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For years, some of the more committed car makers had been quietly logging Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times for internal benchmarking and the odd press release. But then in 2008, Porsche suggested Ni

I ACHIEVIED MOTORSPORT SUCCESS ON MY OWN TERMS

You become detached from reality quite quickly at an event such as the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, which took place at Silverstone on 17 June. Lamborghini Murciélago? Yawn. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren?

Fact 1: Lotus never made a works racer out of the Seven. Wrong. Although Team Lotus generally left Sevens to the clubmen, it did dabble in a few stealth ‘factory’ cars, namely the early ’60s car known

Paul Atkinson’s damaged Datsun 240Z racer was one of the earliest 240Zs built. But how would restoration balance originality with the fact it had been fettled by the legendary Spike Anderson?

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