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Cosworth Ford 105E
Mike Costin tells the story of the engine on which the success of Cosworth was founded, both technically and financially…
January 2008
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Porsche 936: the forgotten Le Mans-winning prototype
Think of your favourite Porsche Le Mans racer. Many would plump for the 917 or, just as likely, the 956/962.…
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Beach party
This year’s Rennsport Reunion at Daytona was a celebration of Porsche racers, featuring the largest gathering of the 917 witnessed…
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A star is born
Despite an inauspicious last-place finish in a humble DKW, Jim Clark’s career was in the ascendancy By David Ross Odd-looking…
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Lewis Hamilton
The Biography Frank Worrall Yet another biography of our Stevenage-born, now Swiss-based hero, Herr Hamilton, which is going to struggle…
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Vintage variety
The ‘Soundtrack’ to Motor Racing’s Formative Years This CD charts the history of motor racing from 1900 through to the…
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Sports car racing in camera
1960-69 Paul Parker Parker’s latest work is this stunning selection of photographs from 1960s sports car racing. Each year is…
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Nigel Mansell
A Photographic Portrait Photographs by LAT Words by Mike Doodson This group of over 250 photos is introduced by Mike…
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Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
The quality of the design and build of this classic 1980s Q-car still shines through and its Cosworth-developed 16-valve engine…
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Risk and renumeration
A recent conversation with Tony Brooks highlighted the gulf in pay between then and now – the chances of a…
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Weighing up the evidence
After donkey’s years of squirrelling material away it sometimes comes as a real surprise to unearth something quite forgotten. This…
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The perils of a riding mechanic
Riding mechanics were remarkable men, until racing regulations banned them “with a great saving of life”. Stanley Mann, the Bentley…
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Acceptable replicas
A Wolseley Moth replica is welcome because the originals have disappeared It may be apparent that I am not in…
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Media myth-perpetuation
It was interesting to discover in the Daily Mail’s TV supplement that a motor racing item was involved, previewing the…
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Sporting cover-up
Before WW1 they were not called sports cars, but in Europe the Prince Henry Vauxhalls and Austro-Daimlers, the London-Edinburgh Rolls-Royces,…
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