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Life, for Stirling Moss, continues at 150 mph, a series of bends and obstacles to be taken at maximum throttle. But instead of balancing a Maserati 250F, a Vanwall, a…
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Sir Stirling Moss: Works driver, 1954 Those who drove the D-type in period have mixed feelings about the car. And perhaps because he drove it during its development phase —…
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A switch in management at Skol beer 25 years ago had the biggest effect on the destiny of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. Eh? Come on, that's got you!…
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Ford's decision to abandon Formula 1 has created a cloud of uncertainty, not just over Jaguar — up for sale to the highest bidder — but also the teams who…
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Pescarolo Sport had garage number one at Le Mans this year, pole position in one of the world’s most recognisable pitlanes. The French team enjoyed this honour thanks to its…
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin rather shook everyone at Monaco in 1968. Subbing for an injured Jackie Stewart, he qualified Ken Tyrrell's Matra second, behind Graham Hill's Lotus. An archetypal '60s figure, Servoz-Gavin…
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The appearance of 'M Winkelhock' at the top of the timing screens caught the eye in Monaco — but then it all went wrong. The yellow car arrived at Ste…
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Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have…
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For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn't get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…
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Kaboom! McLaren's Mephistophelian M8F fires up like the Battle of Jutland. Its eight litres of Chevy Big Block then settles down to a jackhammer tick-over that thuds into your solar…
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Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say 'issue' when he means 'big problem' or 'challenging' when he means 'bloody difficult'.…
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Surely no World Champion has provoked greater extremes of adulation and criticism than Nigel Mansell. From his earliest days in Formula 1 he was the darling of the British crowds:…
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The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally put out on a Riverside LP, it was reissued on…
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As his wheezy, knock-kneed steed cantered along Kyalami's main straight at almost 150mph — well, it was downhill! — the 'Cowangie Kid' had plenty of time to mull over his…
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Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many words have lately been devoted to a man without whom,…
