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Matters of moment, May 1988
Flying the standard high As you read this, Motor Sport will be celebrating its sixty-fifth year of publication, an event…
Flying the standard high As you read this, Motor Sport will be celebrating its sixty-fifth year of publication, an event…
Maserati returns to British racing Two Maseratis are to be entered in this year’s British Touring Car Championship and selected…
On March 16 there was a memorable happening in London, when representatives of every branch of British motor racing–from drivers,…
Three-litre Alfa Romeo 164s are being used in a Celebrity Challenge organised by Bernie Ecclestone to support eight European Grands…
Le Mans designs for Bentley? Jaguars Cars has done it, Mercedes-Benz is now doing it and, if rumours are to…
Last month we were able only to publish a brief stop-press obituary of a man known with affection throughout the…
Mario Andretti’s comfortable victory in the opening round of the CART Indycar World Series at Phoenix, Arizona was the fiftieth…
Roads and circuits up and down the country will next year echo to the return of the Tour of Britain.…
The opening round of the 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship at Jerez was remarkable not only for a victorious debut…
McLaren MP4/4 At one time, a brand new car winning its first Grand Prix was an outstanding achievement, but nowadays…
Victory interface Ron Dennis’ uncompromising commitment to the pursuit of success might rub some people up the wrong way, but…
A duty, and a pleasure As these words are being read, the “troops” will be gathered at the Autodromo Dino…
Questions and guesstimations Dear Reader, In recent weeks there has been a resurgence in publicity for unleaded petrol for use…
Levelling the score Jaguar levelled the score with Sauber-Mercedes in the second round of the World Sports-Prototype Championship at Jarama,…
Part one: The journey there On the weekend of June 11-12, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) can reasonably expect…
April fuel day The Monza 1000km race on April 10 had all the classic ingredients, Jaguar versus Mercedes versus Porsche,…
The star ascendant Thirty years after Daimler-Benz’s withdrawal from racing, the Mercedes name returned to Le Mans in 1985 associated…
Bruising encounters The three opening rounds of the IMSA Camel GT Championship in the United States took TWR Jaguar’s John…
No Contest? On the evidence of the opening round, it would be easy to write off the European Touring Car…
Runaway Rouse? After the first two rounds of the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship, at Silverstone and Oulton Park, there…
Charles Leclerc is on pole for the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, but the qualifying session will go down in history for the bizarre final two minutes Everybody wanted a tow,…
Maybe it was the full moon. Maybe it was the fact that 13 years had passed since Indycars last raced at the one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway. But the Izod…
Pecco Bagnaia has been Ducati’s secret weapon for the last couple of MotoGP seasons – has he finally found the way to win and keep winning?
Ford recently announced a new ‘Heritage’ edition of its GT supercar, painted black and white in honour of the original 1964 GT40. And you might think it an odd car…