Gear up for the Goodwood Festival of Speed
It’s a busy life at the moment if you’re a motor racing fan. No sooner is the British Grand Prix over then it’s time to start gearing up for Goodwood.
F1: Would British GP have sent BRDC bankrupt?
Is the current claim by Bernie Ecclestone that Donington Park will be fit to stage a grand prix within two years really a blessing in disguise for the Silverstone circuit?
F1: ‘It was different in my day’, says Watson
Five-time F1 race winner John Watson reckons the rise of technology in the sport has damaged the experience for drivers, who now lack the opportunity to demonstrate their skills unless they compete for one of the top teams.
Hill: Silverstone’s F1 future on a knife edge
Damon Hill has rated the chances of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone remaining a fixture on the F1 calendar at 50 per cent.
John Surtees recognised with OBE in honours list
He’s the only person to win world titles on two wheels and four, he ran his own Formula One team, he was in charge of Britain’s A1GP entry - and now John Surtees can add the OBE to the MBE he earned in 1959 for his motorcycling exploits.
F1: driving back to the future with Graham Hill
Night owls who are also motorsport fans have been treated to an affectionate hour-long portrait of a British racing legend this week. Graham Hill: Driven was broadcast on BBC4 on Tuesday night, but you can still catch it for a few more days at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer. Coming as it does straight after the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix, a race which Hill made his own, it’s very difficult not to draw comparisons between the sport then and now.
Legends: Graham Hill doc on BBC iPlayer for six more days
If you missed the hour-long documentary about Graham Hill, broadcast on BBC4 in the small hours of this morning, you’ve still got a few days to see it, courtesy of that handy little device the iPlayer. But get along quick…
F1: who d’you think you are…
Keith Collantine, over at the F1 Fanatic blog, has had the wonderful experience of meeting and interviewing motor-racing legend Sir Stirling Moss.
F1: now Massa joins Hamilton in shunning GPDA
An article in today’s Independent does Lewis Hamilton little credit, suggesting as it does that he won’t support the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association because he rather petulantly doesn’t want to pay the fees.
