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Even Tiger used to crawl out of bed for what have become known as the long-haul races. He’d curl up, one eye on the first few laps, then snooze through to the chequered flag. Tiger is a marmalade cat. This weekend he will be out and about, doing whatever it…
Rob Widdows
Rob was brought up on racing, being taken to Goodwood as a small child and devouring his father’s copies of Motor Sport. During a career in newspaper, radio and TV journalism he created the ‘Track Torque’ motorsport show on radio and was Indycar commentator for Eurosport before co-founding the Festival of Speed and Revival events. He was marketing director of the Goodwood Road Racing Company.
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Sep 24 2008
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Sep 15 2008
A weekend to savour
What a weekend that was! You just didn’t know where to look next!
There was young Sebastian Vettel in the rain at Monza, proving what a lot of people have been saying for a long time, especially those who knew him at BMW. Why did they let him go? Then there…
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Sep 5 2008
Autumnal delights
Suddenly it is September, the end of summer, and already autumn is here. In my part of the world the harvesting is nearly done and the leaves are turning.
September brings two great events on the motor racing calendar, two weekends to cheer us up before the trees are bare and…
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Aug 18 2008
Nice people, great cars
Finns ain’t what they used to be. At least there is one who ain’t what he used to be.
Down the pub on Sunday night, bereft of a race to argue about since Hungary, we started on why Kimi Räikkönen appears to have lost the plot so soon after winning the…
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Jul 28 2008
A chat with ‘Emmo’
Talking to Emerson Fittipaldi is never less than interesting.
Alistair Caldwell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Teddy Mayer.
We didn’t see much of him immediately after he retired, Emerson preferring to spend time in Brazil. He would appear at events like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but otherwise the chance to have a…
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Jul 22 2008
A match made in heaven
The launch of the new A1GP car-powered-by-Ferrari – we must not call it an A1GP-Ferrari – is a reminder of just how much the Italians love their motor racing.
We are in Tuscany, at the circuit of Mugello-owned-by-Ferrari. This is Ferrari country, the Scuderia’s headquarters at Modena just an hour up…
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Jul 17 2008
Guess who’s back…
I have been on a secret mission. I feel a little like Tintin, travelling unexpectedly into unfamiliar territory again, briefed to separate the fact from the fiction. Unlike Tintin, I have no help from the resourceful Captain Haddock.
Anyway, my cover has been blown, the secret is out. Another well known…
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Jul 14 2008
Goodwood mania
Things ain’t quite what they used to be.
Historically the question has always been: ‘How fast from 0 to 60, Mister? And what will it do flat out?’
Increasingly, the question is: ‘How far will it go on a gallon of fuel, mate?’Here at the Goodwood Festival of Speed there is…
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Jul 9 2008
Come rain, Goodwood will shine
Isn’t life strange?
This week, in the sporting headlines, we have Schumacher the cyclist and Rooney the runner. How long before Hamilton the hurdler?
Stefan Schumacher pulverised the opposition in yesterday’s Tour de France time trial at Cholet, a full nine seconds quicker than the pre-race favourite. Sounds familiar for a Schumacher.
Martyn…
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Jul 7 2008
One of the great races
I am an armchair expert, of the kind as described by Ron Dennis in the afterglow of the 2008 British Grand Prix. I did not watch the race from my armchair but in my expert opinion what I saw was the kind of virtuoso performance that will be spoken of…
