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Letters - July 2024
Your take on the stagnant and frequently predictable nature of Formula 1, and the excitement of Formula E in comparison…
July 2024
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Motor Sport 100th anniversary Introduction
Oscar E Seyd, the first editor of this great magazine, was at pains to stress in his editorial of July…
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The greatest racing cars of the past century — on track together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CjqRU8Zdo What is the greatest racing car of the past 100 years? It’s a question as easy to ask as…
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Driving the Porsche 917: ‘a rough diamond polished to a shine’
Briefly, it feels like it might get away from you. When the turbos light up and the needle of the…
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‘Bentley Speed Six is a car for hunting the enemy’
It is the vastness of the thing that is most disconcerting. All that metal; tall, thin and long. It seems…
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Race Car of the Century Silverstone photoshoot: how we did it
How do you get 10 of the most incredible racing cars in history in the same place at the same…
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‘Colourful, glamorous and exciting’ — Sir Jackie Stewart on racing in the 1950s
I had an enormous enthusiasm and interest for motor sport when I was growing up in the 1950s. And even…
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Calling all the heroes - 1950s flashback
1950 The Formula 1 World Championship takes its bow at Silverstone on May 13, as Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina becomes the…
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1950s at Motor Sport magazine
Into its fourth decade, Motor Sport enters its classic period, once Denis Jenkinson joined as WB’s roving eyes and ears.…
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Age of innocence — the thrill of 1960s racing by Gordon Murray
I fell in love with motor racing when I was just five years old and, growing up in South Africa,…
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Red, white and blue - 1960s flashback
1960 Stirling Moss claims the first Formula 1 world championship GP win for Lotus in Rob Walker’s Type 18 at…
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1960s at Motor Sport magazine
Motor Sport hits its zenith in terms of copy sales during the Swinging Sixties, as the magazine, under Wesley J…
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A flare of colour — John Watson on the exuberance of 1970s racing
Thruxton, March 30, 1970, European Formula 2. My second race on the British mainland. I turned up with a private…
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We’re going to need a bigger trophy room - 1970s flashback
1970 Porsche claims the first of what will become a record number of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours.…
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“The racers I knew…”by Wattie
I was fortunate to race with and against so many great characters in the 1970s, some of whom became close…
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1970s at Motor Sport magazine
It’s the painful hangover decade. But amid political and economic uncertainty – and increasingly lairy fashions – Motor Sport and…
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McLaren’s F1 revolution — by John Barnard
I finished working for Chaparral in September 1979, although I had been based back at my father’s house in North-west…
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Decade of many excesses - 1980s flashback
1980 Audi reveals its Quattro at the Geneva Motor Show. Having already successfully lobbied to make 4WD legal for rallying,…
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1980s at Motor Sport magazine
“The Magazine that gave its name to the Sport” becomes the tad more pompous “AUTHORITATIVE VOICE OF THE SPORT” …
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An explosion of innovation: racing in the 1990s by David Richards
I’m often asked what I consider to be the most interesting era of motor sport. It’s a tough question but…
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