A personal Matra battle Brands Hatch Any thoughts of the 1,000-kilometre race affecting the outcome of the Manufacturers' Sports Car Championship were long gone, for the Matra team swept the…

Damon Hill makes it two in a row at Spa. This time, his major rivals stayed around to keep him on his toes The warning had been there right from…

Lauda's comeback Monza, Italy, September 12th It is never very clear who instigates the changes to circuits, but the reasons are usually "in the interests of safety" though more attention…

A Nice Race Spa, Belgium, May 7th In spite of the attempts of World Championship Grand Prix driver Jackie Stewart to sabotage the event (see Continental Notes) the 1,000 kilometre…

BY winning this year's Belgian G.P. Jim Clark now has his name in the record book four times, on each occasion finishing first and in consecutive years, so that by…

The organising body of the German Grand Prix were split down the middle; the businessmen wanted to run the race at the compact Hockenheim Ring stadium, where everything was safe…

As a result of various political and financial manoeuvres the German Grand Prix left the traditional Nurburgring this year and took place on the AVUS track in West Berlin. Apart…

THE REACTION from readers to the article last month asking when you lost interest in Grand Prix racing was quite staggering and extremely gratifying. I am often criticised, by people…

The 1976 Formula One Season (the Formula One Constructors have successfully knocked the Grand out of Prix racing!) is surely one that everyone will be pleased to forget, though how…

Oulton Park, 9th April, 1971. The best way to win a motor race is to have a good, strong, reliable car, well prepared, properly screwed together, driven by a hard-charging…

At the end of the practising period for the Italian Grand Prix a number of drivers were allowed to try the spare Maserati for a few laps, and immediately other…

A Battle - But Not Heated REIMS, FRANCE, July 1st. With the French Grand Prix being held at Rouen this year, the Automobile Club du Champagne stood on its own…