I am an armchair expert, of the kind as described by Ron Dennis in the afterglow of the 2008 British Grand Prix. I did not watch the race from my…

There is something in the water in Northamptonshire. We have been advised, by Anglian Water, not to drink their product from the taps. Good news for suppliers of the bottled…

We live in an increasingly procrustean society. We can’t do this, we can’t do that. And if we do this, or that, we will be fined or photographed. Or some…

Sunday June 8 will go down in the diary as one of those special motor racing days. Breakfast with Stefan Johansson, surely one of the truly great guys in the…

Bonjour mes amis. Ici Le Blog de Pau. I am in this lovely old town, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, for the 68th Grand Prix de Pau which this…

It is not always easy to judge the mood within the long grey corridors, and long white tunnels, of the McLaren Technology Centre. This quite extraordinary building, designed by Sir…

First, a note of thanks. Last week I was talking about mechanics – you know, the guys who get all the messing around and none of the credit. I was…

Monte Carlo, Monaco, May 18 1958. Roy Salvadori, Cooper T45-Climax, retired, and Jack Brabham, Cooper T45-Climax, 4th position, talk to a mechanic. The eagle-eyed amongst you will know that I…

A showdown for the A1GP championship seemed an unlikely prospect, even if it was mathematically plausible. As the teams arrived at Brands Hatch 29 points separated the Swiss from the…

I try to avoid being on holiday during a Grand Prix weekend. That’s not always easy once the European season gets underway, as you will appreciate. Looking at the diary…

Wow, what a week! And, as one of our bloggers remarked, wow, what a speech! The week in Bahrain was, as you might expect, dominated by revelations in the News…

April 2, 2008 Your highness, ladies and gentlemen. Traditionally, it’s stories, not speeches that start with the phrase “Once upon a time”. No, speeches don’t tend to begin that way,…