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Need for sound and vision
When Lighming struck Sir, I enjoyed reading the British Grand Prix edition of Motor Sport (August), and was pleased you…
October 2011
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On the road with Reg
On the road with Reg Sir, I very much enjoyed Lunch with Tim Parnell in the August issue. However, please…
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Silent cars, noisy boos
Silent cars, noisy boos Sir, I agree with Demetris Yiokkas's sentiments about falling in love with motor sport because of…
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A moment with the W165
A moment with the W165 Sir, Reading Andrew Frankel's track test of the Mercedes-Benz W165 (September) brought back memories of…
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"Nowhere was as rewarding as the Nurburgring"
"Nowhere was rewarding as the „ iirburgring STIRLING MOSS Wnetner el a 7ormu a 1 or sports can tne cna…
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QUIDDELBACHER
There follows a swoop downhill over the Quiddelbacher bridge and up over a blind crest to Flugplatz. The front end…
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HATZENBACH
The Nordschleife is split into natural sections, making it comparatively easy to learn. Starting through Hatzenbach there's a series of…
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ALAP OF THE RING WITH QUICK VIC
AP OF THE 'RING WITH Q„ICK VIC Vic Elford's love affair with the Nordschleife started in the '60s here he…
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PFLANZGARTEN
There follows another of those special 'Ring stretches, Pflanzgarten very fast, but only for those who know where they're going.…
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WIPPERMAN
In the 7969 Grand Prix, driving a McLaren M78, I made a lousy start and Mario Andretti and Jean-Pierre Beltoise…
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CARACCIOLA-KARUSSEL
CARACCIOLA-KARUSSEL Next is probably the most difficult and intense part of the NOrburgring the Caracciola-Karussel, so named because although it…
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KESSELCHEN
KESSELCHEN Then it's very fast again, slightly uphill and through a long left bend over a crest at Kesselchen where…
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SCHWALBENSCHWANZ
After that comes a dive down into Schwalbenschwanz, the little Karussel, up the hill and through two fast righthanders on…
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BRUNCHEN
Two corners later used to be another photographers' dream BrOnchen. It means 'Little Bridge', although it was in fact a…
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From all the exciting experiences
From all the exciting experiences I had at the Nurburgring one race stands out in my mind the 7970 500Kms…
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1935 German Grand Prix
It was supposed to be a walkover for the Silver Arrows, a home win at the Nürburgring in front of…
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Moments of heaven in a green hell
Moments of heaven in a green hell BY RICHARD HESELTINE t taKes a speda sort of to ent to master…
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1935 EIFEL GRAND PRIX
T WAS A DRIVE OF IMPERTINENT brilliance. Except perhaps for Giancarlo Baghetti's triumph in the 1961 French Grand Prix, There…
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GERMAN GRAND PRIX
GERMAN GRAND PRIX UAN MANUAL FANGIO WAS A MAN CAPABLE OF the seemingly impossible, but even reading about otherworldly charge…
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1937 GERMAN GRAND PRIX
GERMAN GRAND PRIX E HAD THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY and the imagination to handle both the tactical and the strategic that…
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