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2024 Ferrari 12Cilindri review: It looks like a Daytona and feels like a Daytona
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2024 MG Cyberster review: Electric roadster fails — it’s no fun to drive
Here’s a fact for you – the MG Cyberster is the world’s first production two-seat EV to go on sale.…
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2024 Ford Explorer review: Electric SUV condemns Ford Focus to history
Remember the Fiesta and Focus – the brilliant bread-and-butter Fords on which the company built its reputation in Europe? Forget…
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Formula E’s 11 season set for Sao Paulo start in December
São Paulo Street Circuit, Brazil, December 7 While most motor racing series at the start of December are, as the…
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Days of thunder... from 8am-11pm
Behind every driver is a team, from design engineers to sweeper-uppers, but we don’t often get to hear from, or…
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Faces of Formula 1: The Sixties book review
Dr Benno Müller, a country doctor in Germany’s Black Forest region, wasn’t really interested in watching motor sport. But racing…
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Flashback: 1988 RAC Rally winner Markku Alén sneaks through hotel kitchen
For many years, I worked in the media centre of the Lombard RAC Rally. After a season spent covering Formula…
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Letters: Aston Martin, the Canadian GP 1977 and lidar
In John Dickson’s letter (October) there was a small error regarding the year I beat the reigning NHRA world champion…
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The year that made Colin McRae: how '94 set him up to be WRC champ
Most people associate that iconic image of Colin McRae pirouetting his Subaru in Saltire-soaked jubilation at Chester race course with…
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Wot no Rally GB? It’s time WRC returned to these shores
Up and down the land, Wellington boots and bobble hats sit dormant for yet another year. It’s been this way…
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40 years of quiet success. Now Prodrive is ready to make some noise
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Day of days: crowning moments in the careers of the greats — seen first-hand
1985 Portuguese Grand Prix Senna’s rain dance creates a storm Eyewitness: Mike Doodson Nobody will ever dare to argue about…
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Valtteri Bottas — it’s not over yet
You could forgive Valtteri Bottas for crying enough and gracefully bowing out of Formula 1. The 35-year-old has competed at…
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A picture of perfection – images from Castle Combe’s autumn special
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The Motor Sport interview: Jochen Mass
Jochen Mass, grand prix winner, Le Mans winner and still racing historic cars, is a man who can look back…
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One-off Chopard LUC watch marks Day of the Dead festival
Chopard’s perma-busy co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele is one of those people who has so much on the go that bystanders are…
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Patek Philippe Reference 5330G — world time watch that adjusts date
Next time you stagger off a long-haul flight and squint into the midday sun as your body clock tells you…
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Carbon case for Richard Mille watch inspired by new McLaren W1 hypercar
Ever since the launch of the radical Speedtail back in 2018, McLaren fans have been looking forward to the follow-up…
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The Brooklands Watch Company Chronograph that can instantly display your average lap speed
We’ve championed the efforts of the Brooklands Watch Company in previous issues but it remains a niche, low-volume maker among…
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Historic, affordable and good enough for Bond: Rolex’s Explorer watch remains a favourite
The Covid years led to most new Rolex watches becoming difficult to obtain, largely due to a swell in demand…
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