Dear Nigel,
I’ve been an avid reader of your ‘Ask Nigel’ columns since the Autosport days, so it’s great to see you going strong with Motor Sport. Keep it up. My question is this: following the sad news of the passing of movie and motor sport legend Paul Newman, just how good a driver was he?
It’s obvious he had more than a little natural talent, but do you think he could have become a top-line driver in either F1, CART or sports cars had he decided to hang up the acting shoes in favour of a full-time racing helmet? What did drivers who worked with him, the likes of Mario Andretti, Alan Jones and Dick Barbour make of his wheel skills?
Neil Briscoe
October 2008
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Paul Newman, the driver
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Win tickets to Wales Rally GB
October 24th, 2008 | Web Editor | 2 Comments
Wales Rally GB, the final round of the high-octane FIA World Rally Championship, takes place from 4-7 December 2008, and you can be part of it.
Motor Sport has teamed up with Wales Rally GB to offer readers the chance to win a pair of one-day passes to access all… Read more -
Fast and furious: La Carerra Panamericana
October 23rd, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 6 Comments
I have long suffered from a fascination with Mexico.
In the days of the Mexican Grand Prix I was sadly not yet on the roster of those that might be asked to write about events at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the circuit in Mexico City’s Magdalena Mixhuca park. Named after… Read more -
Bonhams, November 19
October 21st, 2008 | Web Editor
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, Tel: Tel: 020 7447 7447
1916 BSA 4¼hp Model K £5,750
1921 Rolls-Royce 45/50hp Silver Ghost Saloon £63,100
1922 Blackburne 8hp Motorcycle Combination £10,580
1922 GWK H Type 4-Seater Tourer £4,370
1924 Ford Model TT 1 Ton Truck £13,225
1925… Read more -
Grand Prix Special – China
October 20th, 2008 | Ed Foster | 6 Comments
The Chinese Grand Prix, despite its importance in the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, was sadly as uneventful as the Japanese Grand Prix was controversial.
Having put his car on pole, Lewis Hamilton drove an absolutely faultless race only giving up the lead over his two pit stops and finished… Read more
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A race to be missed
October 20th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 21 Comments
I made a complete hash of watching the Grand Prix of China in Shanghai.
I was particularly keen to see this race for two reasons. Firstly I was in Shanghai this time last year, writing about the Renault team, so I am familiar with the circuit. Secondly I found the… Read more -
Audi’s seventh ALMS win
October 20th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Champion Racing’s Audi Sport North America team finished the American Le Mans Series season in style at Laguna Seca last weekend by winning its seventh race of the year and scoring a one-two sweep with the team’s pair of R10 turbo diesels. Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner took their sixth win this… Read more
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Bonhams and Goodman, November 16
October 17th, 2008 | Web EditorCollection of the late Hon John Dawson-Damer of Historic Lotus Race Cars, Sydney, Australia, Tel: +61 (0) 38 530 3905
All prices in Australian Dollars
1913 Sunbeam 12/16hp Tourer, Sold: $17,232
1922 Bentley 3 Litre ‘Blue Label’, Sold: $209,050
1928/1945 Alfa Romeo 1,500cc Supercharged racing car., Sold: $389,850
1936 BSA… Read more -
Can anyone beat Jimmie Johnson?
October 13th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
Halfway through NASCAR’s ten-race Chase for the Cup play-off with just five of a whopping 36 races to go and it looks like it’s going to be difficult for anyone to deflect Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Racing Chevrolet team from winning their third Sprint Cup championship in a row.… Read more
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Grand Prix Special – Japan
October 13th, 2008 | Ed Foster | 11 Comments
Neither Lewis Hamilton nor Felipe Massa has won a Formula One World Championship, and on Sunday they made that abundantly clear. Both drivers have a very strong chance of clinching the title, but at the Japanese Grand Prix they made mistakes that a) shouldn’t be made at this stage of… Read more
