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My alternative F1 2013 calendar
...or how the schedule might look if it were driven by sport rather than commerce By Nigel Roebuck Many years…
March 2013
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Keeping a roof over his head
World Champions are accustomed to lucrative contract extensions, but fate decreed otherwise for WTCC king Rob Huff. He had to…
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March 701 on track: the F1 winner designed in ten weeks
How difficult is it to win in Formula 1? Ask Toyota. For the eight seasons and 140 races that the…
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Undercover operations
Renowned transport specialist opens new car and bike storage facility close to Silverstone Circuit2Circuit provides a comprehensive range of covered…
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Electric Storm
It's green on the outside - and the same applies beneath the skin. Meet Drayson Racing's potent, pioneering sports car…
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TRACK TO THE F„T„ RE
Spared the tight regulation that governs most race series, the electric Lola is a showcase for free thinking BATTERY The…
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Lunch with... Adrian Reynard
Motor racing is dangerous: it's a truism that doesn't need repeating. And motor racing can be dangerous commercially, too. On…
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Sand blast
The Dakar Rally offers the toughest of challenges, but prior to 2013 there had never been an entry quite like…
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The DFX Files
One team's initiative provided the trigger for a spectacular Indycar success story - and a ground-breaking British designer was close…
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Caterham Supersports R
Factfile Engine: 2.0 litres, four cylinders, petrol, normally aspirated Top speed: 130mph Price: £27,995 Power: 180bhp at 7300rpm Fuel/CO2: n/a…
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Subaru WRX STI
Factfile Engine: 2.5 litres, four cylinders, turbocharged Top speed: 158mph Price: £27,995 Power: 300bhp at 6000rpm Fuel/CO2: 26.9mpg, 243g/km www.subaru.co.uk…
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Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography
Factfile Engine: 4.4 litres, eight cylinders, turbocharged Top speed: 135mph Price: £94,695 Power: 339bhp at 3500rpm Fuel/CO2: 32.5mpg, 229g/km www.landrover.com…
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Aston Martin DB9
Can it really be 10 years since the DB9 was launched? I remember my first drive like it was 10…
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Mexican new wave
First challenge for McLaren's latest signing Sergio Pérez - balancing jet lag and press grillings By Ed Foster This is…
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Old heads, young shoulders
RAM may be a new team in GT, but it boasts years of experience in everything up to Formula 1…
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Levelling racing's playing field
As the FIA and ACO draft new GT rules, the debate over penalising success continues Would Bentley's new racing Continental…
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On a wing and a prayer
Welcome to a time ripe with risk, when stunts were tackled with vim rather than parachutes Some 30 years ago,…
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Bentley boys, the untold tale
How three future pillars of the automotive industry led a budding young writer astray Thinking back to those RCA days…
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'Heroin? That's how MI5 pays me..'
They don't make racers like Ian Burgess nowadays - but even in period he was a case apart Looking through…
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Stars turn out at Stoneleigh
Murray Walker and Sir Stirling Moss confirmed as special guests for Race Retro's 10th birthday celebrations Motor sport legends Sir…
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