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It’s hard to believe but it’s coming up for 30 years since Ferrari invested seriously in its first forced-induction Formula 1 programme after 1950, developing its 120-degree V6-cylinder 126C design.…

The racing/sports car is very much a thinly disguised Grand Prix car and bears little resemblance to production sports cars as sold to the public for use on the roads.…

Sir In the summer I visited the National Technical Museum in Prague, Czechoslovakia where one of the cars on display was a 1939 Mercedes-Benz W163 Grand Prix car. An elderly…

There was a most interesting "find" in the recently-published "Being Geniuses Together, 1920-1930" by Robert McAlmon, revised by Kay Boyle (Michael Joseph, 1970). The opening chapter refers to Robert McAlmon's…

The always ambitious JCC held a 1000-mile race for stripped sports cars at Brooklands in 1932, replacing its former Double-12 race. Advertised as ‘England’s Biggest Race’, attracting nine British teams…

Motorsport lost one of its true characters when Barry Sheene succumbed to cancer at the age of 52. An emotional and victorious appearance at the 2002 Goodwood Revival Meeting proved…

Formula One demands the ability to adapt quickly to ever-changing circumstances, and Gordon Murray had few peers in this art he describes to Keith Howard how he designed a Brabham…

THE Commission Sportive Internationale, or C.N.I. for short, are the people who make decisions concerning motor racing and its kindred aspects of the sport. The C.S.I. have recently announced that…

AN EXCELLENT ESTATE CAR— THE VAUXHALL FRIARY VELOX TII E exceedingly spacious Vauxhall Friary V elox Estate car which MOTOR SPORT tested last month is far from being a sports…

Donington Park's annual SMMT testday gave us the opportunity to drive a convincing testimonial to the capability and durability of the Sprintex supercharger, and to compare it with its Turbo…

I have heard that the Jockey Club is investigating riders who are deemed to have deliberately held back a hone. Rather curious, surely, that we never heard such complaints at…

Sir, Looking recently through a copy of an aviation year-book for 1931, I noted that amongst the civil aircraft registered for that year, was a DH60 Moth, G-ABAG, owned by…