MANY years ago the situation in Grand Prix racing was the reverse of what it has been in recent years, as regards engine capacity and supercharging of the induction. In…

A little while ago I wrote an article about "The Golden Book" pointing out that in the career of a racing driver the most important thing to do was to…

LAST month we printed a very brief and hasty report on the Le Mans 24-hour race, due to printing schedules being unable to wait longer than a day after the…

DSJ previews the coming season By the time these words appear in print the 1972 Grand Prix season will have begun, with the Grand Prix of Argentina held on the…

A wet race Monte Carlo, May 14th With the race at Monaco taking place only two weekends after the Spanish Grand Prix there was not much time for any startling…

A proper motor car We had travelled to the South of France by public transport, an Air France Caravelle, with an interior decor not unlike a Parisien house of ill-repute,…

Ferrari As suspected the various translations of Enzo Ferrari's speech last month were a bit wide of the mark when the headlines suggested he was going to withdraw his team…

Every now and then friends say "Have you been to such-and-such a circuit (or hillclimb, or rally route)?" and if I say yes, they ask if I could show them…

A Race full of Tense Drama SPA, Sunday, June 21st. The circuit of Francorchamps, in the south-eastern corner of Belgium, is one of Europe's fastest as well as being one…

Last month in Formula One Scene the current engine situation was discussed with the fact that there are eight different manufacturers battling against one another in the horsepower stakes. The…

History lesson Dear reader I know, and I hope you know, that the first motor race to take the title Grand Prix, was the one organised by the Automobile Club…

The very first race to be called a Grand Prix (or Great Prize) was the event run by the Automobile Club of France in 1906, and the French held a…