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Matters of moment, November 1986
Congratulations This is the time of year when championships are wound up, new cars are launched and prizes are awarded.…
Congratulations This is the time of year when championships are wound up, new cars are launched and prizes are awarded.…
After 12 years as Chairman of The Morgan Sports Car Club, Arthur Neal has stepped down. His place is being…
Too late last month to express our grief at the unexpected news of the death of Patrick Marsh, the VSCC's…
It is sad to report that Coventry Climax Ltd recently passed into the hands of a receiver. Though for the…
October 12th, 68 laps of Mexico City Park circuit —300.8 kilometres In the reinstated Mexican GP Gerhard Berger scored an…
From D.S.J. to the Deputy Editor Dear ML., The next time you see A.H. shambling through the office kick him…
DSJ looks at fake cars I cannot remember how long ago it was that I had a "tick" about a…
Nick Mason Wins Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy In marvellous September weather the Vintage SCC concluded its 1986 race programme…
Ivory Coast Rally -- Toyota walkaway It is fashionable among publicists, some writers, and those who find pleasure in statistics,…
For once a major new model from a British manufacturer has not been heralded as a 'make or break' effort. Steadily…
Silk Cut Jaguar beaten by a length! To the delight of the Belgian crowd, but to the chagrin of the…
In sight of Sintra The Autodrome of Estoril lies a few miles north of the fashionable Portuguese watering hole and…
Behind its rather uninspiring title, the latest small Mazda conceals some interesting mechanicals plus performance far beyond what its bland…
Peugeot has added several new cars to its range, though one, a turbo diesel version of the 505, will not…
J.W. tries Britain's most popular saloon car racing series for himself, equipped with a twin carburettor Vauxhall Nova Sport. Hurricane…
Champions for two hours! For two hours it seemed that the Silk Cut Jaguar team, and Derek Warwick, had done…
BMW's 7 Series has established a small but significant niche in the British market, having sold a consistent 2,300 units…
It is astonishing how different the Honda Legend is to the Rover 800 considering they have so many components and…
Porsche 928S-4 -- Zuffenhausen's new flagship "The Turbo" has, for the past decade, been Porsche's flagship model, the ultimate 911…
Moving Up A Gear We left the story of Connaught Engineering at the end of the 1951 season. The first…
Robin Miller, the motor sport journalist who wasn't afraid to say it how it was, has died at the age of 71
MotoGP’s dominant, record-smashing combination of Ducati’s GP24 and Michelin’s super-grippy 2024 rear slick has a weak point – the rear tyre has so much grip it pushes the front tyre. But what does it actually mean when riders say, “The rear is pushing the front”?
Motor racing's unequivocal star, Jim Clark was killed at Hockenheim 49 years ago today at the age of 32. Deemed by many as the greatest of all time, the Scot was…
For any motor sport fan, to be present when a championship is won is a very special moment. I've been lucky enough to be at the last six championship deciders.…