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Matters of moment, September 1960
Are we going, mad ? Is the country suffering from an inexplicable mania for roadside signs and speed limits? It seems…
Are we going, mad ? Is the country suffering from an inexplicable mania for roadside signs and speed limits? It seems…
Driving his first race since his accident in the Belgian GP, Stirling Moss won the 75-kilometre sports-car race at the…
Owing to difficulties in organisation, neither the Motor Cycling Club nor the Jaguar DC/Bentley DC were able to hold qualifying races…
This year it was the turn of the Portuguese Grand Prix to go north to the town of Porto, where…
Moss (Ferrari) beats the Aston Martins. Porsche and Lotus Elite win their classes. Team Lotus dominate BARC FJ Championship. The TT, reduced to…
Tornado Team Wins from Fairthorpes All BMC Mini-Cars "Black-Flagged" That ever-entertaining "race which is different," invented by Holland Birkett, the 750 MC…
A visit to the new Lotus factory at Cheshunt Just over a year ago the Lotus factory moved, lock, stock and…
"Jack Brabham's Motor Racing Book", 124 pp. 10 in. x 71/2 in. (Frederick Muller Ltd, Ludgate House, 110 Fleet Street, London EC4. 15s.).…
A Galaxie American cars are of considerable interest here on account of their comparative rarity and their fabulous size and…
Nothing much has been encountered in this direction lately, apart from a chapter on "I buy a Velocette" in Anne…
Although not specifieally designed as such, the Yimkin Special, which has been raced for two seasons now, is a boon to the…
This best selling family car now better than ever Notwithstanding the fact that Wolfsburg has instituted improvements to the VW whenever…
(August 6th) There is a great deal to be said in favour of sprint motoring, for a lot of sport can…
(August 7th) On the Sunday after GTt Auclum, three clubs, the West of England, Plymouth and Taunton MC, conbined to…
A Miserable Formula 2 race Adenau, July 31st. There have been some very good German Grand Prix events in the past,…
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Silverstone meeting (July 23rd) The second VSCC Silverstone Race Meeting of 1960 was held in fine weather…
On the day that "Bluebird," which may soon become the World's fastest car, first ran, the Editor was returning from…
Sir, It was very interesting to me to read in your May issue of Motor Sport, "Fragments on Forgotten Makes: The…
One of the best saloon cars in the World It was recently a privilege as well as a pleasure to…
If the Editor hasn't got a 3.8 Jaguar at least he has a very nice steering wheel for one, this…
A strikingly small number of F1 drivers have won a grand prix in their debut season, but Matt Bishop is backing Kimi Antonelli to be the first to do it since his Mercedes predecessor, Lewis Hamilton
The last 15 minutes of the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour race featured two fierce battles in the top four, setting the bar high for GT racing around the world this…
Fast-starting Hamilton had this year's title wrapped up before Ferrari even got going, after looking weak in pre-season testing Hamilton celebrates victory in France, with his sixth title looking certain…
Finally, it’s about to start, a very different season to that envisaged from a very different world of a few months ago. Having waited an age for the F1 season…