Nigel Roebuck’s Legends: René Dreyfus
One of the many pleasures in going to New York used to be dinner with René Dreyfus, who personified the word ‘gentleman’ like few folk I have known. It would…
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In 1988 Ben Johnson was first across the line in the 100 metres final at the Seoul Olympic Games. Those words are chosen carefully, for the Canadian sprinter did not…
Mercedes-Benz went to Monza for the 1938 Italian Grand Prix fully expecting to win. And with good reason, for their 3-litre supercharged W154 had won all six of the previous…
The demands of the season being what they are, I spend less time in my house in Normandy than I would like; but whenever! do get over there, a few…
One of the many pleasures in going to New York used to be dinner with René Dreyfus, who personified the word ‘gentleman’ like few folk I have known. It would…
We all remember our first grand prix. You can watch it for years on the television but until you actually go and watch a gridful of Formula 1 cars come past, feel…
How do you put together a new Formula One car in Bognor Regis, with an assembly team switched from making refrigerators, and expect anything but trouble? Well, the Lec CRP1…
It was a novel, if not naïve, concept: bringing 10 of the best and bravest IndyCar drivers from America to Italy to compete against an equal number of Formula 1’s…
If it knows anything at all of him, the general public is more cognisant of events around him than it is of the personality of Flavio Briatore. Last year he…
I am sometimes asked about past Williams drivers and Carlos Reutemann in particular, who is always referred to as enigmatic because he was sparing with his true thoughts and often…
In 1988 Ben Johnson was first across the line in the 100 metres final at the Seoul Olympic Games. Those words are chosen carefully, for the Canadian sprinter did not…
Mercedes-Benz went to Monza for the 1938 Italian Grand Prix fully expecting to win. And with good reason, for their 3-litre supercharged W154 had won all six of the previous…
The demands of the season being what they are, I spend less time in my house in Normandy than I would like; but whenever! do get over there, a few…
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