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Harken to the Herald This issue of Motor Sport contains a detailed and analytical appreciation of the exceedingly promising new Triumph Herald, Britain's challenge to the long-established supremacy of the…

Ten kilos of 4-star? Sir, You make a very valid point in January's editorial. Metrication makes calculation so much easier, but we must choose our arms of measure with care.…

I find it astonishing that, whereas books have been written about so many racing drivers, from those of the pioneer days, through the interim periods, to the present day, nothing…

Nigel Mansell's IndyCar diary - Columbia Tristar, W H Smith, £10.99 These four videos are based on the late-night ITV Nigel Mansell's lndyCar programmes, which in the beginning at least…

For someone who will only just turn 24 on the after the Brazilian Grand Prix, David Coulthard is blessed with remarkable sang froid. We caught up with him on the…

Blown six to power M3 and coupé sibling | by Andrew Frankel What’s that dripping sound? It’s BMW starting the intermittent feed of information that will lead eventually to the…

THE GRAND PRIX. Victory for British Motor Cycle and Italian Car. THIS year's French Grand Prix races were run over a comparatively short course, a lap being approximately fourteen miles…

A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Oxford (January 31st) The Vintage SCC has alternated pleasant driving-test venues with some very dreary ones, like the Slough Trading Estate,…

E.R.A. AND THE SUNSHINE AT SHELSLEY RAYMOND MAYS'S NEW RECORD. A SPLENDIDLY ORGANISED MEETING. Perhaps Leslie Wilson's luck has changed, for with the commencement of the new timing methods at…

SIR, So Spa-Francorchamps fell victim to the Belgian government's decision to ban tobacco advertising. (At the moment of writing, it's still not sure if it will change its mind —…

Tom Walkinshaw's Jaguar XJR-6 sportscar team has achieved much in the space of four months, and earned its best result in Selangor, Malaysia on December 1 when Mike Thackwell, John…

AN OUTBOAR 1) RACING FILMG THE "SPEED DEMON" SHOULD NOT BE MISSED. WITH an air of resignation, we bade "good afternoon" to the manager and paid for our seats. The…