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No ordinary amateur

By the time the cars got to Firenze, the 978-mile, 1952 Mille Miglia race seemed almost over. In torrential winds and rain, sportscar specialists Karl Kling and Hans Klenk...

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Finding his flow

After a 30-year career as a Formula 1 aerodynamicist, Frank Dernie sees things you and I do not. We peer out of the window and see trees blowing in the wind, clouds scudding...

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Champ or chump?

Interlagos, November 25th, 2012. As the pack exits turn four, our man is facing the wrong way. Three corners ago he was champion elect: now nothing less than a Herculean...

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Loeb’s full Monte

'C’est bon?' said the old dog stepping from his brand new box of tricks. Oui, Sébastien. C’est très bon. The helicopter shot showed a crowd of people surging forward...

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Week of champions

I know you’re probably here for tales of Bugattis and Bizzarrinis, but I was thinking about the Passat CC the other day. In fact it was just the Volkswagen CC or Comfort Coupé...

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Racing school

As I wrote in an earlier article, I believe great racing drivers are both born and made – it's a combination of nature and nurture. For several decades, teams and manufacturers...

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A Storm over Le Mans

There were a couple of crummy garages down at far the end of the Le Mans pits, just where the grandee-team cars would open up the throttles as they rejoined the 24-hour race...

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The mighty Michèle Mouton

One thing we should all do this year is acknowledge the 40th anniversary of Michèle Mouton’s 1982 World Rally Championship campaign, for it is by some margin the finest performance...

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