Tag: Derek Bell

• Video Podcast – Goodwood FoS 2009

  July 7th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 12 Comments
  

  The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the most important car events of the year. It attracts Formula 1 teams and drivers, fanatical historic racers and some of the most interesting cars to have ever graced a track, and everything in-between. Motor Sport was there with its video camera… Read more

  Sections: Formula 1, Historic Racing, Sportscars, Video podcasts, Videos

  Tags: Derek Bell, Festival of Speed, Goodwood, Jacky Ickx, Kris Meeke, Sebastien Loeb

• A chink in the armour

  March 19th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 6 Comments
  

  The men from Ingolstadt were in sombre mood at the end of the 2008 Sebring 12 Hours. For the first time this century they failed to win. Worse still, it was the men from Stuttgart who were first to reach the chequered flag. It could have been worse, it could… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Other reports, Sportscars

  Tags: Allan McNish, Audi, Derek Bell, Engineer, IMSA, Le Mans, Marco Werner, Mechanic, Penske, Peugeot, Porsche, Rinaldo Capello, Roger Penske, Sebring, TDi, Turbo, Wolfgang Ullrich

• A time for optimism

  February 26th, 2008 | Damien Smith | No Comments
  

  The start of a new Grand Prix season is always a time for optimism. One tends to look forward to what lies ahead, not back on what has passed – which is just as well considering the events of 2007 in Formula 1.
  But for all the sad controversy of… Read more

  Sections: Magazine, Notes from the Editor

  Tags: Alan Jones, Daytona, Derek Bell, Gordon Kirby, JYS, Lewis Hamilton, Lunch With, Riley-Pontiac, Rob Widdows, Roger Penske, Simon Taylor, Sir Jackie Stewart, Track

• Derek Bell at Daytona

  February 19th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 6 Comments
  

  It all began with a telephone call from his son.
  “Hey Dad, one of our drivers has pulled out, how about you come and drive with us? We’re testing next week, why don’t you come along?” said Justin Bell who was due to race a Riley-Pontiac for RVO Motorsports in… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Personalities, Sportscars

  Tags: AJ Foyt, Al Unser, Brian Redman, Derek Bell, Emerson Fittipaldi, Justin Bell, Le Mans, Paul Dallenbach, Riley-Pontiac, Tonis Kasemets, Toyota

• Big things in Littlehampton

  February 13th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 1 Comment
  

  I went to Littlehampton this week, a little town by the sea that has many good memories for me.
  At the beginning of my journalistic career I spent three years as a reporter on the Littlehampton Gazette, now called the Arun Gazette, presumably in deference to the River Arun which… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Historic Racing

  Tags: David Purley, Derek Bell, Editor, Goodwood Festival of Speed, John Watson, Le Mans, Magazine, Max Chilton, Mike Earle