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Stewart vs Jenkinson: safety in motor sport
Jackie Stewart and Denis Jenkinson's war of words was a theme of F1 throughout the 1970s – played out through the pages of Motor Sport...
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2012 European Grand Prix report
Fernando Alonso sent his home crowd into raptures by sensationally winning the European Grand Prix from 11th on the grid, after a race that defied the belief that only dull…
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Sports car racing back where it belongs
How fitting that we should celebrate the 30th anniversary of Group C in the same month the FIA World Endurance Championship should take its bow in Europe. It wouldn’t be…
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Audi hybrid ready for world debut
It’s a case of Audi vs Audi this weekend, as the second round of the new FIA World Endurance Championship takes place at Spa-Francorchamps. The six-hour race, which begins at…
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The story of the 1962 Grand Prix season
Fed up with Formula 1 and its boringly repetitive ability to show itself totally insensitive to, and out of touch with, global opinion? Depressed by the sport’s leaders turning a…
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The Legend of Gilles Villeneuve
I saw Gilles Villeneuve race. Just the once, and not for long. But as time has passed, it’s a brief blurry memory I’ve come to cherish. Why? Because for me,…
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Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and that are not the work of a moment. One of…
Racing History
Porsche’s ‘Pink Pig’ cameo
Ideas for Motor Sport stories can spring from anywhere, and in my experience the best ones often come when you least expect them, totally out of the blue. Or in…
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Magic of the Nürburgring
It was just after midnight on a Saturday back in June when art editor Damon Cogman and I stood up on the steep hill that looks down on Steilstrecke, the…
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A-Z of the British GP
They dish out the same number of points for every race on the calendar. But for the drivers some races are more important than others. A win at Monaco, Monza…
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Porsche wins Nürburgring 24Hrs
The crack Manthey team delivered Porsche a 10th victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours after a hard-fought race that featured a complete checklist of serious entries from the great German…
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The Bahrain decision: time to act
The Bahrain Grand Prix is back on the 2011 Formula 1 calendar – despite widespread opposition from the teams – following a decision that is likely to pull Grand Prix…
