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Pristine teen
18-year-old Mark Blundell won the Grovewood Award: he had taken an amazing 24 poles and 25 victories in FF1600. Second…
December 2004
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AJ'S comeback
Alan Jones (left) looked all set for a return to Formula One in 1985. The 38-year-old was due to sign for…
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Adam Cooper's Track forward
Expect a closer-fought F1 world title battle in 2005 A memorable 2004 Formula One season began with an astonishing sequence…
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The inaugural running of the Asia-Pacific touring car series was brought to a close with yet another win for Joachim…
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Goodwood Festival of Speed
edited by Richard Sutton ISBN 00 718235 X Published by Collins Willow, £40 Celebrating the first 11 years of this…
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Fast Lady: My Life in Motorsport
by Joy Rainey ISBN184 425 038 5 Published by Haynes. e1799 A remarkable story, some of which may be familiar.…
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Bucciali
by Christian Huet ISBN 2 9500432 3 2 Published by Editions Christian Huet. €79 Considering the Bucciali brothers built a…
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Red Wheels and White Sidewalls: Confessions of an Allard Racer
by Bill Pollack ISBN188897814 7 Published by Brown Fox Books, $23.95 What a cracking read. Bill Pollack was there at…
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Reviews, December 2004
Alex Zanardi: My Story with Gianluca Gasparini ISBN184 425108 X Published by Haynes, €18.99 A special man with a special…
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Formula 1 Technical Analysis 2003
by Giorgio Piola ISBN 88 7911 325 9 Published by Giorgio Nada Editore, £20 Those of us who prefer the…
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The human touch
Sir, As a confessed petrolhead, I have found myself becoming ever more alienated from Formula One, an arena that should…
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Access All Areas
Sir, Your cover may have changed, but the quality of the contents remains as high as ever. I applaud in…
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Foyt club
Sir, I have just bought and read my first issue of Motor Sport (not the last) and was delighted to…
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Forgotten GT40 run
Sir, I was delighted to read the article comparing the 'old' Ford GT40 and the 'new' GT in the October…
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Changing Boulogne
Sir, I found your article in the November issue on the Boulogne circuit most interesting. The first L'Amble d'Automne, a…
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Hidden pleasure
Sir, I have been reading Motor Sport for 35 years. My initial reaction to the announcement of the changes was…
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Red missed
Sir, How time distorts the memory. In an otherwise excellent article on the Monaco Toleman in the November issue it…
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Bank on it
Sir, In his review of Scalextric by Roger Gillham (November issue), Bill Boddy wonders if Scalextric ever produced banked track. Indeed…
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1965 British Grand Prix
1965 British Grand Prix After the British GP a lot of people overlooked the fact that Jim Clark has now…
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You were there...
This month our series of photos taken by you features Sicily, Las Vegas and Great Portland Street, London! Though Alberto…
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