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Sir, I recently received a very glossy brochure giving details of next year's British Grand Prix. I was staggered to see that the advanced charge for admission on race day…

Quite an experience Saab's turbocharged production version of their familiar 99 provoked almost unprecedented eulogistic descriptions in some of the weekly journals earlier in the year, their writers reacting like cats…

A world sports car champion will be crowned at the end of next season for the first time since 1992. Plans for an FIA GT1 World Championship, which could stretch…

The Vintage Sports Car Club travelled to OuIton Park. Cheshire, at the end of June for its annual Sir Henry Segrave memorial Meeting, where showers allowed Julian Bronson's familiar vivid…

I never tire of reminding you how much we owe to the MCC for continuing its famous long-distance trials, the Exeter, Land's End and Edinburgh, which are formidable and respected…

A fast run on a well tried car. There are a great many people who are frightened to buy a sports car on the grounds that any high speed machinery…

"BMW — A History" by Halwart Schrader. Translated by Ron Wakefield. 392 pp. 11" x 9 3/4". (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London WC2E 9LP. £24.95.) This is a…

Early 3-litre Grand Prix cars will be the star attractions of the new-look Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting at the end of August. In period, the Gold Cup non-championship Formula…

US car maker Panoz has launched a revolutionary road car with which it aims to take on Porsche, Ferrari and Chevrolet at Le Mans in 2011. The new Panoz Abruzzi…

Sir, I am somewhat confused as to why the 1906 Grand Prix at Le Mans Connerré is considered to be the first grand prix, particularly following the advert for Renault…

The Sportscar World Championship saga continued well into the New Year, adding to the problems of the private entrants. Max Mosley, president of FISA, seemingly crushed hopes of there being…

Motor racing paintings and prints by father and son Michael and Graham Turner go on show in London in February. Both artists are famed for their racing subjects, but will…