Get updates automaticallyIn the past couple of years Kimi Räikkönen has raced snow mobiles (like your hero Gilles), saloon cars and boats. Any chance a guy like Kimi will do a one-off Le Mans, Sebring, or even Indy? Unlike other F1 drivers, he seems open to anything and nothing seems beneath him.
Michael Spitale
Nigel, what was your first:
(a) motor race meeting, and (b) F1 Grand Prix?
Steve Wilkinson
This week I bring news of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Might this be a little premature, I hear you murmur, and aren’t you a little biased in favour of said event?
OK, let me declare my interests. Very topical just now.
I have a seat on a committee called the Goodwood…
It all began with a telephone call from his son.
“Hey Dad, one of our drivers has pulled out, how about you come and drive with us? We’re testing next week, why don’t you come along?” said Justin Bell who was due to race a Riley-Pontiac for RVO Motorsports in the…
The 2008 Formula 1 season is being hailed by many as possibly the most exciting in recent history. F1 Racing went as far as to say that it is “the hottest title fight since Senna and Prost”. The Alonso vs Räikkönen vs Hamilton battle is certainly of interest but I…
NASCAR is where the show and entertainment is king and the sanctioning body is in complete control of the entire production. As such, NASCAR could not have hoped for a better kick-off to its season at Daytona last weekend prior to Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500. To the…
I went to Littlehampton this week, a little town by the sea that has many good memories for me.
At the beginning of my journalistic career I spent three years as a reporter on the Littlehampton Gazette, now called the Arun Gazette, presumably in deference to the River Arun which flows…
One of the recent headlines in Formula One has been the possible introduction of budget caps. When a steering wheel costs £13,000 and the typical costs of running a team are nigh on £100 million it was only a matter of time before yet another rule to allow the smaller…
In Champ Car testing at Sebring last weekend, 23-year old Frenchman Franck Perera showed he will be a man to watch this year. Driving one of Eric Bachelart’s Conquest Racing cars, Champ Car rookie Perera set the pace and yesterday Bachelart announced that Perera will lead his team this year.
Can…
I was watching News at Ten this week and up popped Eddie Jordan, looking tanned, relaxed and rich. Wrapped in an expensive leather jacket, EJ was standing in a smart London street, talking about the extraordinary outbreak of racism at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona. I could see by the…
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