Jake Boxall-Legge
@jakeybl.bsky.social
F1 Writer at Autosport. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
The mythology of Adrian Newey, in meme form
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The mythology of Adrian Newey, in meme form
How to work out who's cool and who isn't: use the word "cromulent" in an article and check the reactions.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
How to work out who's cool and who isn't: use the word "cromulent" in an article and check the reactions.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Five back-to-back world championships won by a Belgian - @filipcleeren.bsky.social must be delighted!
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Five back-to-back world championships won by a Belgian - @filipcleeren.bsky.social must be delighted!
Last #F1 Friday of the year - and here's how it's all shaping up for Abu Dhabi.
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
What we learned from Friday practice at the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP
The three-way battle between Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri will conclude in Abu Dhabi, where the victor will be crowned as 2025's F1 champion. And, as practice shows, it's going to b...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Last #F1 Friday of the year - and here's how it's all shaping up for Abu Dhabi.
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
Because I'm sure everyone was curious as to what noises I expose my ears...
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Because I'm sure everyone was curious as to what noises I expose my ears...
Behind the scenes from #LasVegasGP FP2 of the marshal reporting a moving manhole cover:
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Behind the scenes from #LasVegasGP FP2 of the marshal reporting a moving manhole cover:
Rewatching Canada 2011, and this pops up during the two-hour-long rain delay.
DC on comms: "He looks like he's got that guy backed into a corner"
Gee I wonder who "that guy" is...
DC on comms: "He looks like he's got that guy backed into a corner"
Gee I wonder who "that guy" is...
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rewatching Canada 2011, and this pops up during the two-hour-long rain delay.
DC on comms: "He looks like he's got that guy backed into a corner"
Gee I wonder who "that guy" is...
DC on comms: "He looks like he's got that guy backed into a corner"
Gee I wonder who "that guy" is...
REVEALED - Lando Norris' repercussions for his Singapore GP incident with Oscar Piastri:
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
REVEALED - Lando Norris' repercussions for his Singapore GP incident with Oscar Piastri:
My bit with Oscar is in this week's mag - with a tenuous comparison to a tennis great.
Buy it at whatever WHSmith is called now, or your local newsagents (and feel free to put the other copies on the front row of the newsstands)
Buy it at whatever WHSmith is called now, or your local newsagents (and feel free to put the other copies on the front row of the newsstands)
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My bit with Oscar is in this week's mag - with a tenuous comparison to a tennis great.
Buy it at whatever WHSmith is called now, or your local newsagents (and feel free to put the other copies on the front row of the newsstands)
Buy it at whatever WHSmith is called now, or your local newsagents (and feel free to put the other copies on the front row of the newsstands)
What is Oscar Piastri's approach to fighting for an #F1 title? How has he improved since joining the grid in 2023?
All of this and more in an exclusive interview with the man himself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y1...
All of this and more in an exclusive interview with the man himself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y1...
Oscar Piastri Exclusive: From Rookie to F1 Title Contender in His Own Words
YouTube video by Autosport
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August 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What is Oscar Piastri's approach to fighting for an #F1 title? How has he improved since joining the grid in 2023?
All of this and more in an exclusive interview with the man himself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y1...
All of this and more in an exclusive interview with the man himself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y1...
I wish I could be half the interviewer that Roddick is - this is great.
July 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish I could be half the interviewer that Roddick is - this is great.
We've been discussing our favourite F1 seasons on our Retro podcast.
Here's mine; you can listen to it during a variety of different situations:
- In the car
- While doing the washing up
- Walking the dog
- Audio testing at Glastonbury
- Funerals
- and more!
audioboom.com/posts/873749...
Here's mine; you can listen to it during a variety of different situations:
- In the car
- While doing the washing up
- Walking the dog
- Audio testing at Glastonbury
- Funerals
- and more!
audioboom.com/posts/873749...
My Favourite F1 Season - Jake Boxall-Legge's 1999
Welcome back to Episode 7 of "My Favourite F1 Season" on Autosport Retro, the series where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters from around the ...
audioboom.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We've been discussing our favourite F1 seasons on our Retro podcast.
Here's mine; you can listen to it during a variety of different situations:
- In the car
- While doing the washing up
- Walking the dog
- Audio testing at Glastonbury
- Funerals
- and more!
audioboom.com/posts/873749...
Here's mine; you can listen to it during a variety of different situations:
- In the car
- While doing the washing up
- Walking the dog
- Audio testing at Glastonbury
- Funerals
- and more!
audioboom.com/posts/873749...
Done a bit on Red Bull's Montreal appeal. As you can probably tell, it wound me up a bit: www.autosport.com/f1/news/red-...
Red Bull crying foul after Canadian GP underlined the need for bigger F1 protest fees
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June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Done a bit on Red Bull's Montreal appeal. As you can probably tell, it wound me up a bit: www.autosport.com/f1/news/red-...
I might be overthinking this but I genuinely don't know how to refer to Monaco's hairpin in copy. I think we need an arbitration board to decide if it's Station, Loews, Fairmont, Grand Hotel, Leclerc Corner, or Tighty Lefty Roundy-Round.
#MonacoGP
#MonacoGP
May 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I might be overthinking this but I genuinely don't know how to refer to Monaco's hairpin in copy. I think we need an arbitration board to decide if it's Station, Loews, Fairmont, Grand Hotel, Leclerc Corner, or Tighty Lefty Roundy-Round.
#MonacoGP
#MonacoGP
Crunched the numbers from #ImolaGP practice. Feel free to read it right now. Or whenever's convenient for you...maybe next year?
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
What we learned from Friday practice at Imola
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May 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Crunched the numbers from #ImolaGP practice. Feel free to read it right now. Or whenever's convenient for you...maybe next year?
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
Penned this week's Autosports cover feature on the situation at Red Bull - the Schrödinger's title contender this season.
Pop down to your local papyrus merchant and trade a few mere gold coins for the latest edition ⬇️
#F1
Pop down to your local papyrus merchant and trade a few mere gold coins for the latest edition ⬇️
#F1
May 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Penned this week's Autosports cover feature on the situation at Red Bull - the Schrödinger's title contender this season.
Pop down to your local papyrus merchant and trade a few mere gold coins for the latest edition ⬇️
#F1
Pop down to your local papyrus merchant and trade a few mere gold coins for the latest edition ⬇️
#F1
Verstappen was over a tenth down on his previous best in the opening seven corners of his #MiamiGP pole lap.
Wanna know how he recovered to do the job, and where Lando Norris just missed out? This might help:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...
Wanna know how he recovered to do the job, and where Lando Norris just missed out? This might help:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...
How Verstappen recovered from Miami GP qualifying mis-step to claim pole
www.autosport.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Verstappen was over a tenth down on his previous best in the opening seven corners of his #MiamiGP pole lap.
Wanna know how he recovered to do the job, and where Lando Norris just missed out? This might help:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...
Wanna know how he recovered to do the job, and where Lando Norris just missed out? This might help:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...
"See the boy, five dollars - or call him 24 hours a day on KimiChat"
April 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"See the boy, five dollars - or call him 24 hours a day on KimiChat"
Honestly believe Red Bull has a much better car than it says it does - but it's making Verstappen work harder to reach the extremities of its performance level.
Here's a bit on that:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/prob...
Here's a bit on that:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/prob...
Problem child or mercurial genius? Red Bull's RB21 is flighty, but can be faster than the McLaren
www.autosport.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Honestly believe Red Bull has a much better car than it says it does - but it's making Verstappen work harder to reach the extremities of its performance level.
Here's a bit on that:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/prob...
Here's a bit on that:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/prob...
No real long runs to go on after the #SaudiArabianGP red flag in FP2, but there's a few things we can read into it:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
What we learned in Friday practice for the 2025 Saudi Arabian GP
www.autosport.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No real long runs to go on after the #SaudiArabianGP red flag in FP2, but there's a few things we can read into it:
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...
Grumpy opinion: I genuinely believe people should only get to take one piece of hand luggage on board a plane - and it should only be backpack sized.
The amount of time lost to people trying to stuff their little wheely suitcase into an already full overhead bin is wild...
The amount of time lost to people trying to stuff their little wheely suitcase into an already full overhead bin is wild...
April 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Grumpy opinion: I genuinely believe people should only get to take one piece of hand luggage on board a plane - and it should only be backpack sized.
The amount of time lost to people trying to stuff their little wheely suitcase into an already full overhead bin is wild...
The amount of time lost to people trying to stuff their little wheely suitcase into an already full overhead bin is wild...
That won't buff out
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
That won't buff out