MotorSport August 2002
Publication Details
| Type | Magazine |
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| Publisher | MotorSport |
| Published date | 01/08/2002 |
Articles
| Page | Title | Type | Length | Options |
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| 24 | Peter Ustinov. Legends by Nigel Roebuck. | General interest | 2 |
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| 28 | David Hunt. Sibling Revelry. David Hunt was sweet 16 when his big brother won the formula one world championship. During the long hot summer of 1976 he watched James turn that incredible season on its head in this very car, McLaren M23, Chassis 6. Now, finally, it was his turn to drive it. | General interest | 6 |
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| 34 | Learning New Tricks. The McLaren M23 improved with age. It won races in four consecutive seasons and was setting poles five years after its debut. Yet it's very underrated, writes Paul Fearnley. | Features | 5 |
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| 40 | Stirling Moss. It was the biggest regret of my life. I wish I could pay a lot of money not to have done it. I was an absolute twit to have agreed to do it and I've got no-one to blame but myself. After 18 years away, Stirling Moss returned to current motorsport - in an Audi. As you might have gathered, he did not enjoy it. Gary Watkins finds out why. | General interest | 3 |
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| 44 | City Slickers. Street racing in Britain has been to motorsport what Holland has been to downhill skiing. But the vision of one man gave it a foothold. Had it received a vital leg-up at the right time, it might still be with us. David Malsher recalls the rise and of fall of Birmingham's Superprix. | Events | 6 |
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| 52 | Tui. Fifteen minutes of fame. Wingless Flight. Tui: Imola Grand Prix - July 23, 1972. Named after New Zealands's answer to the Nightingale, Tui briefly made beautiful music in the early 1970s. Nick Phillips remembers the day it almost came home to roost. | Features | 2 |
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| 54 | Ford Escort RS Vs Fiat 131 Abarth. Slide Rulers. In the years between Stratos and Quattro, rallying was all about a pair of humdrum three-box family saloons. Doesn't sound great, does it? They became, however, two of the sport's most successful and iconic cars. John Davenport recalls their tail-happy dogfight for world honours. | Features | 6 |
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| 60 | Troy Ruttman. The Fall of Troy. He won the world's biggest race when he was 22. But the combined effects of high living and a huge accident were blows from which his career never recovered. For Troy Ruttman, says Joe Scalzo, it was a case of too much , too young. | General interest | 5 |
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| 66 | Jean Alesi. The One That Got Away. Passion Victim. Jean Alesi 1995 Italian Grand Prix. He wore his heart on his sleeve and the Tifosi loved him for it. Their parting was all set to be sweet, but it ended in sorrow. By Adam Cooper. | General interest | 2 |
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| 70 | John & Richard Bolster. The Bolster Brothers. They were the epitome of fun-loving builders of and fearless drivers of special racing cars, but there was much more to them than that. Bill Boddy profiles John and Richard Bolster. | General interest | 4 |
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| 77 | Warhorses. Cooper 500 Chassis No. 9/55/E1. It's spindly and can be fractious, yet this buzzbomb hasn't stopped competing from the time Ivor Bueb climbed aboard 47 years ago. Gordon Cruickshank explains how this stepping stone to F1 became one of the sport's foundations. | Features | 4 |
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| 82 | Mike Gascoyne. I Wish I'd Designed... Thrust SSC. From the white-hot F1 paddock, old racing cars are just out-of-date machines to this designer. But he is full of admiration for the single-minded team that broke the sound barrier on land. | General interest | 2 |
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| 92 | Uncle Samurai. America's most expensive, technologically innovative and brutal racing series: No, not Can-Am, but IMSA's GTP series. Preston Lerner explains how Nissan came to rule this rowdy roost. | Features | 6 |
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