Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
@thebishf1.bsky.social
Diagonal Comms MD; Racing Pride founding ambassador; MotorSport columnist; podcaster; novelist; petrolhead; snooker buff; Londoner; historian; politico; LGBTQ+
The #F1 world reacted with incredulity to Adrian Newey’s new job title - team principal - but IMHO there was not only method but also logic behind Aston Martin’s apparent madness. Click below to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
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Matt Bishop: Why Newey's new F1 team principal title isn't the real story
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius
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December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The #F1 world reacted with incredulity to Adrian Newey’s new job title - team principal - but IMHO there was not only method but also logic behind Aston Martin’s apparent madness. Click below to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
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Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius.
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
Matt Bishop: Why Newey's new F1 team principal title isn't the real story
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius.
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
Extraordinary #UKChampionship match last night, in which Mark Allen, a fine player & the 2022 champion (pic), played so negatively that a commentating Stephen Hendry said, “This is a form of #Snooker I don’t understand.” It didn’t work, either: Allen lost 6-1. He needs a rethink.
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Extraordinary #UKChampionship match last night, in which Mark Allen, a fine player & the 2022 champion (pic), played so negatively that a commentating Stephen Hendry said, “This is a form of #Snooker I don’t understand.” It didn’t work, either: Allen lost 6-1. He needs a rethink.
Remembering Chris Bristow, born #OnThisDay in ’37. Pic: hard at work in a Cooper T51 at Spa in ’60, the #F1 GP in which he’d lose his life, killed when he went off at Malmedy on lap 20. He was 22.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Remembering Chris Bristow, born #OnThisDay in ’37. Pic: hard at work in a Cooper T51 at Spa in ’60, the #F1 GP in which he’d lose his life, killed when he went off at Malmedy on lap 20. He was 22.
Remembering John Cobb, born #OnThisDay in 1899. Pic: Cobb’s famous & stunning Railton Special, in which he broke the #LandSpeedRecord many times, touching 403mph (649km/h) in ’47. He died in ’52, while attempting to break the #WaterSpeedRecord on Loch Ness.
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Remembering John Cobb, born #OnThisDay in 1899. Pic: Cobb’s famous & stunning Railton Special, in which he broke the #LandSpeedRecord many times, touching 403mph (649km/h) in ’47. He died in ’52, while attempting to break the #WaterSpeedRecord on Loch Ness.
Today is #WorldAidsDay #WorldAidsDay2025. If you’d like to read a novel whose narrative backdrop is the #HIV/#AIDS crisis of the late ’80s & early ’90s, I wrote one 5 years ago. All proceeds go to charity. Click the link below to buy it.
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The Boy Made the Difference
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December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today is #WorldAidsDay #WorldAidsDay2025. If you’d like to read a novel whose narrative backdrop is the #HIV/#AIDS crisis of the late ’80s & early ’90s, I wrote one 5 years ago. All proceeds go to charity. Click the link below to buy it.
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Remembering Guy Tunmer, born #OnThisDay in ’48. He drove one #F1 GP, Kyalami ’75, in one of 2 Gunston Lotus 72s (pic), the other driven by fellow South African Eddie Keizan. But the 72 was past its prime, the 2 aces in the works Lotuses in the midfield with the Gunston cars.
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Remembering Guy Tunmer, born #OnThisDay in ’48. He drove one #F1 GP, Kyalami ’75, in one of 2 Gunston Lotus 72s (pic), the other driven by fellow South African Eddie Keizan. But the 72 was past its prime, the 2 aces in the works Lotuses in the midfield with the Gunston cars.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#HappyBirthday Mika Salo, 59. Pic: scoring Tyrrell’s final #F1 points - 5th, Monaco, ’97 - coolly delivering on Mike Gascoyne’s bold zero-pitstop strategy, the last in F1 history, hatched out of the realisation that a wet #MonacoGP would be time-limited, not distance-limited.
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#HappyBirthday Mika Salo, 59. Pic: scoring Tyrrell’s final #F1 points - 5th, Monaco, ’97 - coolly delivering on Mike Gascoyne’s bold zero-pitstop strategy, the last in F1 history, hatched out of the realisation that a wet #MonacoGP would be time-limited, not distance-limited.
Remembering Trevor Blokdyk, born #OnThisDay in ’35. A ’50s speedway ace in the UK, he gave it up for cars, starting one #F1 GP, the ’63 #SouthAfricanGP, in a Cooper fitted with a 4-pot Maserati engine (pic). He raced for a bit more then returned to Transvaal & became a farmer.
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Remembering Trevor Blokdyk, born #OnThisDay in ’35. A ’50s speedway ace in the UK, he gave it up for cars, starting one #F1 GP, the ’63 #SouthAfricanGP, in a Cooper fitted with a 4-pot Maserati engine (pic). He raced for a bit more then returned to Transvaal & became a farmer.
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
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The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 29/11/2025 · 1h 15m
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
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#OnThisDay 50 years ago Graham Hill died in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise. Click to read my latest #MotorSport column, in which I explain why Brise would have become a superstar.
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www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: 'Tony Brise was set to be F1's next superstar before tragic plane crash'
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been
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November 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#OnThisDay 50 years ago Graham Hill died in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise. Click to read my latest #MotorSport column, in which I explain why Brise would have become a superstar.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Remembering Chuck Daigh, born in Long Beach #OnThisDay in 1923, an engineer/racer who started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a Cooper & 2 in a Scarab, Lance Reventlow’s F1 car whose front-engined layout rendered it obsolete at birth. But what a beauty it was (pic)!
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Remembering Chuck Daigh, born in Long Beach #OnThisDay in 1923, an engineer/racer who started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a Cooper & 2 in a Scarab, Lance Reventlow’s F1 car whose front-engined layout rendered it obsolete at birth. But what a beauty it was (pic)!
Remembering Helmut Niedermayr, born #OnThisDay in 1915, 9th in his sole GP, Nürburgring ’52, in an AFM (pic). A high point? Le Mans ’52, 2nd with Theo Helfrich in a Merc 300SL. A low point? Shunting a Veritas into the Grenzlandring crowd 10 weeks later, killing 13 & injuring 42.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Remembering Helmut Niedermayr, born #OnThisDay in 1915, 9th in his sole GP, Nürburgring ’52, in an AFM (pic). A high point? Le Mans ’52, 2nd with Theo Helfrich in a Merc 300SL. A low point? Shunting a Veritas into the Grenzlandring crowd 10 weeks later, killing 13 & injuring 42.
Frank Williams, founder of the eponymous #F1 team that thrives still, died #OnThisDay 4 years ago, aged 79. He was a truly great man, I knew him well, & I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. Click below to read it.
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Fitness, Spitfires and Beethoven: what fired up Frank Williams away from the F1 track
The man who led Williams to become one of F1's greatest teams had several passions outside racing. Matt Bishop recalls how Beethoven brought his father and Sir Frank Williams together in an emotive Ro...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Frank Williams, founder of the eponymous #F1 team that thrives still, died #OnThisDay 4 years ago, aged 79. He was a truly great man, I knew him well, & I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. Click below to read it.
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Paco Godia died #OnThisDay 35 years ago, aged 69. He drove 13 GPs from ’51 to ’58, & he finished 4th twice (Germany & Italy, ’56). #AnorakFact: he was an art collector, he founded a museum in his native Barcelona, so here’s an arty pic of him: privateer Maserati 250F, Monza, ’57.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Paco Godia died #OnThisDay 35 years ago, aged 69. He drove 13 GPs from ’51 to ’58, & he finished 4th twice (Germany & Italy, ’56). #AnorakFact: he was an art collector, he founded a museum in his native Barcelona, so here’s an arty pic of him: privateer Maserati 250F, Monza, ’57.
Remembering Giancarlo Baghetti, who died #OnThisDay 30 years ago, aged 60. He holds a record that may never be equalled: he won the first #F1 GP he started, the ’61 French, his Ferrari 0.1sec ahead of Dan Gurney’s Porsche at the end, as shown in this superb Bernard Cahier pic.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Remembering Giancarlo Baghetti, who died #OnThisDay 30 years ago, aged 60. He holds a record that may never be equalled: he won the first #F1 GP he started, the ’61 French, his Ferrari 0.1sec ahead of Dan Gurney’s Porsche at the end, as shown in this superb Bernard Cahier pic.
#HappyBirthday Kenny Acheson, 68. A sensation in #FFord, a winner in #F3, #TopFormula & #WEC, & a podiumer in #F2, he started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a RAM-Cosworth in ’83 (pic taken by Cosmo Aletto) & 2 in a RAM-Hart in ’85. Given a go in better F1 cars, he’d have shone: a quick man.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#HappyBirthday Kenny Acheson, 68. A sensation in #FFord, a winner in #F3, #TopFormula & #WEC, & a podiumer in #F2, he started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a RAM-Cosworth in ’83 (pic taken by Cosmo Aletto) & 2 in a RAM-Hart in ’85. Given a go in better F1 cars, he’d have shone: a quick man.
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When Ron Dennis couldn’t handle Haas: "He shouted – gave me s***"
In this month's issue, Guenther Steiner tells @thebishf1.bsky.social about the waves Haas made on its F1 debut: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...
In this month's issue, Guenther Steiner tells @thebishf1.bsky.social about the waves Haas made on its F1 debut: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
When Ron Dennis couldn’t handle Haas: "He shouted – gave me s***"
In this month's issue, Guenther Steiner tells @thebishf1.bsky.social about the waves Haas made on its F1 debut: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...
In this month's issue, Guenther Steiner tells @thebishf1.bsky.social about the waves Haas made on its F1 debut: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...
#HappyBirthday Desiré Wilson, 72, who never raced in a world championship-status #F1 GP even though she was damn’ quick & in ’80 she won an #AuroraAFX (British F1) race at Brands Hatch in an ex-Jody Scheckter Wolf F1 car.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#HappyBirthday Desiré Wilson, 72, who never raced in a world championship-status #F1 GP even though she was damn’ quick & in ’80 she won an #AuroraAFX (British F1) race at Brands Hatch in an ex-Jody Scheckter Wolf F1 car.
Almost exactly 50 years ago the great Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise, who would have become a superstar. Click to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: 'Tony Brise was set to be F1's next superstar before tragic plane crash'
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been
www.motorsportmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Almost exactly 50 years ago the great Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise, who would have become a superstar. Click to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Reposted by Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy December night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in #F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been writes @thebishf1.bsky.social
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3L...
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3L...
Matt Bishop: 'Tony Brise was set to be F1's next superstar before tragic plane crash'
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy December night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been
www.motorsportmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy December night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in #F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been writes @thebishf1.bsky.social
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3L...
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3L...
#OnThisDay in 2018 Lewis Hamilton won the #AbuDhabiGP for Merc - &, keen to show off his #StillIRise back tattoo, he appeared in an unconventional state of undress on the podium. Some people probably didn’t like it, but I thought it was brave, cool & fun.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#OnThisDay in 2018 Lewis Hamilton won the #AbuDhabiGP for Merc - &, keen to show off his #StillIRise back tattoo, he appeared in an unconventional state of undress on the podium. Some people probably didn’t like it, but I thought it was brave, cool & fun.
#OnThisDay in 2012, at Interlagos, McLaren won an #F1 GP for the 182nd time. The 2012 #BrazilGP was also the 15th & last F1 GP win for Jenson Button (pic) - #AnorakFact.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#OnThisDay in 2012, at Interlagos, McLaren won an #F1 GP for the 182nd time. The 2012 #BrazilGP was also the 15th & last F1 GP win for Jenson Button (pic) - #AnorakFact.
Remembering Karl Ed Tommy ‘Slim’ Borgudd, born #OnThisDay in ’46, one-time jazz drummer, mate of Björn Ulvæus, & therefore sponsored by Abba in #F1 (pic: ’81 ATS HGS1). The winner takes it all, sang Abba, but Borgudd started only 10 #F1 GPs, best result 6th, Silverstone, ’81.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Remembering Karl Ed Tommy ‘Slim’ Borgudd, born #OnThisDay in ’46, one-time jazz drummer, mate of Björn Ulvæus, & therefore sponsored by Abba in #F1 (pic: ’81 ATS HGS1). The winner takes it all, sang Abba, but Borgudd started only 10 #F1 GPs, best result 6th, Silverstone, ’81.