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Johnny Herbert: Decisions should be made by F1 and the FIA. Teams have too much power
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2023 Lamborghini Urus Performant review: the V8 novelty act
The time will come when we look back at cars like this Lamborghini Urus Performante and simply goggle that it…
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2023 Audi R8 review: the last stand
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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 review
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Jung at heart
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Fired up for the 500
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Bugatti — the Italian decade book review
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Surviving to Drive — Guenther Steiner book review
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Hans Stuck: The Motor Sport interview
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Richard Attwood: My life in cars
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An evening with Tom Kristensen
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Flashback: Chris Rea's birthday recording for Rubens Barrichello
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Letters - June 2023
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Le Mans: 100 historic moments
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Top Le Mans moments 100-91: from NASCAR to Porsche factory upset
100 - 1976 NASCAR rumbles to La Sarthe Spurred by a new accord with Daytona (sound familiar?), two of NASCAR’s lesser…
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Top Le Mans moments 90-81: from a 24hr solo drive to Aston Martin glory
90 - 1950 Eddie Hall’s successful solo drive It is well remembered that in 1952 Pierre ‘Levegh’ nearly won Le Mans…
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Top Le Mans moments 80-71: Wollek’s near-miss to the bottle top that saved Bentley
80 - 1998 Brilliant Bob’s final near-miss Bob Wollek always said he could live without winning the Le Mans 24…
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Top Le Mans moments 70-61: from Hypercar era to Brundle's winning Jaguar
70 - 2021 August date heralds Hypercar era The race had been delayed until September the year before, and this…
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Top Le Mans moments 60-51: Alonso wins after quadruple sprint & Newman shines
60 - 2018 Alonso’s star quintuple stint Footage of the safety car restarts proved how much Fernando Alonso wanted a…
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Top Le Mans moments 50-41: from Bentley's begrudging entry to Porsche's perfect ad
50 - 1923 W.O. Bentley sees the light It’s hard to calculate exactly how much Bentley did for Le Mans…
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