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Interlagos fixture for Historic F1
Eight races at six events, including a race at Interlagos in Brazil, is the new slimmed down schedule for the…
April 2009
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Lyons impresses with NZ win
British teenager Michael Lyons became one of the youngest ever winners of a Formula 5000 race when he claimed victory…
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Last Donington meet expanded
Just as it did 70 years earlier in 1939 before the outbreak of war, the Vintage Sports-Car Club will run…
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Rally show to feature historics
Sports and GT rally cars from 1960 to the present day will be in action at the Rally Show at…
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Mason backs dragster plan
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has agreed to be patron for the Allard Chrysler dragster restoration project at the National…
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Hirvonen to rally new Mk2 Escort
Ford’s lead WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen could go head to head with team boss Malcolm Wilson in Escort Mk2s in…
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Retro proves theres nothing new
Today’s manufacturers are working furiously on ‘new’ technologies – but we’ve been here before, as Rétromobile’s main theme proved The…
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Hublot's timely tribute to Morgan
On the 100th year anniversary of the Morgan car company, watchmaker Hublot has produced a special timepiece inspired by the…
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Unique launch for Jody's mozzarella
Jody Scheckter brought his 1979 World Championship-winning Ferrari 312T4, and one of his 1500-head of water buffalo, to the exclusive…
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Crisis? What crisis?
Every year over 100,000 classic car enthusiasts pour into the Porte de Versailles in Paris for the Rétromobile show. February…
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Chevron B6/B8
Derek Bennett never was one to be consumed by low ambitions. An intuitive and hugely gifted engineer, nobody worked harder…
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"I raced one"
This versatile veteran won as he pleased in the unique Chevron B5, and preferred BRM to BMW power… “I bought…
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Reviews, April 2009
Ayrton Senna Memories and Mementoes from a life lived at full speed Christopher Hilton Written in conjunction with the Istituto…
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Driving through the pain barrier
Jackie Stewart’s 1968 German GP win impressed due to his pace but also his grim determination to race with a…
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Manoeuvres of the political kind
Don’t you just love politicians? While appreciating they have a tremendously exposed, difficult and demanding job to do, these too-often…
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A classic race battle and a rare mistake from Jimmy
Speaking of Jim Clark reminds me of the day he made a mistake. Yes, really. It must have happened pretty…
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At the stroke of midnight
One of the most sensational of all motor sporting sights has always been the release of pent-up tension represented by…
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Thousands gather to pay their respects to Mike
On a freezing cold and drippy wet Sunday in January, the little Georgian market town of Farnham – on the…
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The ugliest Alfa you've ever seen
In the February issue I ran a photo from the 1972 Targa Florio showing a weird-looking little Italian sports-prototype which…
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Police encounters
In seven decades of road testing it was inevitable that WB would meet the odd policeman – professionally… Considering the…
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