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New ambassador role for Brabham
David Brabham, the youngest son of three-times World Champion Jack, has been announced as a new Go Motorsport ambassador. Go…
September 2008
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Our new office: open for business
We have a new riverside home and we’ll produce our 1000th issue this year – two great reasons to celebrate…
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Gordon Kirby – The US Scene
Toyota: the cars in front Kyle Busch has emerged this year as the man to beat in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup…
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Andrew Frankel – Road cars
Murray works his magic There are few better ways to obfuscate the truth than to throw a superlative at it.…
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Readers' Letters, September 2008, September 2008
Sorry for Silverstone Sir, So Bernie has finally carried out his threat and Silverstone is no longer ‘the home of…
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Hamilton's day in the sun
Lewis celebrating his British GP win with the crowd at Goodwood was just one highlight of another superb Festival of…
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Guess who's back?
In a secret test session at Estoril, Nigel Mansell stepped back aboard a racing car to trade times with son…
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Spin doctors
High-speed flywheels are one promising system designers are pursuing to meet forthcoming Formula 1 energy recovery rules. Motor Sport looks…
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Peter Collins: This charming man
Peter Collins was the debonair embodiment of the 1950s racing driver, a man of good looks and charm and wit.…
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McNish on Capello
In racing your team-mate is usually your rival, but in sports cars you need to get along. Rarely has this…
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The secret development of Tyrrell's first F1 grand prix car
Neil Davis was one of Ken Tyrrell’s most trusted and loyal employees, preferring to down tools rather than move to…
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Lunch with... Lola
There are easier ways to make money than by building racing cars for sale. In fact, the major makers since…
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Stock blocks and smoking barrels
Cars quicker than F1 machinery, star drivers, great races – American Formula 5000 had it all. Forty years on from…
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What lies beneath
On the surface it’s just another 911. But in its 45th year, Porsche’s flagship has undergone an internal revolution By…
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F1 non-championship races – Part two: the ’60s
Clark, Brabham, Cosworth, Lotus… The Swinging Sixties was indeed a time of change, when F1’s non-championship races acted as both…
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Goodwood to host Jaguar XKs
The 60th anniversary of the Jaguar XK will be marked in a two-day event at Goodwood on August 8/9 with…
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Gold Cup will honour Lola
The 50th anniversary of the Lola marque will be one of the key features of the Oulton Park Gold Cup…
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In brief, September 2008
The British Historic Rally Championship will start in Wales in 2009 following confirmation that the Bulldog Rally will move to…
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Classic Marathon celebrates 20th anniversary milestone
When the 2008 CES Classic Marathon started in Ypres in June it marked 20 years since the first edition of…
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Rare De Tomaso revived
One of only two surviving De Tomaso 3-litre Formula 1 cars will return to racing this summer after running in…
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