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The recruitment of a senior technical trio should allow team principal Ross Brawn to refocus on a kick-start for Mercedes GP By Adam Cooper There’s no question that 2012 is…

As recorded elsewhere, when the Wolseley Hornet Special Club brought together cars, actual or similar to those which took part in the 1932 LCC Relay Race at Brooklands, at the…

Invisible man Somewhere in all the controversy, acrimony and infamy that characterised the Spanish Grand Prix, Ayrton Senna racked up his 20th F1 victory and McLaren International overtook Team Lotus International…

POLICE OPINION Sir, Being a keen vintage sports-tar enthusiast, I am greatly alarmed, and dismayed, at the unqualified remarks made by numerous members of the Press during the past few…

Bill Mason is working on a new film on the motoring-racing of Mercedes Benz, with hitherto unseen footage. Some of this will be shown, with his other great films of…

This year's seafront spectacular along Brighton's Madeira Drive reversed the normal status quo when a bike instead of a car made FTD. This was the result of safety changes made…

There are promising plans for the remains of one of the greatest landmarks in British motoring history. We spoke to Brooklands Museum about the future, and considered the circuit's past…

Sir, The article concerning the Assistant Editor's Triumph TR6 says, almost word for word, exactly what I have experienced with my similar model. I purchased my car new in June…

There are some motoring items in "Jug Within the Law" by Henry Cecil (Hutchinson, 1975) but the author, although admitting that he used to write legal articles for The Autocar,…

Banished from the Principality in 1998 when Formula 3000 'hijacked' its Monaco GP support slot, Formula Three gets its prestige Monte Carlo street race back on May 21. It's no…

British TV viewers will have more F1 coverage than ever before in 2012. But can the BBC do a Grand Prix justice with a highlights programme? And can Sky’s coverage…

The perfect pitch Sounds I enjoyed as the kid of an indulgent father in the 1970s: David Bowie, Thin Lizzy, The Clash, XTC (Swindon's finest!)... and, of course, the Cosworth…