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Harvey Postlethwaite
Sir, It is a grey Saturday morning in April 1968. A small group gather outside the tower at Castle Combe…
June 1999
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Who's a jolly good fellows?
Sir, Following the success of my Auto Union Album, Neil Corner has asked me to prepare a similar book of…
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Enough Hectoring
Sir, I enjoyed the Brabham stories in your May issue, but am still reeling from your choice of cover photograph.…
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Pal Italia
Sir, I was interested to read your appraisal of Mike Parkes in the May edition. It may not be generally…
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Graham Hill set up my car
Sir, I was fascinated to read the excellent BRM story in your 75th Anniversary Issue. In 1962 I bought the…
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Legends - History in print
"Hold this for a second", said Roy Salvadori, handing me a glass of beer. "No, on second thoughts perhaps you'd…
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Le Mans! Camera! Action!
Remember the film 'Le Mans'? Jonathan Williams does: he was the man hired to drive the camera car, Steve McQueen's…
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Race 1999
The final Le Mans 24 Hours of the millennium is also the hardest race to call for some time. With…
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Brundle on Le Mans '99
"I think it's going to be a good Le Mans," says Martin Brundle,"and it's going to be very intense. Toyota…
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Team Managers - Lofty England
An engineer's mind, Lancaster pilot's backbone and quick wits made FRW 'Lofty' England a truly great team leader, says Robert…
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Goodwood Festival of Speed preview
One of the finest line-ups of cars and drivers ever heads for Goodwood House this June. Marcus Pye is your…
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Stirling Moss, Goodwood and '1 SWB'
Looking back, it was a race to mark the end of an era, although there was nothing to suggest it…
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Emerson Fittipaldi: The worst car I ever drove – Lotus 56B
When a driver has raced at the highest level for more than a quarter of a century, choosing his least…
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One giant leap
When Ford dropped a rorty competition engine into a compact family car called Escort, it created a new breed of…
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Road rage
Even recent anti-race protests in Australia pale beside the hysteria after the 1903 Paris-Madrid, which ended road-racing for many years.…
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The hero's return: Andy Wallace driving his Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9
This, it should be said, was one of the bigger gambles. When this Jaguar XJR-9LM, chassis number 488, won Le…
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Bitter sweet success
This Jaguar D-Type raced just once, at Le Mans in 1955, and won the most tragic event in our sport's…
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The Aston Martin parts experience
Few marques can boast such a rich and emotive history as Aston Martin. From Lionel Martin's first hillclimber of 1914,…
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Brief encounter
Frank Lockhart shot to fame aged 24, becoming the youngest winner of the Indy 500. Two years later, he died…
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Carbon/carbon brakes
It took seven years for carbon brake discs to make their mark. Now F1 would not be without them. Keith…
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