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John Watson on the McLaren MP4
In retrospect John Watson and Andrea de Cesaris deserve a lot of credit for climbing into the unproven MP4 and…
March 1999
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1999 F1 season preview - and Ron thought '98 was tough...
McLaren will have to be at its best all season if it's once more to fend off Ferrari's threat. Grand…
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Stairway to heaven
Half the height of Everest, Pike's Peak is ten minutes of motorised uphill madness. John Davenport looks at the craziest…
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The worst car I ever drove: Julian Bailey – 1988 Tyrrell 017
It was the beginning of 1988 and I'd done a total of about six F3000 races and a handful of…
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Red Nose Day
Ferrari's Sharknose 156 may be extinct but this faithful replica gives a clear picture of Enzo's first mid-engine racer. Matthew…
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Ferari 250 Testa Rossa recreation
If the future for front-engined cars in Grand Prix racing was bleak at the beginning of the 1960s, then the…
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Triple Treat
Matra's plan was to win both Formula One titles plus Le Mans in just ten years. In the event, it…
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Half-pint heroes
From modest origins as a cheap self-build class, 500cc racing became the route to the top. Bill Boddy recalls the…
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Team Managers - Cesare Fiorio
No driver has truly conquered Formula One, sports cars and rallying, but one extraordinary manager made it look easy. John…
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Bob Wollek: My Greatest Race
Group Five race, Mainz-Finthen Airfield, 1978 Of course there have been a lot of memorable races over the years, especially…
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Trialling in luxury
In pre-WW1 days works Rolls-Royces performed well in some important competitions - in the 1914 Alpine Trials , winning a…
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Oh Cropley!
In Autocar recently Steve Cropley, whose page I always read first, in establishing which was the first car to win…
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A moment of fame
One may be asked sooner or later, if one can recall a highlight in one's life. I suppose I would…
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Miscellany, March 1999
Trevor Picken, Author of the award-winning book on Hampton cars, who was awarded the SAHC Cugnot Award at Hershey last…
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The Verzons
The Verzons Time flies, and on new years day it was off to 'The Verzons' near Ledbury for another of…
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Wankel versus Otto
It must, I imagine, occur to most of us at some time that the Otto cycle (no, not a bicycle,…
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Two Trojans
Ronald Barker, my friend of very long standing, has been recalling the Trojan. I had two of these decidedly unconventional…
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AGAs galore
The amusing comedy about AGA stoves broadcast last December on BBC TV has caused fresh enthusiasm for these famous cookers.…
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miscellany, March 1999
The Bert Hadley Memorial Championship will be contested this year at the following venues: Gunston Down (April 17), Olivers Mount…
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Sir Henry's Sunbeam
The answer to the query as to the type of Sunbeam given to Sir Henry Segrave after his victory in…
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