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Club news, June 1989
Nearly 15% of the total production of Frazer Nash. (some 70 cars, the great majority chain-driven) will drive the 2500…
Nearly 15% of the total production of Frazer Nash. (some 70 cars, the great majority chain-driven) will drive the 2500…
The public image On July 29, 1973, millions of television viewers worldwide watched helplessly as Roger Williamson was burned alive…
Berger suffers breaks and burns Gerhard Berger's horrific accident at the San Marino Grand Prix on April 23 resulted in…
Second Classic Marathon It might be many people's idea of heaven to wake up on the peak of the Stelvio…
More Changes to Grand Prix Rules On the eve of the Monaco Grand Prix, the third race of the new…
As rumoured at the turn of the year (Motor Sport, February 1989), the loss-making March Group has rationalised by selling…
With the disappointing non-appearance of two Ferrari F40s entered by Charles Pozzi for Nicola Larini and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, and the…
Pre-war racing cars on public roads - that is the promise of the Merlin Manx Classic Speed trials planned for…
A miracle Miracles do happen in motor racing. We saw one at Imola during the San Marino Grand Prix. It…
Same tune, new sound The mythical "they" (whoever "they" might be) were saying that it was all going to be…
Continuity I always find continuity in the racing scene of great interest: the sons of famous racing drivers taking up…
Sweet sixteen for Senna The bald facts say that Ayrton Senna pulverised his opposition to win his 16th Grand Prix…
The eleven year plan I sometimes wonder if I am totally out of step with the rest of the world…
Trading places Last month we spoke of the massive budgets of professional teams, the comparatively meagre resources of private competitors…
Latin spirit It is true that the current Mille Miglia retrospective is merely a historic regularity rally, but clocking in…
The roads of the 1920s We are coming close to the end of the Twenties, whose motoring life we have…
"With the Minister will be the past-Chairman and Vice-President elect of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain, Bryan Goodman,…
Rolls-Royces in old age In his recently-published book on Rolls Royce, George Oliver has a chapter entitled "See how they…
For those who like to try their hand at solving conundrums, here is rather a nice one! In 1922 a…
Reading DSJ's piece (Motor Sport, May 1989) about the mistakes made by journalists, the Editor was conscious that through a…
A £1m fund has been set up to support UK motor sport clubs while racing has been brought to a halt by the coronavirus pandemic. Motorsport UK, which governs the…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Reverse grids might be anathema to F1 purists, but when they’re caused by natural phenomena –…
F1 heads to Montreal to race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend: full details on how to watch the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix, plus live stream, TV schedule, and highlights
While one Japanese manufacturer dominated the four-stroke racing scene, another was working away on a special machine developed to topple Honda from its throne. Suzuki's performance road bikes couldn't quite…