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No. 265
September 3-16 2003
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HM0RPM1 Issue 265
3-16 September 2003
news and opinion
features 28 Five Minutes With James Courtney Things are getting Nippy for JC 30 Five Minutes With Allan Simonsen From a Ferrari to a GRM Commodore V8 32 Red, Hot and Blue A mid-season chat with the unstoppable Marcos Ambrose 36 Head Man Patrick Flead on Hungary, Ralf and team orders ... 38 Ron Reminisces Ron Tauranac has achieved an awful lot in his career 58 Getting Petter and Petter A yack with Rally Australia-bound Fetter Solberg
race coverage
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44. 1 44 Spain, France and Hungary Fernando Alonso shakes off the ‘new lad’ tag with a butt-kicking victory at the Hungaroring. At only 22. No, really, he is 52 Who won the Mallala Konica round? Here is a hint: Mark Winterbottom UBTOMWCSTO WWW was there and he brought a car with him. We feel confident you can work the rest out
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regulars Photos: Cover: Dirk Klysmith Contents: sutton-mages.com and John Morris/Mpix
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