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Circuit store
Sir, I have found your series on circuits from the past fascinating. I have recently bought a copy of a…
March 2000
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Phi-phi's last stand?
Sir, I am amused by correspondence regarding 'Phi-Phi' Etancelin's final season. I can assure WB and your readers he was…
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Beauty is simplicity
Sir, I write regarding the current state of Formula One which is stale and not very exciting, a fact proved…
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Ivor made me driver
Sir, It was nice to see Ivor Bueb remembered in Robert Edwards' excellent article in the February 2000 magazine. He…
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Tripoli time warp
Sir, I have been following with interest your Track Tests on circuits of old, and after Mark Hughes' piece on…
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More caption please
Sir, The purpose of Motor Sport, these days, is surely to market racing history to those unlucky enough to have…
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David and Goliath
Sir, I read the article about racing Austins Se with great interest Our Club was founded, following a suggestion in…
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Nigel Roebuck's Legends: Patrick Depailler
Going through some old tapes recently, I came across an interview with James Hunt in the early '80s. It was…
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They're back and this time it's serious
Jaguar might have concentrated on sports and saloon car racing in the past but now it want just one thing:…
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2000 F1 season preview
The arrival of Jaguar on the F1 grid is just one of many reasons to celebrate the start of the…
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Redline Triumph in the Grand Prix Sans Plomb
Every new racing season brings fresh challenges to man and machine. But as the teams gathered for the first Grand…
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Red dragon
The secret of race success for the Ferrari 375Plus was finding drivers capable of controlling it. Andrew Frankel climbs aboard…
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From Farina to Gonzalez - a plotted history
Just 27 miles from the start, Nino Farina's dream of winning the Mille Miglia shattered. Farina had driven Alfa Romeos…
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Manfred von Brauchitsch: Mercedes' sole survivor
The first thing you notice is the shock of white hair which stands out dramatically across the crowded room. Then…
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Alfred Neubauer: Hero, or melodramatic front man?
So did Alfred Neubauer mastermind the company's racing or was he a showman, not really responsible for the racing strategy…
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Dan Gurney: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar E2A Prototype
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the…
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Humfrey Symons - motoring adventurer
He was the 'Times' motoring correspondent when his eye for PR and a nose for a challenge began to enlarge…
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Armco Barrier
In the days when a driver's death was accepted as par for the course, the safety of spectators had a…
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Fast. At Last.
Porsche's Boxster has always been more about show than go but that's set to change. No you can buy one…
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France's fearsome autodrome: Montlhéry track test
It was what the French call 'Un été de la Saint-Martin"— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had…
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