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THE DEVIL & THE KING Marcos Ambrose is about to take the biggest step ofhis career- with Richard Petty Motorsport. He told MNews all about it.
1 When we need someone to go and take gorgeous photos ofgorgeous cars, we turn to Andrew Hall. For this issue of MNews,Andrew'sjob was to shoot the Porsche Museum in Germany. Tough gig.
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John Booth and his Manor Motorsportsquad have been successful in many different categories, and under the Virgin Racing banner, the next frontier to conquer is Formula 1. He spoke to us for this issue.
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