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Photo Gallery: Group C & Sportscars from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix
Enjoy these details shots of the International Sports cars from the support paddock at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Photo Gallery: Group C & Sportscars from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix is a...
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Video: Rush movie preview
“This is a racing movie. It is not Driven.” Those are the words of award-winning director Ron Howard about the film Rush, which goes on general release in October. The film is the story of the 1976...
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Photo Gallery: Phillip Island Classic
With over four hundred historic sports and racing cars taking over the grounds of Victoria’s iconic Phillip Island circuit for a massive weekend of historic motorsport, the Phillip Island Classic is...
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Photo Gallery: 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – Paddock & Atmosphere
Enjoy these shots from the paddock at the 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix Photo Gallery: 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – Paddock & Atmosphere is a post from Motorsport Retro,...
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Video: 90 Years in 90 Seconds
For the past 90 years, since 1923, BMW has been making bikes to take on the world. In this video, they celebrate those years and the improvements, victories and battles that have driven them through...
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1966 Bathurst 500: How Mini Tamed The Mountain
The Mountain. It’s a compelling, evocative and powerful name for a place which has forged the legend of some of the greatest machines, drivers and events in Australian motorsport history. It’s also a...
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Video: The Most Iconic Ferrari in the World
The guys at DK Engineering take a 250 GT SWB Ferrari, #2119 GT, to its spiritual home at Goodwood for a bit of a road test, remembering its history and what makes it such a wonderful motorcar. Video:...
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Video: Formula 1 Gladiators
Its hard not be moved by this stirring video, showcasing the emotion and danger of Formula 1. Video: Formula 1 Gladiators is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars,...
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Photo Gallery: Sebring 12 Hours – a superstar age 1950s – 1970s
The Sebring 12 Hours is the least well known of sportscar racing’s golden trilogy, along with the Daytona 24 Hours and the crême de la crême, the Le Mans 24 Hours. In its day it drew racing’s stars of...
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Video: Barry Sheene ‘This is your life’
“World motorcycle racing champion, Barry Sheen M.B.E, this is your life.” A young, surprised, and slightly bashful Barry Sheene beams as he is introduced to the classic television show, which goes on...
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Video: The Start
The start. It’s tension; excitement; pressure; ritual; preparation; anticipation. A few peaceful moments set to explode into first corner mayhem followed by hours pushing the utter limits. If you’re...
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Studebakers and The Great Race: Potential Unfulfilled
Conrod Straight. Even today it stretches the longest legs in Australian V8s, providing ample room and even a little downhill push to reach top speed. And back in the early to mid ’60s, the longest...
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Video: Five minutes of great vintage onboard racing footage with pure sounds
The team at SVRA produced this excellent video from their recent Spring Classic at Sebring. Turn it up! Video: Five minutes of great vintage onboard racing footage with pure sounds is a post from...
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Ten 500cc Grand Prix bike number plates you could actually read
Back in the 70s, 80s and early 1990s a black number on a yellow background meant you were an elite racer, riding a 500cc prototype grand prix motorcycle in the premier category. The numbers from one...
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Video: Salon Retromobile 2013
Held in Paris in early February each year, Salon Retromobile is one of the world’s great classic car shows. Salon Retromobile 2013 was no exception, bringing together over four hundred classic cars...
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Photo of the day: Inside the Batmobile
Cutaway BMW 3.0 CSL Photo of the day: Inside the Batmobile is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles and gear every day.
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Photo of the day: Ferrari ready for takeoff
Prepare for launch Photo of the day: Ferrari ready for takeoff is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles and gear every day.
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Exclusive: Alessandro Nannini on what Kubica faces
Some people simply don’t understand the phrase, “No, you can’t do that.” Alex Zanardi, Alessandro Nannini and Robert Kubica are just some of those people. All three suffered potentially career-ending...
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Photo Gallery: Morgan release the Gulf edition 3 wheeler
We are huge fans of the Morgan 3 wheeler here at Motorsport Retro. There is just something about its purity and quirkiness that we really admire. Part of the appeal is the cool retro liveries...
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Fangio’s Mercedes-Benz W196 Up For Auction
The Mercedes-Benz W196 which Fangio drove on the way to the second of his five Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championships is heading to auction at Bonhams’ sale at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday...
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