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Letters: The picture that reveals how bloated F1 cars have become
I don’t know if it’s just me, but looking at the photograph of the selection of Formula 1 cars from…
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Driving the ultimate Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR: first-ever track test of £100m sports car
Coming off the banking in full flight, straight-eight motor roaring with crazed approval, pushing forward from second to third with…
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Best of its time – and of all time? Perhaps…
Its racing life was so short, and yet is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR the greatest competition sports car of them…
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50 Greatest drives by women
50. Marie-Claude Beaumont (F) 1973 Le Mans 24 Hours June 9-10, Le Mans, France Chevrolet Corvette C3 1st in class…
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Who inspires the F1 Academy drivers?
Ella Lloyd Rodin Motorsport A female driver that has inspired me is Jade Edwards. She helped and coached me during…
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Max is back in the 2025 championship: F1 GP reports
Max Verstappen’s hopes were not high for his home track of Zandvoort. It’s exactly the sort of medium-speed, long-corner layout…
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‘Pitstops are part of racing’
The big controversy at Monza was McLaren’s dilemma in asking Oscar Piastri to surrender second position to team-mate Lando Norris…
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Word on the beat : November 2025
Ligier European Series driver Laura Villars has announced herself as a surprise third candidate for the FIA presidency vote in…
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Rubens Barrichello: ‘There was a spiritual link between Ayrton and me’
Where do you begin when you are interviewing a man who has started 322 Formula 1 grands prix, who has…
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F3000’s glory years: the series that bred F1 young guns
Sustainability wasn’t the buzzword in 1984 that it is today. But there was a growing consensus that Formula 2 couldn’t…
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Top 5 F3000 drivers:1985-95
Determining the best Formula 3000 drivers is an inherently subjective task. Statistics are useful to a point but can’t be…
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1985: a golden year for sports car racing
Privateers (still) on parade Porsche, or rather the factory team, had stayed away from the Le Mans 24 Hours in…
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Alfa Romeo’s forgotten 164 Procar: the 200mph monster saloon
Riccardo Patrese hit the throttle on the exit of the Parabolica. Seconds later, just before jumping on the brakes for…
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When Alfas tackled the celeb circuit
Alfa Romeo’s Procar silhouette racer would never get to compete on a grand prix weekend, but the 164 did. A…
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The Clapham-built Allard that battled Mercedes at Le Mans
European and UK manufacturers ranging from Iso to De Tomaso and from Jensen to Sunbeam saw an easy route to…
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Classic 1970s Ford Bronco hides supercharged secret under the bonnet
In 1994, 95 million viewers are reported to have tuned in to watch a white Ford Bronco being pursued by…
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Competition-spec Ferrari 250 GT California Spider sells for £18.8m
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider Competizione Sold by Gooding Christie’s, £18.8m There were gasps of amazement at RM Sotheby’s…
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Dedication’s what you need: JG Parry’s Land Speed Record car
Parting Shot: April 23, 1926 Brooklands, Surrey In a bid to smash the Land Speed Record, racing driver JG Parry…
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