My trip to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed included an unexpected treat. At Motor Sport’s client dinner on the eve of the festival I was joined by Kevin Jones of Peugeot UK, who offered me a passenger ride in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge-competing Peugeot 207 Super 2000 car. I’d… Read more
Louisa Skipper
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Co-driver to Kris Meeke…
July 6th, 2010 | Louisa Skipper | 2 Comments
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Biting my nails with Jenson’s sister
October 19th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 3 Comments
Congratulations to Jenson Button – he deserved to win the World Championship in Brazil, and I feel he really worked hard for it in this race. I have never watched a race and felt so nervous before, and that’s because I was watching it with my dear friend Sam, Jenson’s… Read more
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The magic of Monterey
August 19th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 11 Comments
The historic car week in Monterey began in brilliant sunshine at the Concours on the Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
It was a great event to kick off the week with over 200 classic cars adorning the Avenue. Much of the machinery was entered into other Concours events at Monterey, but here… Read more -
From Ferrari California to ‘Captain America’
July 9th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 2 Comments
The start of my Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend was literally on the startline of the hillclimb. I was booked in for a passenger ride up the hill in a Ferrari California, and what a great way to start the weekend it was. Driver Pat Blakely showed me just what… Read more
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The new British Grand Prix winner…
June 18th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 5 Comments
With only days before the British Grand Prix kicks off at Silverstone, Oris – the official watch partner of the AT&T Williams F1 team – welcomed a group of journalists and customers to their exclusive ‘Inside Track’ event in London yesterday.
Over mini fish and chips wrapped in newspaper, guests… Read more
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Maranello opens its doors
May 21st, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 4 Comments
After three straight years of going to Maranello for RM Auctions’ Ferrari Leggenda e Passione sale you would have thought it would get a little mundane. However, the Italian marque and RM seem to introduce me to something new every year and the weekend exceeds expectations every time.
Saturday afternoon… Read more
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Kimi opens Ferrari’s first London store
May 6th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 2 Comments
Not many store openings bring about the closure of a central London street, and you’d be hard-pressed to find many manufacturers that could get a police escort for the latest and most historic of their racing cars as they proceed through the streets towards said shop. But that is exactly… Read more
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Goodwood gets in the festival mood
March 23rd, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 5 Comments
Glorious Goodwood certainly lived up to its name last week for the Festival of Speed and Revival press day; the sun was shining and there was no better place to mingle than on the Goodwood House lawns while admiring the wonderful cars on show. Journalists from the world of motor… Read more
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A world of motor sport events
February 19th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 4 Comments
It’s great to see that many of the popular and wonderful motoring events from previous years are going ahead again in 2009. Each of these gatherings is another opportunity to meet existing readers and hopefully some new ones, not to mention a chance to catch up with friends and see… Read more
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Glorious glamour at Goodwood
September 26th, 2008 | Louisa Skipper | 23 Comments
With all the financial doom and gloom in Britain last week the 10th anniversary of Goodwood Revival couldn’t have come at a better time in the social calendar, and nor could the British weather have been better: graced with sunny skies throughout the weekend, the Revival revellers could make the… Read more
Louisa graduated from London Guildhall University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and audio-visual production. She previously worked in television production at advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson and M&C Saatchi and joined the editorial team at Motor Sport in January 2007. As well as being the marketing manager she is responsible for the content in the Desirables and Auctions pages. 
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