Delta Wing’s CEO Dan Partel says the unique single-seater is by no means dead. In fact, Partel is confident he will be able to strike a deal in the next month to build and test a Delta Wing prototype with a plan to race the car in 2013. In recent… Read more
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The Delta Wing lives!
August 31st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
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Motor racing’s autumnal treats
August 18th, 2010 | Rob Widdows | 15 Comments
I have been asked to get back to the blogging, from which I have been absent these past weeks. So here I am. Where have I been hiding? All over the place actually, as is my wont. I was set to take a holiday – my usual lolling around on… Read more
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Harvick states his case
August 16th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Kevin Harvick has led NASCAR’s Sprint Cup championship for most of the year, and by winning Sunday’s 400-mile race on the Michigan superspeedway he became the first driver to guarantee himself a place in this year’s ‘Chase for the Cup’. After 23 of 36 races Harvick leads Jeff Gordon by… Read more
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Latest Issue – September 2010
July 30th, 2010 | Web Editor
McLaren: Road & track
Has the company’s F1 team helped to inspire its new road-going MP4-12C?Festival of Speed review
We pick six of the best cars to grace Goodwood and speak to the starsAston Martin at Le Mans
Motor Sport joins the team in the pits; Sam Hancock reports from the… Read more -
Latest Issue – August 2010
June 22nd, 2010 | Web Editor
The first of March
Simon Taylor recalls a unique test drive in 1970, aboard Chris Amon’s F1 carPedro’s Twin Peaks
The Mexican’s legend is built on great wins in 1970 at Spa and Brands HatchThey created a monster!
Richard Attwood and Jackie Oliver on how the fearsome 917 was tamedBreakfast… Read more
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Latest Issue – May 2010
March 31st, 2010 | Web Editor
60 years of the Formula 1 World Championship
1950s
At the start of the World Championship the Italians ruled, but then came the rise of the Brits1960s
A decade of technical innovation, with rear-engined cars coming to the fore, led by Lotus and Jim Clark1970s
The ’60s had been… Read more -
FIA GT1 sounds sweet
February 9th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 3 Comments
Touring cars are great to watch for a number of reasons. Mostly notably the racing is extremely close and you’ll see cars passing each other in places that you never thought possible. Another draw, for me anyway, has always been that you can clearly see that they carry some DNA… Read more
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Latest Issue – March 2010
February 4th, 2010 | Web Editor
Lotus Special
Favourite Team Lotus moments
Nigel Roebuck’s highlightsThe new F1 team
Mike Gascoyne reveals aims for 2010 ‘comeback’Voices of Team Lotus
Predictions and reflections from Colin’s menLotus 79 track test
Andrew Frankel drives Andretti’s title winnerOther Features
Virgin Racing
How Manor Motorsport teamed up with Nick Wirth to… Read more -
Lowndes says g’day to Roary
Craig Lowndes, the three-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion and four-time Bathurst winner, is the latest star to be recruited by Roary the Racing Car.
The popular children’s television show is narrated by Sir Stirling Moss and also features the voices of Murray Walker and Peter Kay, but the producers were… Read more -
Why Ickx feels lucky
January 4th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 9 Comments
A few days after Christmas I had the pleasure of talking to Jacky Ickx for a book I’m writing about the history of Carl Haas and Newman/Haas Racing. Thirty years ago Ickx won the Can-Am championship driving a Lola for Haas’s team, and I wanted to talk to him about… Read more
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