Saturday is the anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve at Zolder in 1982. I still recall Gilles’s four years in Formula Atlantic, and his 1976 season in particular when he won all but one race and began his leap to Formula 1 legend status with Ferrari. Back in 1976… Read more
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Remembering Gilles at play
May 6th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 19 Comments
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Psychological battles
Dear Nigel,
Having just watched both the qualifying at Melbourne and highlights of the 1969 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, courtesy of YouTube, I was struck by the enormous gulf between F1 then and now. I was born in 1974 and my earliest memories of motor racing come from… -
Crystal-clear memories
Dear Nigel,
To my mind you’re the best racing journalist I’ve ever read, and Motor Sport has to be the most factual racing mag.
My question is this: were you a regular spectator at Crystal Palace and did you view from North Tower?
Each time I’ve passed you in a… -
Cevert was secure at Tyrrell
Dear Nigel,
In 1973, we lost François Cevert in a horrific qualifying accident at the US GP at Watkins Glen. My question is: did François know at the time of his accident that Tyrrell was retaining him for 1974? Jody Scheckter was confirmed for Tyrrell that weekend. He and Cevert had been involved in an accident in the previous round in Canada and François had hurt his ankle. He was quite angry with Jody.Anyone watching Cevert over the US GP weekend thought he was driving a bit over the limit. Do you think that caused him to loose it in the uphill section? Did Arturo Mezario, blending into the course from the pits, affect his line?
And finally, did he have a solid offer to go to Ferrari in ’74? As we know, François had an amazing season, with six second places, three of them 1-2 with Jackie Stewart. It’s very sad that we lost him before he reached his peak.
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Jody Scheckter’s mozzarella mission
February 15th, 2009 | Web Editor | 3 Comments
Jody Scheckter, the 1979 World Champion, recently launched his own mozzarella from his organic farm Laverstoke Park.
It’s not very ‘Motor Sport‘ to upload a video of cheese making, but I suppose it’s not every day that an ex-Formula 1 champion takes to the world of organic farming. Nor I… Read more
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Latest Issue – May 2008
March 25th, 2008 | Web EditorNigel Roebuck remembers Jim Clark
It’s 40 years since the Scottish double World Champion’s death rocked a generation
Clark in the USA
Dan Gurney and Mario Andretti recall how the Lotus star took Indianapolis by storm
The final race
Jim Clark didn’t want to be at Hockenheim on April 7… Read more
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