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Former Benetton and Tyrrell grand prix racer Jos Verstappen should be the most experienced driver on the grid when the new A1 Grand Prix series kicks off at Brands Hatch…

The racing calendar for 1973 is incredibly full so that no worthwhile racing driver need be out of work, especially as clashes of dates are as rife as ever. The…

We are informed that R. Antony Jackson has resigned his position as Home and Export Sales Manager of the Aston-Martin and Lagonda companies.

Sir, I was interested to note J. S. Thompson's letters in the February issue relating to the Vipen car. Enclosed is a photograph sent to me by the niece of…

Eccentricities Sir, Some of last month's correspondents did not seem sure whether they were eccentrics or cranks. I assumed an eccentric rotated on an axis within its circumference and a…

After a long wait I have the true story about when John Duff, driving one of the pre-war 22.5-litre chain-drive Benz, went over the top of the Members' banking in…

T WAS A DRIVE OF IMPERTINENT brilliance. Except perhaps for Giancarlo Baghetti's triumph in the 1961 French Grand Prix, There had never been a more impressive debut in motor sport's…

F186 (1986) There have been less successful Ferraris than the F186 (it did score podium finishes) but it was Maranello’s only turbo car to fail to win a race. Stefan Johansson…

Against the backdrop of technical confusion, acrimony, the odd bit of skullduggery and the spectre of refuelling, this is the one question enthusiasts want answered as F1 gears up for…

RICHARD SEAMAN WINS AGAIN! THE 200-MILE RACE REVIVAL. TEN-YEAR-OLD DELAGE SUCCEEDS ONCE MORE. E.R.A. OPPOSITION FAILS. ONLY FOUR FINISHERS. DOBSON HAS NARROW ESCAPE The Junior Car Club deserves the heartiest…

Sales of GTi hatchback models have been decimated because of rocketing insurance premiums. It's all testimony to a massive increase in car theft and joyriding (and the inevitable ensuing accidents),…

fri I !11111 The M.C. Position LAST month the M.G. Car Company was acquired from Lord Nuffield by Morris Motors Ltd., and following on this came a statement that M.G.'s…