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It was what the French call 'Un été de la Saint-Martin"— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had been hot, oppressive. During our night time run into France…
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Where in Britain can you still drive in the wheel tracks of Nuvolari, Rosemeyer and Lang? Or recapture for a fleeting moment the zing of supercharged V16s echoing among trees?…
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There is no need to proffer a history of Brooklands here — that story has been told by someone better qualified than me. Everyone knows what Brooklands is, thanks to…
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Strictly speaking, I'd never been to Reims before. But I had, like millions of others, been through Reims dozens of times. Every time I had cause to be almost anywhere…
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Just a 20-minute drive from San Francisco's busy downtown heart lies an oasis: Golden Gate Park. At 50 blocks long (3.5 miles) and half a mile wide its 1013 acres…
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All we have to go on is a crumpled circuit map that magazine editor Paul Fearnley pressed into my hand back in England. That and the knowledge that, each year…
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"Okay. But please ask the announcer to tell the crowd why I’m not waving.” Sir Stirling Moss – the original professional racing driver and at the age of 80 still…
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Damon Hill’s Jordan 198, chassis number 3, sits quietly now under the spotlights at the Donington Grand Prix Collection. It is a far cry from the high emotions, drama and…
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Rain drumming on your helmet as you snuggle into your BRM. Check the belts are tight. Release the clutch and off onto the warm-up lap. The track is flooded. A…
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The Mercedes W154 is one of the machines in the running to be named Race Car of the Century; will it get your vote? Click below or scroll to the…
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It's a slight problem to choose a car I didn't do because I've been associated with so many over the years, much more than most I suppose [Lola, Brabham, Gurney-Eagle,…
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For me it's the Lotus 72 - an emotional choice as much as a design one. It came out in 1970 when I was 11 and getting interested in motorsport,…
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I would go for the Williams FW07. Williams won their first GP with it, in 1979, and, refined for the following year, it won the championship with Alan Jones. It…
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I was impressed by the BRM P160, designed by Tony Southgate. I took the car over and developed it when I rejoined BRM in 1972 (I first went there in…
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The Lotus 79, the first real ground effect car was a very, very good package, the first realisation that aerodynamics were becoming crucial and that you could make ground effects…
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When I think back to GP design milestones, it's pretty obvious, really: the first rear-engined F1 Cooper. Not so much from a technical point of view even though it was…
