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Reynard in a Reynard? This we’ve got to see. Especially as the car in question is peak Formula 3000, the long-defunct Formula 1 feeder that roamed Europe as a gloriously…
In this era of the professional racing driver ’workforce’ being continuously topped-up by childhood karting stars who effectively grow from the age of seven or eight utterly immersed in racing…
The celebrated shed in which Ken Tyrrell’s early Formula 1 cars were built proved a popular draw on its public debut at its new Goodwood home. Members’ Meeting patrons flocked…
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It was what the French call 'Un été de la Saint-Martin"— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had been hot, oppressive. During our night time run into France…
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Where in Britain can you still drive in the wheel tracks of Nuvolari, Rosemeyer and Lang? Or recapture for a fleeting moment the zing of supercharged V16s echoing among trees?…
Strictly speaking, I'd never been to Reims before. But I had, like millions of others, been through Reims dozens of times. Every time I had cause to be almost anywhere…
Senna on a hot lap. Fangio steering with the throttle. Bellof lowering the Nordschleife's lap record, from a standing start. An awakening Chevy stock-block. These are the motor-racing things that…
Through the Jordan Racing Team, father and son Mike, and Andrew Jordan both build and race Lotus Cortinas with success. Mike explains: “We’ve built 15 Lotus Cortinas since we stopped…
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September marked 60 years since the Ford Lotus Cortina made its competition debut. To celebrate that milestone, the world’s first all-Lotus Cortina race was a key element of April’s Members’…
Attention at this time of year three decades ago would turn to following the RAC Rally around the classic special stages in Britain’s forests. The problem would always be avoiding…
My family car as a child... The first one I remember was a Sunbeam-Talbot with a soft top. I recall being in the back seat when my father came across…
F1 Retro – August 2004 Over 20 years have passed since F1 had an Argentinian driver, and the world championship last graced Buenos Aires a quarter of a century ago.…
October 3, 1965 Watkins glen, US The very definition of an open paddock. Mechanics tend to cars in full view of the crowds ahead of the US Grand Prix. This…
German master Rainer W Shlegelmilch is best known for his photograhic work on the grand prix circuit, but a sumptuous new book, Porsche Racing Moments, collates his finest images from…
Aston Martin’s ownership structure and commercial fortunes have had more twists than a Federico Fellini movie in the 110 years since Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford commenced business. Perhaps the…
Forty-two years ago, staging a Formula 1 race in Las Vegas was yet another example of Bernie Ecclestone’s fabled ingenuity. By 1981, to be exporting Grand Prix racing to a…
