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Matters of moment, February 1988
Community edicts Motor Sport was optimistic last month about 1988 being reasonably happy for those who mess about with cars.…
Community edicts Motor Sport was optimistic last month about 1988 being reasonably happy for those who mess about with cars.…
Last year's Earls Court Motorfair broke all records, with sales up by 19% to a total of £38,000,000 and attendance…
Fatalities mar Paris-Dakar Alarm over the worsening safety record of the gruelling Paris-Dakar desert endurance event has been fuelled by…
Britain's premier award for road safety has been won by Daimler-Benz AG for its airbag protection system. Presented by Mintex…
Alongside its probable attempt at a third consecutive Le Mans victory for the Derek Bell/Hans Stuck combination in the classic…
Plans are well advanced for a "Motorsports Park" to be built on the site of a disused British Steel plant…
Piercarlo Ghinzani has left the Ligier Formula One team to replace Martin Brundle as number-one driver for the German Zakspeed…
The three-cornered fight for the right to host the British Grand Prix has reached crisis point after FISA finally announced…
Consequences of conformity It was entreated, implored, pressed, petitioned, pushed and even begged, but when the CSI of the FIA…
Bad week for Goodyear During December a large number of Grand Prix teams journeyed to Estoril in Portugal, for what…
Quick change The British Racing and Sports Car Club has done it again! Last year, despite overwhelming odds from one…
M Power Motorsport by name, mini manufacturer by nature, BMW Motorsport GMBH is the expanding specialist arm of the Bayerische…
An enigma Public perceptions of BMW and its products are probably more disparate than for any other manufacturer, German or…
"Evante" means progress! One thing George Robinson can be congratulated upon is the choice of name. "Evante" does not actually…
Power struggle Careful stratification of models has always been central to Ford's marketing policy. The man in the suburban street…
The Trade Dear Reader, Over the years I have been writing letters to the Editor, the Assistant Editor and the…
V8 classic Classic cars seem to bring us right up to the present , so I lean more towards vintage…
Reborn in the USA It is easy to feel pleased, or even smug, about the old car scene in Britain:…
In resurgam In November 1938 Lieutenant AIdenhoven of Loughton in Essex took delivery of a brand new Type 328 Frazer…
Second time around Nelson Piquet's points-victory in the 1987 World Drivers Championship was the first such title for a Japanese…
Lewis Hamilton has pledged £20m of his fortune to launch a new charitable foundation, Mission 44, to help young people from under-represented backgrounds achieve their ambitions. It will offer support…
Mercedes leads practice in Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard, but Red Bull and Ferrari still have cards to play A disrupted French Grand Prix second free practice at Paul Ricard…
Ayrton Senna's record-breaking Monaco Grand Prix McLaren to be auctioned in May The car in which Ayrton Senna took his final Monaco Grand Prix victory, the 1993 McLaren MP4/8A, will…
While early leaders Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power and Scott Dixon took conservative strategies, trying to save fuel so they could run the race with two rather than three pitstops, Charlie…