Features editor
Rob was brought up on racing, being taken to Goodwood as a small child and devouring his father’s copies of Motor Sport. During a career in newspaper, radio and TV journalism he created the ‘Track Torque’ motorsport show on radio and was Indycar commentator for Eurosport before co-founding the Festival of Speed and Revival events. He was marketing director of the Goodwood Road Racing Company.
“Racing’s comin’ at ya” proclaimed the headline on the front page of the Daytona Beach News-Journal as I made my …
We are in the silly season, a period of posturing and positioning. The Grand Prix teams, and their drivers, are …
Today, in case you had not noticed, is Friday the thirteenth of January. Lucky for some, not so for others. …
The New Year’s honours list for 2012 was, as ever, a matter of interest for the motor racing industry. This …
Oh no, I hear you groan, he’s surely not going to give us another list of his favourite moments of …
Why on earth does the Renault-soon-to-be-Lotus Grand Prix team allow its new number one driver Kimi Räikkönen to race a …
I was like so many people very sad to hear that Peter Gethin had died. The news came to me …
Life on a monthly motor racing magazine can sometimes be a little disorientating. This is because we are constantly thinking, …
It’s that time of year again – time to head west for Wales Rally GB, the final round in the …
A funny thing happened on the way to the chequered flag in a two-hour race for Sports & GT cars …
So, what did we think about the manner in which Sebastian Vettel departed the grid at the start of the …
Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull. Possibly the four most typed, texted and tweeted words in the world of Formula 1 racing …
Monza on my mind. Sounds like some kind of Italian country and western song, if you can imagine such a …
Spa-Francorchamps. The very words have a sense of excitement, of anticipation, don’t they? Grand Prix cars howling and wailing through …
The big question as we approach the German Grand Prix is this: can Ferrari win another one? Has Fernando Alonso …
The British Grand Prix at Silverstone. What a wonderful event it is, and what a race it was. As with …
If a child was asked to draw an F1 car with their left hand... it would look a LOT better than the 2012 Ferrari.
RT @sniffpetrol: Ferrari F1 design computer revealed: pic.twitter.com/BwEpS6ft
Why has Ferrari built its new F1 car out of Lego? Surely it won't pass the FIA crash test...
RT @harrismonkey: @Andrew_Frankel Apparently Torsen diff standard, proper locker optional. Does good skids with Torsen.
Toyota GT86 will cost £24,995. But does it include a diff? If tempted (and you should be) just keep clear of the auto.
It's a Williams Formula 1 special this month! Simon Taylor has lunch with Patrick Head – who has also taken us through the intricacies of the FW14B, while Nigel Roebuck writes about the team's early days. It's not to be missed.
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