Get updates automaticallyAll we seem to hear about, as we head into winter, is recession, downturn, crisis and imminent Armageddon. Come on, there must be some good news. Well, there is, and here it is.
Martin Brundle has joined the British Broadcasting Corporation’s team that will cover Grand Prix racing for the next…
For those of you following La Carrera Panamericana – I know we have some Mexican readers in the UK and some fans who know Jo Ramirez from his time in Formula One – the news is not so good with two days to run.
Yesterday was a dreadful day for the…
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Previously on these pages, to re-phrase the opening titles of the best American soaps, we have examined why most are merely very good while a few are great.
Following a slight diversion via Milan and Giacomo Agostini (below with Rossi), I am ‘visiting’ this subject again today as we count down…
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Dear Nigel,
In June of 1977 I was wandering through the paddock of Mont Tremblant when I found myself standing in front the Wolf Can-Am car… These where those modified F5000 cars. (This was the weekend Brian Redman’s car got airborne on the back straight and Brian had quite an accident.) I remember looking directly into one driver’s eyes and he looked tired and frankly a bit scared. The driver of course was Chris Amon and I think this was his last motor race. I had seen Chris race in many Canadian Grand Prix and Can-Am races at Mosport and St Jovite. I had to wonder how such a talented drive ended up in that car. What are your recollections of the latter stages of Chris Amon’s career?
Craig Rowsell
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
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 the…
It’s not often that you get the chance to be flown out to Germany, drive a race car and be flown back in time for supper that evening. In fact, much to everyone’s disappointment, it never happens. So when my editor asked whether I wanted to go and drive the…
A memorial service will be held this Sunday, October 12 in his hometown, Sunbury-on-Thames, for longtime Newman/Haas/Lanigan crewman Davey Evans who was killed in Indianapolis last May. The service will take place at two o’clock Sunday afternoon at St. Mary’s Parish Church on Church Street and any friends or colleagues…
I’ve been thinking. Well, you need some thinking time when the editor is asking for a couple of blogs each week, preferably opinionated. A little humour is also allowed, maybe taking us down a track other than that of the racing variety.
Anyway, where was I? Yes. What an extraordinary century…
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Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening.
Sorry, just returning to normal life.
Well, how was it for you? How did we judge the first ever Grand Prix race to be run at night?
To have been there must surely have been a thrilling experience, especially in such an intoxicating city, a place that combines…
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