Posted on February 3, 2014 by driverjohn
It has just been announced that all F1 drivers, in addition to having a standard number through their career will also now have the chance to choose a standard name by which they will be known. Continue reading →
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Posted on September 12, 2013 by driverjohn
Claims from some quarters that Fernando and Kimi make the best driver lineup ever in F1 indicate a shortage of memory perhaps. They may be two of the current top five, but the greatest pairing ever? I don’t think that they come close. Continue reading →
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Posted on August 29, 2013 by driverjohn
Despite the problems with Gloucester Antiques Centre we are still very much in business. Amongst what we have for sale at the moment there are a number of aviation related collectibles from BOAC, Pan Am, American Airlines and others, mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, but some 1950s and some contemporary. Many of these have been listed on our eBay store and there are some more to come, so do click the link on our eBay site to subscribe for updates. Continue reading →
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Posted on August 23, 2013 by driverjohn
Not so long ago a German in a red car was winning just about everything in F1 and some people thought that it had become a bore. The German chap was kind enough to retire (for a while), to let some other blokes have a go, but along the way there had been a couple of occasions when the team had ordered the driver of their other car to let this serial winner through and there had been much uproar about this practice. So much so that they banned it and said that manipulating race results was naughty and anyone caught doing it would be smacked and sent to stand in the corner. Continue reading →
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Posted on July 1, 2013 by truckertoggle
Yes, we know that we need to get on with writing some more of our Setting the Record Straight series, and we will try to dust off the research on the James Hunt v David Morgan story and also the 1966-69 story of Fords at Le Mans so that we can get those stories on here. Continue reading →
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