Get updates automaticallyI have just surfaced after a bout of enforced inactivity.
First, an operation on my right hand, with subsequent physiotherapy. Then came a rather nasty ‘lurgy’ which rendered me listless and spaced out, not to mention some aches and pains from a chest infection. Ah, the joys of winter in England.
Actually,…
The fact that he was only 1.5 seconds off the fastest time in Barcelona on Monday, tends to suggest that the five-time World Rally Champion isn’t half bad in a Formula 1 car…
The Frenchman tested at a damp Silverstone in order to acclimatise himself with the car and then took…
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…
By Rob Widdows | 2 Comments
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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…
By Rob Widdows | 7 Comments
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Wales Rally GB, the final round of the high-octane FIA World Rally Championship, takes place from 4-7 December 2008, and you can be part of it.
Motor Sport has teamed up with Wales Rally GB to offer readers the chance to win a pair of one-day passes to access all stages…
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…
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…
By Rob Widdows | 6 Comments
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