Archive Simon Taylor's Notebook Today's F1 drivers just do F1. Fifty years ago a working driver would drive anything, for a fee, and still try to win At the recent NEC Classic Motor Show,… December 2005 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Gordon Murray A genius, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is someone “possessing exceptional intellectual or creative power”. It’s an overused word, but that definition describes Gordon Murray perfectly. We know him for… January 2008 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern times When, back in July, Michael Schumacher telescoped his Ferrari into the tyre wall at Stowe, we knew at once that things would be different for a while. As the Silverstone… September 1999 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern Times In my book, the 2001 season began on 4 December 2000. That's when F1 testing got under way again after the FIA's November ban. Now we're into the customary annual… January 2001 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Alan Jones Scroll down the roster of drivers who won a single World Championship – names like James Hunt and Jody Scheckter, Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill – and for each there’s… April 2008 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern Times It's been a long, long season. Three thousand miles of racing. Untold days of testing, untold nights of preparation. Nine unrelenting months of sheer hard work across five continents. In… December 1998 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Tim Schenken – Australia's sports car ace What do racers do when they stop racing? All that competitive edge has to go somewhere. Many attack the world of business with the same will to win that they… August 2009 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Dinner with... Rubens Barrichello What the history books tell you first about Rubens Barrichello are the statistics: and they are indeed extraordinary. This man was 20 when he came into Formula 1, and 39… October 2013 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern Times There is a telling irony about the annual juxtaposition on the Formula One calendar of Hungary and Belgium. Budapest is one of Europe's most engaging cities, to which I always… October 2000 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive God's speed Chaplain to both Queen and BRDC, Canon Lionel Webber is the force behind the remarkable Retro 97, taking place in and around Basildon on July 5. Simon Taylor meets a… July 1997 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Murray Walker Murray Walker is a national treasure. For a quarter of a century his unmistakable voice brought Formula 1 into millions of homes: it could be said that he replaced roast… April 2011 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Breakfast with... Roger Penske I’m always fascinated by what racing drivers do with themselves when they hang up their helmets. For some, their cockpit careers are the high point of their lives: afterwards, the… August 2010 Issue By Simon Taylor
