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Sir, In the fine article about Jim Clark's Lotus 25 you made a small captioning error. The featured rebuilt car,…
Sir, In the fine article about Jim Clark's Lotus 25 you made a small captioning error. The featured rebuilt car,…
Sir, Your story on Ken Wharton reminded me of the several occasions when this great and versatile driver graced meetings…
I've had a minor deluge of letters and e-mails from readers wanting to know what I thought of Ferrari's tactics…
Riccardo Patrese is one of those racing drivers who ages well, I thought again when I saw him in Monaco…
He had a reputation for not being keen on testing. But there he was pounding round Estoril, in February. At…
Wolf WR1, Lotus 49B, Maserati 250F and Alfa Romeo 8C - Monaco Grand Prix winners all. But how did they…
This successful mix of engineering and art is one man's vision of how a car should be. Its creator proved…
Tom Wheatcroft is 80. His has been a life full of incident and struggle, success and joy. The achievements Therein…
Thousands of Brits arrived in the hope of seeing Jaguar beat Porsche. They were to be disappointed, but a tiny…
Moss rated him and yet Colin Chapman dropped him from Team Lotus. Did his record accurately reflect the talent of…
Though silhouette racing reached its zenith some time ago, one man has stayed loyal to the same marque for years.…
It was the tenth year of the World Rally Championship and only the fourth season in which the drivers had…
The intense sporting rivalry between Cambridge and Oxford stretches beyond the Thames, Lor'ds and Twickenham. Bill Boddy remembers their car…
Meet the land speed record's answer to the BRM V16. With the might of British industry behind it Donald Cambelesjet-powered…
The amazing Mini Cooper made its debut 40 years ago. Bill Blydenstein explains how he scored this legendary car's first…
The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain and a great many of its members are, in my opinion absolutely correctly,…
* * * Four Rounds of Graham Chambers' Austin 7 Triple Challenge Racing contest have been held so far, 21…
Morgans have had a long, successful and often excitingly impressive competition history, carried on now in VSCC and other events.…
Potter Trophy The Potter Trophy in the VSCC's Northern Ashboume Rally was won by Adrian Chetde/Mrs Chettle (Ford Model A)…
The VSCC season is now in full cry. Recent results: the Curborough Speed Trials held on May 5 saw James…
The major anniversaries from Formula 1, Le Mans and more from the database November 9 1999 French sports car stalwart Claude Ballot-Léna (above, Le Mans 1971) succumbs to cancer. Ballot-Léna started…
1) Max Verstappen is the youngest man ever to win a Grand Prix at 18 years old. The next youngest is Sebastian Vettel who won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix…
It has taken a while, but Mercedes-AMG has committed to start deliveries of its Project One hypercar this year. Or just ‘One’. Officially the concept was the ‘Project One’, the…
The UK racing season gets fully into its stride. Simon Arron reports on a world far removed from Formula 1 Goodwood Members’ Meeting, British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch……