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Jo Siffert: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
The clocks go back soon, and whenever that happens Jo Siffert always comes to my mind, for they did so on October 24, 1971, the day of the Victory Race…
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The indomitable Manfred Winkelhock
The appearance of ‘M Winkelhock’ at the top of the timing screens caught the eye in Monaco — but then it all went wrong. The yellow car arrived at Ste…
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1975 Argentine Grand Prix race report
With the first round of the 1975 World Championship taking place in Buenos Aires just three months after the chequered flag fell at Watkins Glen to end the 1974 season…
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Roebuck: ‘Senna was the most complex character I ever encountered in F1’
For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn’t get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…
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Professor Sid Watkins: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say ‘issue’ when he means ‘big problem’ or ‘challenging’ when he means ‘bloody difficult’.…
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1992 Brazilian Grand Prix report: 24 carat victory
Ayrton Senna’s body language said it all. His car stammered into the pits, the Brazilian gave its misfiring Honda V12 the big rev, then wriggled out and stalked to the…
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Nigel Roebuck’s legends: Alfonso de Portago
The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally put out on a Riverside LP, it was reissued on…
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Mario Andretti at Le Mans: Roebuck’s Legends
On and off, Mario Andretti has been trying to win Le Mans for more than 30 years. The place has hardly been kind to him, but he adores it. “I…
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Didier Pironi: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many words have lately been devoted to a man without whom,…
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Jo Siffert: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
The clocks go back soon, and whenever that happens Jo Siffert always comes to my mind, for they did so on October 24, 1971, the day of the Victory Race…
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The indomitable Manfred Winkelhock
The appearance of ‘M Winkelhock’ at the top of the timing screens caught the eye in Monaco — but then it all went wrong. The yellow car arrived at Ste…
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1975 Argentine Grand Prix race report
With the first round of the 1975 World Championship taking place in Buenos Aires just three months after the chequered flag fell at Watkins Glen to end the 1974 season…
Great Read
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Roebuck: ‘Senna was the most complex character I ever encountered in F1’
For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn’t get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…
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Professor Sid Watkins: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say ‘issue’ when he means ‘big problem’ or ‘challenging’ when he means ‘bloody difficult’.…
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1992 Brazilian Grand Prix report: 24 carat victory
Ayrton Senna’s body language said it all. His car stammered into the pits, the Brazilian gave its misfiring Honda V12 the big rev, then wriggled out and stalked to the…
Great Read
Archive
Nigel Roebuck’s legends: Alfonso de Portago
The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally put out on a Riverside LP, it was reissued on…
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Mario Andretti at Le Mans: Roebuck’s Legends
On and off, Mario Andretti has been trying to win Le Mans for more than 30 years. The place has hardly been kind to him, but he adores it. “I…
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Didier Pironi: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many words have lately been devoted to a man without whom,…
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Martin Brundle reveals his F1 driver of 2025
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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Prost laments Renault’s ‘sad’ F1 exit: ‘It’ll be difficult to come back’
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem re-elected – how he became FIA president
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
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