Author Archive
Book
Book Review: Mansell and Williams by Nigel Mansell and Derick Allsop
During the British Grand Prix, it was good to see former champ Nigel Mansell as race steward letting Kimi, Fernando and Sebastian do their thing on the track without the stewards intervening and getting over zealous by dishing ...
DVD
DVD Review: British Grand Prix Greats
In the aftermath of the British Grand Prix and Lewis’ victory, I dug up and re-watched an old DVD documentary “British Grand Prix Greats”. Although the DVD case looks very nondescript, the actual content of th...
Book
Book Review: Murray Walker Unless I’m very much mistaken by Murray Walker
With the British GP on this weekend, I decided to have read of the autobiography of Murray Walker, the famous retired BBC F1 commentator. UK fans will of course, recognise Murray as an institution with his well known over the t...
Blog Posts
Is F1 losing its mojo?
It’s been a while since I wrote a personal opinion post but with all the debate raging about this season’s reg changes, the decline of the spectacle of F1, cost cutting, etc. – I thought I would give my 2cents...
Book
Book Review: 250 Grand Prix Wins 1965-1991″ by Alan Henry
With the return to Austria this weekend, it reminded me of the old 70’s and 80’s races so I decided to grab Alan Henry’s tribute to Goodyear racing in “250 Grand Prix Wins: 1965-1991” off the shelf...
Book
Book Review: McLaren the epic years by Alan Henry
While Jenson picked up an opportunistic 4th in Montreal, McLaren fans will recognise the team’s form is waning in transition to Honda. When the team races without any iconic livery design, they are usually floundering. A ...
