Nigel Roebuck's F1 Legends

“I always loved speed,” said Gilles Villeneuve. "My father used to drive very quickly he used to get stopped by the police quite often, I remember and, from being five…

One evening, several years ago, and over a degustivo or two, Jenks was reminiscing about the Mille Miglia. "I've often thought," he said, "what fun it would have been to…

Adelaide 1986 The result at Indianapolis meant that we were denied a three-way title showdown. That's a shame, because the last time this occurred, at Adelaide 17 years ago, when Nigel…

Through my 20-odd years as a Grand Prix journalist, I have been repeatedly surprised by the drivers' lack of childhood enthusiasm for motor racing. Most, indeed, seem almost to have…

Seeing it lined up, in the Goodwood paddock at the Revival Meeting, with such as the Dino 246, the 250F and the Mercedes-Benz W196, it struck me again how small is the Lancia D50, how astonishing…

Friday evening at Monaco, and a drink or two on Keke Rosberg's boat, moored near the chicane. The host, as usual, was chattering away about this, that and the other,…

Down at the tip-top bar, that Sunday night in May 1970, we waited and hoped for Jochen Rindt to arrive, as the winner of the Monaco Grand Prix traditionally did…