It’s in the lap of the gods…
I’ve been thinking. Yeah, I know, but bear with me. As the days get shorter, we approach the penultimate race of this extraordinary season of Grand Prix racing. The year…
I’ve been thinking. Yeah, I know, but bear with me. As the days get shorter, we approach the penultimate race of this extraordinary season of Grand Prix racing. The year…
OK, I’m back. Apologies for the silence but it proved to be somewhat tricky to send dispatches from the Grande Festival de Classicos at Portimao, this being due to the…
I have been asked to get back to the blogging, from which I have been absent these past weeks. So here I am. Where have I been hiding? All over…
I wonder if, like me, you are partial to the music of Frank Zappa? In one of his more philosophical moments, Zappa opined that the mind is like a parachute.…
During the second week of July we will be looking forward to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Rally Bulgaria and the Le Mans Classic in France. It’s a busy…
My thanks to those of you who have so mercilessly pointed out the weaknesses in my 2010 motor sport predictions. I do like a bit of feedback… I am a…
So Fernando Alonso has insured his thumbs for the sum of 10 million euros. Now, it’s not unusual for athletes or film stars or models to insure a body part,…
A few days ago I was fortunate to watch a truly enthralling sporting spectacle. Now, I’ve seen my share of great events, so I have comparisons. Yet, in my view,…
My old friend Matt and I were returning home from White Hart Lane, where we had witnessed a rather lacklustre defeat of Portsmouth by Tottenham Hotspur, when we got to…
Thursday March 18 was a good day, with the launch of the 2010 Goodwood season in a perfect English setting. Racing cars look so good outside Goodwood House. It just…
Sitting here watching the morning practice session in Bahrain, I am startled to see the new Lotus-Cosworth running round some eight or nine seconds off the early pace. That’s how…
The launch of the new Lotus Grand Prix car in London last week got me thinking. At last something has – I haven’t been inspired to put pen to blog…