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Another Successful Season for H.W.M. How John Heath's 2-litre Single-Seater Upheld British Prestige at Home and on the Continent During the 1951 Season EXCOURA D GE by the success of…

I particularly like the Targa Florio P2 Alfa Romeo, No.60 in Grand Prix Models' Classic Cars series, and their J2 MG Midget with the original fixed-cycle-type mudguards (No.58). The former…

Lewis Hamilton was roundly criticised when he announced that he was leaving McLaren, the team that had moulded him since his early teens, to join rival Mercedes. The change has…

Starting off on Army leave at the 1956 German GP, before crossing the Atlantic for Watkins Glen in '71 Two months on from featuring consummate historic racer Willie Green in…

One small flaw crippled this Brazilian project, as designer Ralph Bellamy tells Keith Howard By late 1977 Ralph Bellamy had had enough of Lotus. Having been a key member of…

  Country 'Buses Sir, I was naturally most interested to read Mr. Roy Taylor's memories regarding Stoke-on-Trent 'buses during the 'twenties (MOTOR 'SPORT, September 1962) and, for the sake of…

[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.B., Somehow I seemed to miss the World Cup Rally as…

A MYSTERY SOLVED The mystery of my 2.3-litre unsupercharged Bugatti which was illustrated in the April MOTOR SPORT and on which a note Was included in the June issue, has…

FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix -- Gallego steals a march on old guard The TGP series boiled down to a head-to-head between Portuguese pretender Rodrigo Gallego and defending champion Mike Wrigley…

SIDESLIPS by "BALADEUR" Q-W-3 THE tumult and the recent shouting on the subject having fortunately died away somewhat, I conceive that it is now my turn to weigh in on…

Hybrids CONSTRUCTION of a hybrid is an enthralling business. Usually, of course, the scheme is controlled by the components that become available and the money and time that can be…

Sir, I feel I must echo Mr Gardener's enthusiasm for the Jaguar 420, which appeared in his letter in the May issue of your magazine. I have owned two of…