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Moto2: Good for British racing
The new 600cc four-stroke Moto2 World Championship, due to replace the current 250cc two-stroke series, could give British riders a…
June 2009
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MotoGP bans use of "expensive" KERS
MotoGP has banned the use of kinetic energy recovery systems, deciding the green technology would be too costly to develop…
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Readers letters, June 2009
Shame on you, Lewis Sir, I’ve followed the debates on these pages on the merits or otherwise of Lewis Hamilton…
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Plans of hope and glory
Aston Martin returns to Le Mans this year hoping for a victory against the odds. Much as it did in…
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A taste of success
Aston got its LMP1 campaign off to the best possible start with a win Aston Martin, on its Le Mans…
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1959 RAC Tourist Trophy, Goodwood
In the second of our occasional series, we remember how Aston Martin blazed a trail to sports car world title…
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The quiet evolution
Audi’s new R15 turbodiesel has already taken up the R10’s winning ways, but is it enough to beat Peugeot at…
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The R15’s make-up
Audi’s new turbodiesel is an all-round improvement on the R10 The new Audi has a longer wheelbase and its front-to-rear…
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“It was just such an easy car to drive fast; the faster you went, the better it felt” Stirling Moss
The Maserati 250F is rightly regarded as one of the greatest Grand Prix cars, so the chance to drive Stirling…
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Identity crises
Tracing the history of any 250F requires some detective work There is a quip that goes, ‘of the 26 250Fs…
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DSJ on...
An impressive victory for Moss and Maserati at Monza ’56 Moss started lap 45 with his normal lead, but rounding…
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Flying in economy class
Formula 2 is back as a low-budget championship capable of eclipsing current F1 feeder series GP2 By Ed Foster To…
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Lunch with... Jackie Oliver
The sharp, punchy little guy from Romford has a downbeat view of his own racing career. He led his first…
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In tune, in time, on song
Jaguar has mated a great engine with a solid chassis to produce one of the quickest sporting saloons around By…
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"It's mildly embarrassing to have my name on the car"
The Brawn GP story is a modern F1 fairytale, but Ross & Co are still seeking their happy ever after…
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The Real American Graffiti artist
George Lucas’s 1973 breakthrough film was based on the exploits of West Coast sports racer Allen Grant, for whom the…
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“I always kept a packet of fags in the ashtray”
Tobacco, beer and avoiding exercise – essential driver training in the 1960s when Gordon Spice began his racing career. In…
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The bouncy hunters
Trialling – bouncing a vintage car up a country hill to score points – is a great motor sport tradition…
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Debut for 'last' GT40
Ford GT40 chassis 1085 took to a race circuit for the first time ever at Donington Park in April, when…
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Masters sticks with troubled Donington
Racing at Donington Park was suspended for a month from early April after work ahead of the planned 2010 British…
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