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FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 17: With no opportunity to pursue his F1 career, Olivier Grouillard announces plans to set up his own IndyCar team.…
April 1993
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The patient is recovering...
The South African Grand Prix at Kyalami re-introduced something that hasn't been seen in Formula One for a while. The…
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Ferruccio Lamborghini
From humble beginnings as a producer of tractors, Ferruccio Lamborghini emerged as a creative and eye-catching automotive engineer. In the…
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Just Williams: 1993 South African GP race report
Kyalami marked Alain Prost's first F1 race since Suzuka 1991. If anybody thought a short sabbatical might take the edge of his…
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Welcome back...
While Britain may not have Italy's happy knack of staging two Grands Prix every year, this country has certainly fared…
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Game, set and Mats - Swedish Rally
Twenty years ago; five years ago; even one year ago, had a driver spluttered to a halt on a special…
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King Francios the First - Rally of Portugal
It is a common belief that the Ford Escort came after the Ford Cortina, but this is a misconception. There was…
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Is the end nigh?
Dear reader, I was hoping to be at the first Grand Prix in the year 2000, which is only seven…
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A famous Vanwall victory
Reader JA McCaul has written to say that in 1957, when he was nine years old, his mother and father…
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The hills are alive
Goodwood. It's still a name that means something to the British racing public, even though it's 27 years since a…
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Snake bite
As we rumbled along Vickers Drive, away from the apparently recession-proof bustle of Brooklands industrial Park, the passage of fresh February…
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Six appeal - Renault A610 Turbo
The Dieppe-based specialist Alpine has earned our respect over the years, thanks to a succession of fabulous cars created on behalf…
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Off-road test - Polaris SL650
Your toes are frozen, yet your legs are cozily warm and dry. Your hands are so cold that it's hard…
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Jim Clark: an F1 great remembered by those who knew him best
The hamlets of Chirnside and Duns nestle into the mellow countryside of Scotland's Border region, mere miles from the northernmost…
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Steer crazy
At press time, uncertainty marked the future ownership of Lotus Cars, Lotus North America Inc and Lotus Engineering. A management…
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Glorious Twelve - Jaguar V12 Saloons
Enhanced power, performance, economy and refinement: these are the primary aims Jaguar set itself when it implemented the long overdue…
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Smaller is beautiful
Few new car launches have much sense of excitement today, but that for Aston Martin's Project X, which we now…
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Jeep trick
The message is clear. Jeep (or Chrysler Jeep, to be politically correct) has entered the UK market with a mission.…
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A Morris landmark
Another great motoring landmark is about to be destroyed, along with so many others. I refer to the one-time Morris…
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Did it really happen?
In Aero-Engined Racing Cars (reviewed last month), I refer to the uncorroborated story of Alastair Miller, HRH The Prince of…
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