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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…
It's a podcast double this week as the Royal Automobile Club Talk Show in association with Motor Sport returns with special guest Damon Hill. Twenty years on from his championship win with Williams,…
Memo Gidley’s racing life has played out in three acts. In Act I, he was the young IndyCar supersub, filling seats vacated by injured or fired drivers and nearly scoring…
Twenty years ago there were two high-stress moments per MotoGP weekend, now there are six, starting from FP1. No wonder there are major rumblings of discontent among riders and teams
Mexico’s recent return to the world championship was a huge success, and that came as a surprise only to those who had never attended a race there in the old…