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An injustice if ever there was one.
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
An injustice if ever there was one.
What a lovely unassuming chap he comes across as.
January 31, 2026 at 5:25 PM
What a lovely unassuming chap he comes across as.
Colour! No black carbon fibre in sight and drivers easily recognisable by the helmet colours they used throughout their careers. Great memories growing up.
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Colour! No black carbon fibre in sight and drivers easily recognisable by the helmet colours they used throughout their careers. Great memories growing up.
There is obviously no comparison, but Gilles’ first GP was also my first GP. The last time I saw him he was rearranging the catch fencing at the exit from Woodcote in ‘81.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
There is obviously no comparison, but Gilles’ first GP was also my first GP. The last time I saw him he was rearranging the catch fencing at the exit from Woodcote in ‘81.
People bandy the word ‘hero’ about to readily these days, especially when talking about sport.
However, Grover-Williams defines what a true hero is, in my view.
However, Grover-Williams defines what a true hero is, in my view.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
People bandy the word ‘hero’ about to readily these days, especially when talking about sport.
However, Grover-Williams defines what a true hero is, in my view.
However, Grover-Williams defines what a true hero is, in my view.
Happy Anniversary to you both.
I waited until I was 48 to get married almost 14 years ago. I took my time but it was the best decision I ever made.
I hope you and Angel have a lovely day and many more wonderful years to come ♥️
I waited until I was 48 to get married almost 14 years ago. I took my time but it was the best decision I ever made.
I hope you and Angel have a lovely day and many more wonderful years to come ♥️
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Happy Anniversary to you both.
I waited until I was 48 to get married almost 14 years ago. I took my time but it was the best decision I ever made.
I hope you and Angel have a lovely day and many more wonderful years to come ♥️
I waited until I was 48 to get married almost 14 years ago. I took my time but it was the best decision I ever made.
I hope you and Angel have a lovely day and many more wonderful years to come ♥️
You took me right back to my teenage years, the anticipation & not having instant access to anything.
I must admit I ‘Google Mapped’ the circuit in Buenos Aries. Goodness me…it’s certainly been designed by ‘people,’ and it’s still there, in all its forms, unlike some circuits you mentioned.
I must admit I ‘Google Mapped’ the circuit in Buenos Aries. Goodness me…it’s certainly been designed by ‘people,’ and it’s still there, in all its forms, unlike some circuits you mentioned.
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You took me right back to my teenage years, the anticipation & not having instant access to anything.
I must admit I ‘Google Mapped’ the circuit in Buenos Aries. Goodness me…it’s certainly been designed by ‘people,’ and it’s still there, in all its forms, unlike some circuits you mentioned.
I must admit I ‘Google Mapped’ the circuit in Buenos Aries. Goodness me…it’s certainly been designed by ‘people,’ and it’s still there, in all its forms, unlike some circuits you mentioned.
Happy Birthday Matt, and a Merry Christmas to you, Angel and your family.
Thank you for keeping us amused, informed and (often in my case) reflective, be it in your written columns, articles, pod casts or posts on here.
Have a great New Year.
Thank you for keeping us amused, informed and (often in my case) reflective, be it in your written columns, articles, pod casts or posts on here.
Have a great New Year.
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy Birthday Matt, and a Merry Christmas to you, Angel and your family.
Thank you for keeping us amused, informed and (often in my case) reflective, be it in your written columns, articles, pod casts or posts on here.
Have a great New Year.
Thank you for keeping us amused, informed and (often in my case) reflective, be it in your written columns, articles, pod casts or posts on here.
Have a great New Year.
I’ve seen these beast run individually and they’re an assault on the senses.
I can only imagine what it must have felt like to see a full grid of them in action.
I can only imagine what it must have felt like to see a full grid of them in action.
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’ve seen these beast run individually and they’re an assault on the senses.
I can only imagine what it must have felt like to see a full grid of them in action.
I can only imagine what it must have felt like to see a full grid of them in action.
Mine was apparently also the South African GP.
28th December 1963. Prince George Circuit in East London.
Won by Jim Clark in a Lotus Climax.
I guess people never got their Autocourse on Christmas Day back then, either.
28th December 1963. Prince George Circuit in East London.
Won by Jim Clark in a Lotus Climax.
I guess people never got their Autocourse on Christmas Day back then, either.
December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mine was apparently also the South African GP.
28th December 1963. Prince George Circuit in East London.
Won by Jim Clark in a Lotus Climax.
I guess people never got their Autocourse on Christmas Day back then, either.
28th December 1963. Prince George Circuit in East London.
Won by Jim Clark in a Lotus Climax.
I guess people never got their Autocourse on Christmas Day back then, either.
Very moving.
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Very moving.
Only 54. What might have been…
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Only 54. What might have been…
I have two memories of Clay. The first is me peering through the fence at the Brands Hatch grid with Clay in a Shadow lined up opposite me.
The second is a year later at Silverstone, in the stands on the approach to Woodcote and the guy with the Swiss flag having a meltdown!
The second is a year later at Silverstone, in the stands on the approach to Woodcote and the guy with the Swiss flag having a meltdown!
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I have two memories of Clay. The first is me peering through the fence at the Brands Hatch grid with Clay in a Shadow lined up opposite me.
The second is a year later at Silverstone, in the stands on the approach to Woodcote and the guy with the Swiss flag having a meltdown!
The second is a year later at Silverstone, in the stands on the approach to Woodcote and the guy with the Swiss flag having a meltdown!
It’s a wonderful book.
My mum loved Emerson in the 70’s, not because of his racing exploits but because of his appearance in a Texaco TV ad with John Cleese, of all things!
I spoke to him at Goodwood a couple of years ago for 20 secs. I was still starstruck despite my age.
Happy Birthday Emmo.
My mum loved Emerson in the 70’s, not because of his racing exploits but because of his appearance in a Texaco TV ad with John Cleese, of all things!
I spoke to him at Goodwood a couple of years ago for 20 secs. I was still starstruck despite my age.
Happy Birthday Emmo.
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s a wonderful book.
My mum loved Emerson in the 70’s, not because of his racing exploits but because of his appearance in a Texaco TV ad with John Cleese, of all things!
I spoke to him at Goodwood a couple of years ago for 20 secs. I was still starstruck despite my age.
Happy Birthday Emmo.
My mum loved Emerson in the 70’s, not because of his racing exploits but because of his appearance in a Texaco TV ad with John Cleese, of all things!
I spoke to him at Goodwood a couple of years ago for 20 secs. I was still starstruck despite my age.
Happy Birthday Emmo.
Well done Lando.
Max must be rueing the red mist moment in Spain (whatever he says).
I’m also pleased that the title wasn’t decided on the difference in points between 2nd and 3rd (Italian switcharoo).
A magnificent achievement. So happy for him.
Max must be rueing the red mist moment in Spain (whatever he says).
I’m also pleased that the title wasn’t decided on the difference in points between 2nd and 3rd (Italian switcharoo).
A magnificent achievement. So happy for him.
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Well done Lando.
Max must be rueing the red mist moment in Spain (whatever he says).
I’m also pleased that the title wasn’t decided on the difference in points between 2nd and 3rd (Italian switcharoo).
A magnificent achievement. So happy for him.
Max must be rueing the red mist moment in Spain (whatever he says).
I’m also pleased that the title wasn’t decided on the difference in points between 2nd and 3rd (Italian switcharoo).
A magnificent achievement. So happy for him.
I was hooked from the moment I saw him win an F1 race in the monsoon that was the 1978 International Trophy….it was my second F1 race and I had a new hero.
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I was hooked from the moment I saw him win an F1 race in the monsoon that was the 1978 International Trophy….it was my second F1 race and I had a new hero.
Thank goodness for a voice of calm and reason.
It sometimes seems to me that everything has to be dressed up as a conspiracy theory these days.
It sometimes seems to me that everything has to be dressed up as a conspiracy theory these days.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Thank goodness for a voice of calm and reason.
It sometimes seems to me that everything has to be dressed up as a conspiracy theory these days.
It sometimes seems to me that everything has to be dressed up as a conspiracy theory these days.
I was 12 when mum woke me up, crying. “Graham Hill has died” she said.
I’d never seen her cry, except when family had passed. That’s what GH meant to people of that generation.
Tony Brise could have been up on my bedroom wall with my posters of James Hunt.
Today I cry for what might have been.
I’d never seen her cry, except when family had passed. That’s what GH meant to people of that generation.
Tony Brise could have been up on my bedroom wall with my posters of James Hunt.
Today I cry for what might have been.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I was 12 when mum woke me up, crying. “Graham Hill has died” she said.
I’d never seen her cry, except when family had passed. That’s what GH meant to people of that generation.
Tony Brise could have been up on my bedroom wall with my posters of James Hunt.
Today I cry for what might have been.
I’d never seen her cry, except when family had passed. That’s what GH meant to people of that generation.
Tony Brise could have been up on my bedroom wall with my posters of James Hunt.
Today I cry for what might have been.
Kubica is still a superstar in my wife’s home country. 15 years ago when I first went there his picture was on hoardings everywhere and his face on tv adverts.
Nothing much has changed and this year with Le Mans, well…
Nothing much has changed and this year with Le Mans, well…
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Kubica is still a superstar in my wife’s home country. 15 years ago when I first went there his picture was on hoardings everywhere and his face on tv adverts.
Nothing much has changed and this year with Le Mans, well…
Nothing much has changed and this year with Le Mans, well…
Forty-three years later I still remember watching him literally walk on water in a F2 Maurer at a sodden International Trophy at Silverstone. No doubt in my mind that he would have been an F1 World Champion.
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Forty-three years later I still remember watching him literally walk on water in a F2 Maurer at a sodden International Trophy at Silverstone. No doubt in my mind that he would have been an F1 World Champion.
I would like to think that had the last race of 1981 been held on a ‘proper’ circuit, then Carlos would have been Champion.
We will never know, but I’d like to put it down to ‘a bad day in the office.’
A thought provoking read, Matt.
We will never know, but I’d like to put it down to ‘a bad day in the office.’
A thought provoking read, Matt.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I would like to think that had the last race of 1981 been held on a ‘proper’ circuit, then Carlos would have been Champion.
We will never know, but I’d like to put it down to ‘a bad day in the office.’
A thought provoking read, Matt.
We will never know, but I’d like to put it down to ‘a bad day in the office.’
A thought provoking read, Matt.
Caesars Palace, 1981 and what on earth happened to Carlos?
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Caesars Palace, 1981 and what on earth happened to Carlos?
What sticks in my mind from that day is Damon’s response. Total respect for that man.
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What sticks in my mind from that day is Damon’s response. Total respect for that man.