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Battle over Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 rumbles on
At the end of February it seems that the trustees of the Ruskin Museum, a modest institution in the Lake…
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Celebrate Goodwood's 75th Anniversary with Stirling Moss' Ferrari 250 GT SWB
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
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Ferrari makes flying start to Hypercar era
Ferrari’s stunning pole position ensured the much-anticipated new era for the World Endurance Championship kicked off with a bang –…
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Crash, bang wallop ends 12 Hours of Sebring duel in 2023
A late collision eliminated the top three and decided the outcome of a dramatic 71st running of the Sebring 12 Hours.…
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Groundhog Day: London Grand Prix returns
Heard the one about a London Grand Prix? Yes, sitting somewhere between death and taxes, the Formula 1 story that…
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WRC part-timer Sébastien Ogier tops 2023 championship table
Sébastien Ogier reminded the World Rally Championship what it’s missing out on by his insistence on only competing part-time as…
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Avon no longer calling — end of the road for historic tyres
There is a quiet but major upheaval coming in the tyre supply for historic racing as all production at the…
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Mark Hughes: Could Perez seriously challenge Verstappen for F1 title?
The scale of Red Bull’s advantage this season had Max Verstappen acknowledging in Jeddah that the world championship is unlikely…
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Mat Oxley: Alan Carter’s incredible 250cc win from 31st on the grid — aged 18
Forty years ago, on April 2, 1983, a British teenager made history at Le Mans. Eighteen-year-old Alan Carter won the…
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Doug Nye: Aston Martin’s disastrous first efforts in F1
How nice it was – compensation for a fundamentally boring opening race of this year’s Formula 1 World Championship –…
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Andrew Frankel: The revered classic car that left me cold
Twenty-five years ago, Richard Attwood let me drive his Porsche 917. At the time it was the greatest automotive experience…
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Rampaging Red Bull in a class of its own at start of 2023 F1 season
As the 2023 season got underway in Bahrain with a Red Bull-Honda performance advantage apparently even greater than last year…
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Why Fernando Alonso won his penalty appeal at 2023 Saudi Arabian GP
Fernando Alonso took his Aston Martin to a second consecutive podium in Jeddah. Or did he? He was third past…
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Word on the beat
David Sanchez, the recently resigned Ferrari chief of engineering, who was responsible for the design of 2022’s F1-75 and 2023’s…
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How Mercedes looked to overturn the odds with Saudi Arabian GP tyre gamble
Lewis Hamilton was all at sea with the troublesome Mercedes W14 in qualifying at Jeddah. The first sector in particular,…
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Senna’s East Midlands masterclass
In 1993 Ayrton Senna – cited so often as Formula 1’s greatest driver – produced what many feel was his…
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Formula 1: Good month, bad month — May 2023
Good month Faster Aston Cheeky ’Nando’s Aston Martin heroics are the only thing saving the F1 season so far. Mercedes’…
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Johnny Herbert: ‘An excited Adrian Newey is the worst scenario for the rest of F1 grid’
Adrian Newey belongs in the company of Colin Chapman and Gordon Murray when it comes to great Formula 1 designers.…
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2023 Ferrari Purosangue review: Maranello goes family friendly
So now we know. Contrary to all the rumour and speculation, this all new Purosangue is not Ferrari’s first SUV.…
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2023 Lexus LC500 review: flawed but forgivable
Occasionally I’ll drive a car like this. A car for which I can build no sensible case at all. And…
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