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Matters of moment, September 1987
Fuel-Gauge Formulae For how much longer do we have to endure the uncertainty of Formula One cars completing races due…
Fuel-Gauge Formulae For how much longer do we have to endure the uncertainty of Formula One cars completing races due…
BMW Sportster gets go-ahead Just 154 inches of resilient plastic over a steel monocoque clothe the BMW Z1 sportscar, which…
Ferrari is working on two alternative projects for the 1988 Formula One season. At Maranello development is continuing apace on…
After a disappointing start to the season, when Alfa Romeo left him in the lurch without engines after it suddenly…
Ken Tyrrell's Formula One team now has an unassailable points lead in the Colin Chapman Cup for non-turbo cars, its…
Nelson Piquet, World Champion driver in 1981 and 1983, is leaving the Canon Williams Honda team at the end of…
Attrition My small pocket dictionary says attrition is the "act of rubbing away, to wear down", and no more suitable word could…
Almost in the bag Victory in the Shell Gemini Brands Hatch 1000kms race has taken the Silk Cut Jaguar team…
A celebration The real proof of a new thoroughbred's pedigree has been amply demonstrated at Ferrari's test track, Fiorano. Handled…
Tickford's time trial Although robotic mass production, preferably measured in millions, is seen as the only profitable avenue for multi-national…
Belgian bravado This year's Spa 24-Hour race proved to be one of the wettest seen for a very long time,…
Non-Homologation Special Italy has always been fruitful ground both for dedicated manufacturers of sportscars and for inventive coachbuilders. A healthy…
Seven heaven BMW's newest product heralds the end of an era for one of its greatest rivals. For many years…
Turning heads Alfa Romeo was absorbed into the Fiat Group on January 1, and it soon became clear that the…
A practical fun-car I have been bemoaning lately that modern cars are all the same. But the GTti model in…
Quiet Sunday Dear AH, People often say "Whatever happened to the Nurburgring?" And well they might, for as far as…
Ambitious AX As part of the French Peugeot Talbot Grouping, one now enjoying a massive sales resurgence via the Peugeot…
Privateer plunder When Bernard Beguin won the Tour of Corsica in a Rothmans BMW, the achievement was acclaimed as one…
Lancia fully in control So many of the World Rally Championship's formerly active teams have called a halt to their…
Trident tested Maserati— it is impossible even to say the name without relishing the promise of Latin excitement. After a…
Mercedes will now have a closer technical partnership with Williams after both teams announced a new deal that will include use of transferrable components from 2022. Williams will use Mercedes…
Jim Smith had had a sheltered 1940s-50s upbringing on the remote New South Wales dairy farm run by his Methodist parents. He seldom went anywhere else other than to the…
Ducati is asking the MotoGP tyre supplier to introduce its new front slick a year early. Plus Ducati’s excitement about its Moto2 arrivals: Bastianini, Marini and Martin
This weekend's Spanish Grand Prix will be the last MotoGP race for three-time champion Jorge Lorenzo, as he announces his retirement Photo: Motorsport Images Jorge Lorenzo has announced his retirement…