Dear Nigel,
I wonder if you could share your thoughts on the late Jo ‘Seppi’ Siffert, a real character in the paddock in the 1960s and ’70s. I was once told that Seppi carried a comical message on a card that he kept in his race overall pockets, and that he used to flash said message at spectators and team personnel on the occasions when he blew up or crashed his race cars. What do you recall about the great Swiss driver?
Ady Stimpson
It’s been Formula 1 all the way for Nigel – he started covering the sport in 1971. In the mid-1970s he worked for Graham Hill’s Embassy F1 team, before joining Autosport for whom he has written over 400 Grand Prix reports. Nigel joined Motor Sport full-time on January 1 2008. As well as reporting on F1 for national newspapers, he has written 19 books on motor racing. His insightful writing and candid interviews with the great names in racing have made him one of the recognised authorities on F1.
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