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Steam dream
Sirs, I congratulate you on the quality of your recent pictures of the steamer 'L'Obeissante' built by my great-grandfather Amedee…
Sirs, I congratulate you on the quality of your recent pictures of the steamer 'L'Obeissante' built by my great-grandfather Amedee…
Sir, I too have always been intrigued by the race between Archie Scott Brown and Masten Gregory at Silverstone in…
Sir, I couldn't believe Mr Frankel's sanctimonious editorial last month in which, referring to Damon Hill, he remarked "History will…
Sir, Thank you so much for the quantity of photographs and text devoted in Nigel Roebuck's November column to the…
Sir, Your article about the highly accomplished driverTony Rolt whetted my appetite for more information about some of the cars…
In the contemporary F1 Paddock, folk without enemies are hard to find. It's a hard-nosed environment which can have a…
Now a generic and used in almost all racing cars, Aeroquip Hose started live in US Warplanes. Keith Howard looks…
The Pinnacle of Motorsport is under attack. Despite almost exponential viewing figures and financial gain, Formula One is facing a…
By Gordon Murray It all came from a comment Gordon Murray made over five years ago. We were talking about…
James Garner didn't just act in "Grand Prix", he drove F1 cars at race speed in it too. Now 71,…
"It was the best track in France; better by far than everywhere else we went like Rouen, Reims and Paul…
Herbert Austin's baby was a risky venture which might have sunk the ailing firm. Bill Boddy asserts it was the…
The worst car I ever drove Niki Lauda 1972 March 72X He borrowed $250.000 to drive it and it drove…
The Great Grand Prix In 1933 the world's greatest drivers were embroiled in Chicanery of a different sort when they…
Imagine 2000 miles of empty road twisting through forests and spearing across deserts, stringing together beautiful colonial towns between Tuxtla…
Alan R Smith started photographing motor racing in the thirties, going freelance in 1946. Since then his pictures of British…
Motoring history holds all manner of interesting items. Recently I learned that VCC member Mike Bradbrook has owned for the…
To preserve an important piece of Brooklands' history Jim Baxter has built up an interpretation of the motorcycle ridden by…
Present day racing has one odd factor to explain away A car can today be placed in the results even…
The famous ex-Joyce/Aked racing AC, so well known in the 1920s, was due to appear at the AC works near…
Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday that Lotus would build engines for the IZOD IndyCar Series’ new 2012 formula. Few details were…
Watch motor sport highlights from W Series' non-championship reverse grid race at Assen, IndyCar action from Iowa and NASCAR Cup Series racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway W SERIES Assen,…
I am told with tedious regularity that there’s no such thing as a bad car any more. And while I refute the contention, even I must admit that the global…
Fernando Alonso’s third place at Qatar – his first podium in seven years – was well merited, a brilliant drive based on an over-achieving qualifying lap, an aggressive start where…