Dear Nigel,
We all know that you are anti-Ferrari/Italian, but my question is why? Is it solely because you are British?
Marco Cimmarusti
Dear Marco,
Forgive me, but I’m astounded that you should think me anti-Ferrari or, for that matter, anti-Italy. I’ve often said, half-jokingly, that if you didn’t need…
Dear Nigel,
On the evidence of the Bahrain Grand Prix, this season may turn out to be a huge letdown. After four very good years and, despite the pre-season hype, I really hoped this could be a classic in the mould of 1982 and ’86.
While the rule changes were…
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound reasons – with a great deal of relish. Yet the opening race of the season had been one of the… Read more
60 years of the Formula 1 World Championship
1950s
At the start of the World Championship the Italians ruled, but then came the rise of the Brits
1960s
A decade of technical innovation, with rear-engined cars coming to the fore, led by Lotus and Jim Clark
1970s
The ’60s had been… Read more
Dear Nigel,
Am I alone in being a little disappointed with the first Grand Prix of 2010? Despite a formidable line-up of driver talent, F1 now seems to consist of a short sprint (qualifying) followed by a boring two-hour reliability trial. I suppose the very high standard across the leading teams makes this inevitable, but it does make for a poor entertainment. Surely the answer lies in a radical rethink of the formula: loads of power, ZERO downforce, a limit on minimum drag and minimal electronic driver aids. F1 is a highly promoted bad concept; if it continues down its current path, we’ll all be watching the bikes! What do you think?
Roger Tushingham
Welcome to the first Motor Sport audio podcast of 2010. What does Nigel Roebuck really think about the return of Michael Schumacher and all the other news from the F1 paddock?
Next month we’re joined by 1978 Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti so make sure you ask him a… Read more
There are excellent reasons why Ari Vatanen should be the next president of the FIA – which is why it is unlikely he will be elected to the post in October.
Vatanen, one of the great rally drivers (World Champion in 1981), is a popular and well-respected man in the… Read more
In recent weeks a hot topic of debate has been the cost of the Formula 1 superlicence, which has been greatly – massively – increased for 2009, to the considerable displeasure of the drivers.
Difficult to know what to say about this. On the one hand, one might suggest that… Read more
The start of another year may find you feeling a little ramfeezled. I borrow this wonderful word from the great Scottish poet Robert Burns who was no stranger to the hangover after a night on the whiskies of his birthplace.
But it may not be Christmas and New Year revelling… Read more
Years ago I concluded an interview with Bernie Ecclestone with a question about his relationship with Max Mosley. We all sit there in the press room, I said, and endlessly ask, ‘Well, are they joined at the hip, or what? Are they really at loggerheads about this or that? Or… Read more
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