We all know that Mario Andretti was one of the world’s most versatile drivers, winning in Formula 1, Indycars and long-distance sports cars, as well as NASCAR stock cars, sprint cars and USAC dirt championship cars. He enjoyed a long career, racing successfully into his fifties, so what was his… Read more
Tag: Nigel Mansell
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How Mario worked his magic
January 18th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 11 Comments
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The magic month of May
May 20th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 12 Comments
What a weekend we have in store. The Indianapolis 500 and the Grand Prix of Monaco. I do like the month of May.
So much is good about both Indy and Monaco. So much of these two events is what motor racing is all about. And yet they could hardly… Read more -
The two sides of Mansell
Dear Nigel,
I wanted to ask you for your recollections of Nigel Mansell. Having witnessed much of the ‘Nigel-mania’ in the ’80s, I wondered why he has been mentioned so rarely in the past few years.Do you think he was only interesting in those few years of spectacle and not worthy of being remembered as an important personality in Formula 1? Silly behaviour and all, but he was a very strong and spectacular racer for several years, and his fight with Piquet was quite spicy on and off the track.
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Guess who’s back…
July 17th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 4 CommentsI have been on a secret mission. I feel a little like Tintin, travelling unexpectedly into unfamiliar territory again, briefed to separate the fact from the fiction. Unlike Tintin, I have no help from the resourceful Captain Haddock.
Anyway, my cover has been blown, the secret is out. Another well… Read more -
Robbie runner-up as Swiss take title
May 7th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | No Comments
A showdown for the A1GP championship seemed an unlikely prospect, even if it was mathematically plausible. As the teams arrived at Brands Hatch 29 points separated the Swiss from the New Zealanders, the advantage very much with Neel Jani after an impressively consistent season.
As events unfolded at this wonderful… Read more
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Watching and waiting
January 30th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 4 Comments
The passage of time means different things to different people. For a geologist, two hundred and fifty million years is a long time. For us motor racing nuts, seven weeks is a long time. That’s how long it is until the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. And it seems more… Read more




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