Tag: Editor

• Mechanics, Monaco and memories

  May 19th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 8 Comments
  

  First, a note of thanks. Last week I was talking about mechanics – you know, the guys who get all the messing around and none of the credit. I was hoping that a few of these chaps would get in touch and, guess what, they have.
  So my ‘Mechanics Tales’… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1, Personalities

  Tags: BMW, David Coulthard, Editor, Imola, Jackie Stewart, Jenks, Jos Verstappen, Ken Tyrell, McLaren, Mechanics Tales, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Monza, Neil Davis, Neil Trundle, Nurburgring, Paul Stewart Racing, Ron Dennis, Spa-Francorchamps, Suzuka, Woking

• Deliberations from the desert

  April 9th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 7 Comments
  

  Wow, what a week! And, as one of our bloggers remarked, wow, what a speech! The week in Bahrain was, as you might expect, dominated by revelations in the News of the World. As I was parking my car at Heathrow on March 30 I was blissfully unaware of this… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Formula 1, Personalities, Sportscars

  Tags: Bahrain, David Tremayne, Editor, FIA, Jacques Villeneuve, Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert, Mike Earle, Ron Dennis, Stefan Johansson

• Back on the Beeb

  March 26th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 10 Comments
  

  My Editor has asked me to approach my weekly blog in a different way. He’s the Boss, so I will. He wants me to be more controversial, nothing too extreme you understand, but just a bit more opinionated, perhaps. Also, he would like me to keep it shorter. So here… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1, Miscellaneous

  Tags: BBC, Editor, ITV, ITV F1, James Allen, Jeremy Clarkson, Lewis Hamilton, Manchester United, Martin Brundle, Murray Walker, Richard Hammond, Steve Rider, Top Gear

• 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

• A new chapter

  January 29th, 2008 | Damien Smith | No Comments
  

  Well, a new chapter in the long history of Motor Sport has truly begun. Let me explain.
  In last month’s issue we heralded the arrival of new editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck, while I also kicked off my second spell as editor. But the truth is both Nigel and I began our… Read more

  Sections: Magazine, Notes from the Editor

  Tags: Editor, Gordon Kirby, Magazine