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Matters of moment, December 1971
Goodwill to motorists This is the last copy of Motor Sport you will see before Christmas. So we thought it…
Goodwill to motorists This is the last copy of Motor Sport you will see before Christmas. So we thought it…
It is encouraging to learn, from someone in Estonia who corresponds with a friend of ours, that motor racing is…
Just about the time when politicians of both parties were doing their brinksmanship with the Common Market we received from…
"Small racing car manufacturers like ourselves have to diversify into wider fields of engineering if we are to exist and…
Laguna Seca, California, October 17th. Peter Revson won the Monterey-Castrol Grand Prix over the hilly, 1.9-mile Laguna Seca course in…
Ferrari may have had an unhappy season with their 3-litre prototype but at least it finished on a high note…
The sixth year of Can-Am competition in America saw Team McLaren once again on the receiving end of the major…
[A look at how Californian enthusiasts motored, by Rex Hardy, now resident in this country and still enjoying good cars…
Although some Clubs own timing apparatus that is used for sprints and hill-climbs that will record to three places of…
As reported elsewhere in this issue, the Swiss driver Jo Siffert died at Brands Hatch on October 24th as a…
Although not yet available and no price has been announced in Britain, Alfa Romeo have unveiled their rumoured small car…
On the fourth of December what has probably been the closest fought rally championship ever to be held in Britain…
Just prior to the opening of the London Motor Show, two new BMW variations were announced and made available to…
More money for Grovewood Awards The 1971 Grovewood Motor Racing Awards were presented last month at a reception in a…
A section devoted to old-car matters The RAC London-Brighton Veteran Car Run (November 7th) I have tried the Brighton Run…
It seems droll that the more purist among restorers of veteran, Edwardian and vintage cars are often to be congratulated…
A piece in the Yorkshire Post, by lain Smith, reports on the number of ancient motor vehicles still in regular…
It would be ungracious to let the year pass without reporting on the opening of the TT Commemorative pits at…
Sir, Enclosed you will find pictures of an engine which I acquired when I purchased my house some years ago.…
Sir, I was most interested in your paragraphs on the Richard automobile in the October issue of Motor Sport. Since…
Motorcycle racing and other sports are bubbles – microcosms of life that allow competitors and fans to invest themselves in something wonderful but ultimately trivial. When working in the paddock…
From a front-row lockout in 2022, to a 57-second defeat in 2023, the Miami Grand Prix was a sobering experience for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari. But the team doesn't fully understand what is going wrong
In July 1979 Jean-Pierre Jabouille won his, and Renault’s, first World Championship Grand Prix, and did it, what’s more, in France. It is his tragedy that anyone at Dijon that…
The return of the Las Vegas Grand Prix began chaotically with a cancelled session and fans being sent home early from premium-priced seats their after seeing less than 10 minutes of F1 action. Unsurprisingly, the reaction has been irate...