebuck's .column, I recalled Archie Scott Brovvn's penultimate race at Silverstone. I was standing at Stowe watching the two Listers charging in at…

"Building and Racing My '750'," by P. J. Stephens. 111 pp., (5 1/2in. by 7 3/4in., Foulis, 7, Milford Place, W.C.2. 12s.) There are two ways of regarding this book.…

Boley Pittard was a racer renowned for his vibrant character as much as his driving skill. But in a deadly era of the sport, he was never to fulfil his…

Ian Smith, a member of the committee of the B.R.S.C.C. had the idea of a Racing Car Show when the furore was created last year over the non-appearance of the…