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Teatime in McLaren’s paddock palace, The Brand Centre. ‘Team Button’ – father John and manager Richard Goddard – are having a natter. They might be talking business, but just as…

Sanity returned to Silverstone after the British Grand Prix, with the Vintage SCC Race Meeting the following week-end, when a full programme of ten races, four of them of eight…

On September 22nd the Michelin Tyre Company invited the Press to a very satisfactory lunch at the Drift Bridge Hotel, Epsom, to introduce their new 155-15 Michelin "X" tyre. This…

THE R.A.C. RALLY ENT RI ES for the R.A.C. Rally closed on Monday, 5th February, with the record total of 400. The Regulations provided for this number as the maximum…

Le Mans (Sarthe), June 14th. The Le Mans 24-hour race carries with it more tradition and history than any other event in the minds of most people and the occasion…

From the Weekend Argus we learn that the 50th Anniversary of Cape Town's first international Grand Prix was celebrated recently. In 1937, the Grosvenor GP was run over a circuit…

Ultimate E-Types By Philip Porter This E-type anniversary year is the right time to produce the ultimate book about the ultimate E-type, and I can't imagine anyone surpassing this. The…

"MOTOR RACING AND RECORD BREAKING" This new book written by George Eyston and Barre Lyndon might well be called "Motor Sport in a Nutshell." Every side of the motor-racing game…

After the RAC Rally, everything started happening at once; or perhaps it would be more correct to say that everything stopped happening, for it was the sudden end of activity…

***NO* CASTLE COMBE Regulations are available for the Bristol M.C. and L.C.C. Closed Invitation Race Meeting at Castle Combo on March 31st. Invited clubs are 13.A.R.C., B.R.D.C., Bentley D.C., Midland…

THE 26th MONTE CARLO RALLY Mastery of Man Over Machine Gains Jaguar Victory MONTE CARLO, January 21st. THIS year's Monte Carlo Rally could be divided into three separate events; the…

* The FIA has agreed to allow Renault to make some modifications to its engine in order to bring it in line with its rivals. Team boss Flavio Briatore had…