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Greg Fountain,
08 April 2013 14:30
Spent the weirdest day ever on set with Ron Howard as he set about shooting the opening scenes of his forthcoming F1 movie, Rush, which dramatises the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the mid '70s. Over lunch the great man (actually he’s rather short, unassuming and somewhat squeaky voiced) told CAR about the challenge of shooting a ...
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Jesse Crosse,
13 February 2013 07:00
CAR's Jesse Crosse has bought a Ford Escort rally car and is getting stuck in sliding the rear-drive machine along stages across the UK. If you've ever dreamed of entering grass-roots motorsport, here's a close-up look at the ups and downs involved. Read Jesse's reports here, and watch on-board video below! Rallying at Rockingham - 12 February 2013 After Woodbridge ...
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Gareth Evans,
14 October 2012 12:34
CAR's rookie racer Gareth Evans set out to go racing on a budget of £10,000. Click here to read his training blog as he prepared to go racing. And read on for his exploits on track... Mallory Park - 14 October The final two races of the 750 Motor Club Formula Vee season were held on 14 October at Mallory Park in ...
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Gareth Evans,
18 September 2012 17:12
Our rookie racer is now qualified and ready to race. Click here to read his racing blogs! The final shakedown test in our Scarab race car - 26 March 2012 You don’t race over the winter. It’s a time to regroup and recoup, to get your car ready for next year and to frantically save as much cash as possible. It’s ...
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Ben Pulman,
13 June 2012 12:00
Ahead of this weekend's 80th running of the world-famous endurance race, here's CAR's countdown of the 24 most iconic men, motors and moments that have defined the 24 Heures du Mans.1923: The first Le MansThe inaugural race on 26-27 May 1923 featured 33 cars and was won by a Chenard et Walcker, covering 1380 miles at an average speed of ...
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Ollie Kew,
12 June 2012 12:39
It's set to be a battle of wildly-different drivetrain technologies at the 2012 24 Heures du Mans, which gets underway this weekend (16-17 June) at the illustrious Circuit de la Sarthe. With Peugeot having dropped its endurance racing programme due to budget concerns, this year's headline battle will be a straight fight between the dominant diesel Audis, and petrol Toyota ...
FRIDAY, MAY 18 8.30amI leave Peterborough in our longterm BMW M5 and head towards Folkestone. Easy traffic and no stops means that, by around 11am, I’m edging the M5 onto the Eurotunnel. I’m heading to the Nurburgring to watch the N24hr race with BMW, who have entered a trio of Z4 GT3s. But it feels weird. We’re not doing it ...
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- 21 May 2012
See the new June 2012 issue of CAR Magazine to read about Mark Walton’s drive of the Jaguar XJR-8/9 Group C Le Mans car. We celebrate 30 years since the introduction of Group C – one of the most popular and successful eras of sports car racing ever – with a drive in the epic Jaguar XJR-8, built by ...
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Andy Franklin,
21 March 2012 07:00
Did anyone catch the F1 season opener at the Melbourne grand prix last weekend? Of course you did, but what did we learn? The Mclarens look quick, Red Bull aren't that far behind and everyone else is pretty much close together. Well, apart from the HRTs. F1 in 2012: how good was Sky's coverage? I couldn't wait to see how ...
In the new March 2012 issue of CAR Magazine Mark Walton went to the 2012 Monte Carlo rally to take the pulse of the World Rally Champtionship. Can it survive without broad television coverage? Have the manufacturers lost the appetite? And what about the fans? Walton dons his bobble hat and turns rally nerd for a couple of days. Click here for ...
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