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Matters of moment, August 1988
BBC Sport: is it all balls? Once upon a time Motor Sport was consulted by the BBC — the conference…
BBC Sport: is it all balls? Once upon a time Motor Sport was consulted by the BBC — the conference…
Motor sport programmes scheduled to appear on Sky Channel during late July and August are as follows: Monday July 25,…
Membership of the Grand Prix Contact Club, an international friendship network for enthusiasts, exceeds 400 people from 30 countries, with…
Since Motor Sport covers most aspects of motoring, from Formula One to veteran and classic cars, we need make no…
Driving a virtually standard Rover 800 Vitesse, Tony Pond recently failed by only 6.8 seconds to lap the Isle of…
Peter Hammond’s sudden death in a motorcycle accident on Thursday morning, while on his way to the British GP, is…
Reader Andy Ritchie drew our attention to a classified advertisement which appeared in Investors Chronicle. Under the subheading “Cars” he…
Nigel Mansell’s announcement prior to the British Grand Prix that he has signed a Ferrari contract for 1989 is the…
Always highly competitive, the Sauber-Mercedes team recorded its second World Sports-Prototype Championship victory of the season at Brno, in Czechoslovakia,…
End of the road Downtown, Detroit, June 19 When the idea of a Formula One race round the streets of…
A Special Occasion It had to happen. For the first six Grand Prix races of 1988 Alain Prost has appeared…
Image enhancer The last four-and-a-half years have seen the Honda name rocket into prominence in motor racing with its utter…
Goodbye to the Old Order? FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre hinted strongly at Le Mans in June that future Group C…
Our own 24 The weekend after motorised Britain was suffused with pride (for Jaguar’s Le Mans victory) and rage (for…
A sad year Every year has its own highlights and dark patches for racing fans, but 1968 was a year…
Danny Boy! Four races into the 1988 Indycar season, Penske chassis and Chevrolet engines had proved the dominating force, and…
Wolf in sheep's clothing Lancia’s task in building the Integrate out of the HF 4 x 4 was to create…
Monte Carlo in Douglas The thoughts of motorcyclists turn in June to the Isle of Man, where the long-established TT…
Pace-Noting The Vintage Sports-Car Club held another interesting sprint between heavy showers at Colerne on Jun 4, timing the cars…
On the way to Betws-y-Coed we called in on Owen Wyn-Owen to enquire after “Babs”, which blew up at the…
Esteban Ocon's strong opening to 2021 has been rewarded with a new three-year deal by Alpine – Enstone believes its seen a few shades of another French hero to justify its faith
The best MotoGP racers have a habit of doing extraordinary things. Only occasionally do they do things that leave you dumbstruck. It’s the start of the Japanese round of the…
How many Formula 1 drivers have admitted to having a coach? Not many. In fact, you could probably count them on two hands. The fact of the matter is, though,…
With everything to lose, in treacherous conditions, and with late drama, James Hunt's drive in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was one of the greatest of all time. It all began a week before...