My Top Ten Drivers of the Decade

It’s New Year and the end of a decade. The “noughties” were pretty good in F1 terms with some very talented drivers battling it out for glory. I spent most of it very close to the action as the commentator on British TV network ITV and I observed and worked with all the drivers very [...]

Readers’ Top 5 driver vote – update

The JA on F1 reader competition to name your top five drivers of the season has been a big success so far and we have had 870 entries in the last few days.
The competition runs until next week and the winners will be announced on Tuesday 24th. For those who missed it first [...]

Get your copy of the JA on F1 review of the 2009 season

I’m delighted to announce that on November 27th we will be publishing a book looking back on the 2009 season. It is a review of the goings-on both on and off the circuit in what has certainly been the most action packed season I’ve ever covered.
The book is the story of the 2009 season told [...]

Video: Night time high speed lap of Abu Dhabi and some race data

Last week I showed video of the first on-board laps of the new Yas Marina Island circuit in Abu Dhabi.
Here’s some footage from the same two seater F1 event, which I have edited up to give an idea of what the spectacle will look like on TV next weekend.
The event is set to be [...]

Winner of Fisi qualifying competition

It’s been great fun and we had over 300 people contributing ideas as to how close Giancarlo Fisichella would get to Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying for his Ferrari debut at Monza.
Thanks to everyone who took part and I’m sure we will do this again soon.

The prize is a signed copy of my biography of Michael [...]

Alonso starts talking about Ferrari

There is a fantastic interview with Fernando Alonso in the Gazzetta dello Sport today, in which he gently moves closer to talking about Ferrari and his possible move there.
According to Pino Allievi, the number one writer on the paper, Alonso has moved to a house on the border between Switzerland and Italy, near Lugano. He [...]

The scene in Monaco

While we wait for the grands fromages to have their meetings and decide what kind of spectacle we are going to see next year and beyond in Formula 1, I thought a brief colour post might be in order.
For the first time in years I’m not staying in Monaco this year. I’m in Villefranche, which [...]

Alonso says driving Monaco is 'stressful'

I caught up with Fernando Alonso this afternoon at his press briefing in the Renault motorhome. He’s one of the few drivers to do this session on the first day of practice.
I was interested to hear how good it felt to be back on the streets here, brushing the barriers, feeling that unique adrenalin rush [...]

Button proud to be Monaco favourite

For the first time in his career, Jenson Button goes to Monaco as the favourite to win the race.

“To go to Monaco with the lead in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’
Championships is fantastic but we saw in Barcelona that the performance
margins at the front are extremely close. There will be a lot of
competitive cars fighting [...]

Why Hamilton's fallen out of love with F1

You will have seen some of the interviews Lewis Hamilton did this week, on Reuters, in the Times and on the BBC.
The Times one caught my eye because it was an open expression of regret that Formula 1 has become a job and that he does not enjoy the political environment around him.

Hamilton has slotted [...]

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