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For Sale: Ayrton Senna’s Helmet and Race Suit
Silverstone Auctions’ upcoming Race Retro sale will present automobilia collectors with an incredibly rare opportunity to own a pair of artifacts from the Formula One legend – one of Ayrton Senna’s race-used helmets and racing …
Paul Newman: Behind Blue Eyes
For a world-famous multiple award-winning actor, Paul Newman kept a low profile at the race track. He was just ‘one of the team’.
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Photos: WRC World Champion Juha Kankkunen’s Car Collection
This is the stunning car collection of Juha Kankkunen, winner of 23 world rallies and four drivers’ world championships and the only man to become world champion with three different manufacturers.
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Legends: Wayne Gardner
In 1988, Swan Breweries showcased leading Australian sports people in television advertisements, with the catchline: “they said you’d never make it”.
In a first for Australian motorcycling, reigning world 500 champion Wayne Gardner was featured. It …
Video: Fangio + Monza + Alfa = must see
Go for a fang with El Maestro at Monza.
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Senna vs Prost: Elf Master Karting, Bercy 1993
The recent celebrity-driver karting event at the Palais Omnisport in Paris-Bercy, in which a number of international racing stars did battle in electric karts around the indoor circuit, brings back memories of the inaugural event …
Top Five of 2011: Formula One
Remembering Jim Clark
43 years ago, the world lost a hero in Jim Clark.
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Video: Dakar flashback – Cyril Neveu vs Hubert Auriol 1987
Two Dakar legends go head to head during the 1987 edition of the worlds toughest race.
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Top Five of 2011: Photo Galleries
Best of the MSR Facebook: Classic Formula One Engine Photos
This post, then, is in honour of our Facebook fans, and their collection of beautiful cars and motorsport moments. Enjoy this gallery of some of our favourite Formula …
David Purley: Fearless
David Purley is a hero. Some would say an unsung one, but just a quick look at his life, and it will take you less than two minutes to realise this guy was like no …
Video: Jackie Stewart drives the March Judd 881 and declares it “very strange”
“Too uncomfortable and too cramped” was Jackie Stewart‘s summary of the Adrian Newey designed March Judd 881. Jackie was also less the complimentary about the entire concept.
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George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona solo
George Waltman sits in his Aztec Racing Morgan Plus 4 after single handedly completing the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.
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Patrick Depailler: One of the old school
When you look back at some of the real characters of Formula 1 from the 60s, 70s and 80s, no one was less ‘F1’ than Patrick Depailler.
Forget your healthy diets and exercise, Depailler’s regime was: …
Best of the Cahier Archive: Emerson Fittipaldi
“Emmo” as he was known to his huge legion of fans, was Brazil’s first Formula One World Champion.
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Interview: John Harvey
John Harvey is one of Australia’s most versatile and accomplished racing drivers. He won numerous Speedway titles in the 50s and 60s, before switching to road racing where he successfully campaigned Brabham’s in the Australian …
