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The month in Motor Sport
May 17: Andy Rouse tests his unraced BTCC Mondeo in FWD configuration at Snetterton. The car is expected to make…
July 1993
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Opportunity knocked
Sunday June 13 marked the first occasion this year that the Formula One World Championship and the PPG IndyCar World…
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James Hunt
Obituary Just as this issue of Motor Sport was closing for press, on June 15, we heard the sad news…
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Positive thinking: 1993 Monaco Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna put a major scare to the back of his mind as he won a record sixth Monaco, following…
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Advantage Prost
Another silky drive by the Frenchman restored his World Championship lead, but things weren't quite so smooth off the circuit...…
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That's entertainment?
And so the 77th running of the Indianapolis 500, the self-proclaimed 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing', is history. It was a…
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Street credibility
Predicting an F3000 winner usually involves a degree of guesswork, especially in Pau, where no amount of circuit resurfacing will…
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Wasted opportunity?
On paper, it all looks so promising: Reynard 93Ds, Mader DFV engines (which have been successful in two of the…
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Super Tex and the Rocket
Two legends sat on the sidelines at Indianapolis this year, but their legacies live on They changed a lot at…
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Purely Teutonic
There are those who remain unconvinced by front-wheel drive's suitability for competition use, and this lobby has a strong case…
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Miki taker
Toyota was expected to win, Subaru should have won, but the Acropolis tore the heart out of the entry and…
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Art for the heart's sake
McLaren's stunning F1 sports car unleashed at Goodwood Gordon Murray has a party trick. Behind his back the 6.1-litre V12…
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Gold blend
Back in 1963, Marcos, a limited volume sports car manufacturer founded four years previously by Jem Marsh (a sprightly sixty-something,…
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Twelfth knight
Although both BMW and Mercedes now produce 12-cylinder engines, they are comparative newcomers to the art. The establishment? Try Jaguar.…
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Born to run
If the Williams-badged version of the 16-valve Renault Clio was not such an enjoyable drive, we could simply dismiss the…
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Captain sensible
Renault is by no means alone in what Eurocrats nowadays term the MPV (that's Multi-Purpose Vehicle) market, but there is…
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Harmless fun
Dear Reader, The heading for this letter was sparked off when I unexpectedly came across a group of sporting cars…
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The Crystal Palace
To any enthusiast living in London or the Home Counties in 1936 there was news to make them very excited.…
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Jungle juice
Alain de Cadenet took his Alfa way out East for some tropical motoring You may well be wondering what this…
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Trophée des Ardennes
The feature event of the 9th Trophée des Ardennes Historic meeting over the classic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in May was the…
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