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I first met James back in 1971 when I joined the March team for my first season of international Formula Two racing. In those days I was living in London,…
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I met Pedro Rodriguez de la Vega just once, although I watched him with huge enthusiasm from the spectator areas for the last couple of years of a career that…
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For many of us, grand prix racing entered a fallow period after the death in May 1982 of Gilles Villeneuve, and none felt that more keenly than Denis Jenkinson. Even…
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John Miles beckons me over with a crook of a gloved index finger. He points to a smear of blue paint on the inside of the monocoque. “See that? This…
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John Surtees was always destined to become a constructor. At least that’s how it appeared from the outside. For he absolutely knew his own mind – how a team ought…
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Only four Indianapolis 500 rookies in 100 years have started from pole: Teo Fabi in 1983 is one. Prematurely balding and softly spoken, his puppy-ish face often apparently bemused, occasionally…
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“The great thing about Ferrari,” explained Harvey Postlethwaite, “is that they not only have a tremendously quick response time, but they will try anything. You haven’t even the faintest idea…
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Alan Brinton was a good old-school journalist. He was 1950s Fleet Street personified. He addressed everyone as “old boy” or “my dear”, could actually touch-type but, cast adrift by the…
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Most of the drivers who’ve related the tale of their ‘Worst Racing Car’ can now look back on the experience with a smile. It may have been awful at the…
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I first met James back in 1971 when I joined the March team for my first season of international Formula Two racing. In those days I was living in London,…
Great Read
I met Pedro Rodriguez de la Vega just once, although I watched him with huge enthusiasm from the spectator areas for the last couple of years of a career that…
Great Read
For many of us, grand prix racing entered a fallow period after the death in May 1982 of Gilles Villeneuve, and none felt that more keenly than Denis Jenkinson. Even…
Great Read
John Miles beckons me over with a crook of a gloved index finger. He points to a smear of blue paint on the inside of the monocoque. “See that? This…
Great Read
John Surtees was always destined to become a constructor. At least that’s how it appeared from the outside. For he absolutely knew his own mind – how a team ought…
Great Read
Only four Indianapolis 500 rookies in 100 years have started from pole: Teo Fabi in 1983 is one. Prematurely balding and softly spoken, his puppy-ish face often apparently bemused, occasionally…
Great Read
“The great thing about Ferrari,” explained Harvey Postlethwaite, “is that they not only have a tremendously quick response time, but they will try anything. You haven’t even the faintest idea…
Great Read
Alan Brinton was a good old-school journalist. He was 1950s Fleet Street personified. He addressed everyone as “old boy” or “my dear”, could actually touch-type but, cast adrift by the…
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
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