As part of the bid to host MotoGP, Silverstone has introduced a new loop on the track, called the ‘Arena’. It’s a large-scale operation, however you look at it. But a trip to the Northamptonshire circuit yesterday proved to be quite an eye-opener.
Firstly, the Silverstone you know is unrecognisable… Read more
A Happy New Year to all our bloggers and contributors to our regular debates. It looks like being a good year, with lots to look forward to in the season ahead. Last year I made some predictions about what might happen in 2009. Some of them came true – not… Read more
OK, here we are, the right side of the winter solstice, and just two packets of mince pies away from Christmas.
The last few days have been spent meeting deadlines, standing in queues of other badly organised people and waking up thinking of another thing I’ve forgotten to do.
Now… Read more
A weekend to remember. One for the history books, and in so many ways.
Giancarlo Fisichella, having driven the race of his life, is expected to fulfil every Italian’s boy dream and get the call from the Scuderia. At Monza, of all places, it looks like he will race a… Read more
This is an interesting time of year for many reasons, not all of them connected. Summer is gradually giving way to autumn, in Britain at least. The swallows are gathering in preparation for the long flight south. The harvest is safely in, the evenings are cooler and the cats are… Read more
Dear Nigel,
I fear the podium of excitement in motor sport may currently be populated by MotoGP, World Superbikes and British Superbikes. Would you agree that the motorcycle format, with more overtaking and the rider’s efforts visible, is the most exciting thing on TV right now?
Doug Harris
Time to talk Turkey.
How do you like it? Hot from the oven that is Istanbul in the summer? Or cold shoulder, as appears to be the attitude of the folk who live in, and around, this city that straddles the frontier between East and West?
The problem is that… Read more
On Sunday afternoon I saw Valentino Rossi fall off his motorcycle.
I will repeat that.
On Sunday afternoon I saw Valentino Rossi tumble from his Yamaha. He was under no pressure and not in close company with any other rider. He wobbled under braking, turned in and fell to the… Read more
Some of you may remember that a while ago I wrote a blog about the transport troubles that have beset me over the past six months. The time has come for another instalment in the ‘my transport hates me’ series.
Where did we leave it last time? Well, my boat… Read more
Having lost the British Grand Prix to Donington, Silverstone replied by securing the British MotoGP round in 2010.
However, as many of you may know the very flat, airfield circuit is perhaps not the best place for the MotoGP bikes with its fast flowing corners. Not to mention the fact… Read more
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