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The Dakar rally is the ultimate endurance event; a test of navigation, stamina and self-belief. And it never gets any easier.

This year, the competitors made the 6,936-mile journey across seven countries, travelling from the European winter to the extreme desert heat in just 18 days. Stephane Peterhansel took a record seventh Dakar Vladimir Tchaguine put in another dominating performance in the truck section and Nani Roma[…]

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A championship more dramatic than a Hollywood script, with a season finale that was downright unbelievable, the 2001 BTCC series sparkled with fierce rivalry, intense racing, bumper-to-bumper battles and more than a few off-track controversies!
It was a year in which arch-rivals and Vauxhall team-mates Jason Plato and Yvan Muller headed into the final race of the year, each with a chance of snatching the title from the other! Aft[…]

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What do you look for in a car? A sense of fun, looks, great handling or the best value? We put the latest saloons and hot hatchbacks through their paces to find out how they perform on each level, head on.

Former Eurosport commentator Richard Nichols runs you through the action, as the experts from Auto Express magazine and ITV’s World Rally commentator Robbie Head push these everyday cars to their limit on the Ty-Croes c[…]

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An in-depth look at the legendary Isle of Man TT circuit from racing, road riding and spectating perspectives. Learn how to ride quickly and safely around the course as we join Ray Knight for an instructional lap, hear how David Jefferies averages 125-mph and be amazed at the changes that have taken place since the glorious championship era of Geoff Duke. Indispensable viewing for TT fans.
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One of Duke’s all-time best sellers has crashed its way on to DVD. Buckle up really tight as the programme takes you through an awesome collection of 350 crashes. Yes, we’re raided the worldwide archives to bring you a fantastic array of spectacular smashes and crashes from twenty different categories of powersports!
If you can drive it or ride it – you can certainly crash it. Relive those mindboggling prangs, incidents and wipe-[…]

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Two All-Time Classic Road Racing Films
THE ROAD RACERS
From the crackle of racing engines at full power during ‘unofficial practice’, to the spectacular riders-eye-view of racing on roads barely wide-enough to take a car – this is the real thing! Academy award-winning producer David Wallace skilfully documents a hectic Irish season and takes you behind the scenes and into the lives of road racers Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robin[…]

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The World Superbike Championship mixes the world’s quickest production bikes with brilliant riders and lets them loose on the most prestigious race courses in the world. It’s always thrilling, it’s always tense and it’s always very, very fast.

And 2003 was the year that the Championship came back to Britain! Super-Brit Neil Hodgson put in a season-long performance of gritty and stylish riding to make the Championship his […]

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The story of the marque from Maranello in celebration of their fiftieth anniversary (1947-1997).

Interactive fact file featuring over 100 Ferrari models
Superior picture quality

No other car has generated such passion, vibrancy and glamour than these crimson racers and their creator. With full access to exclusive 50th anniversary events in Europe and America, every facet of Ferrari’s superb road and race[…]

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1977 saw Niki Lauda start the season, scarred but fit. And determined to put his horrific accident in ’76 behind him.

The first race of the season, in Argentina, provided a maiden victory for the Wolf team, which was followed by an extremely successful debut season, ending with Jody Scheckter taking second place in the championship.

The season didn’t start so well for Lauda, and it wasn’t until the third round[…]