James Elson
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GF (who’s a pro-ceramicist) selling the wares in @CopelandParkSE - come down if you’re in South-East London today!
#ceramics
#pottery
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Remembering Justin, born OTD 1978. 📸: Clive Rose/Getty Images
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A very happy birthday to Nigel Mansell! There's no-one quite like 'Our Nige' 💙❤️
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Il Leone roared from 12th on the grid to win the 1989 Hungarian GP OTD. What a drive – image by Paul-Henri Cahier / Getty Images.
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Many happy returns to Divina Galica, the trailblazing Olympic skier who became one of the few women to enter an #F1 race. Earlier this year, @thebishf1.bsky.social heard her incredible story of a life led at top speed:
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Cars with more power than grip and top F1 drivers made the M1 Procar series very special. For many, it provided the best one-make racing ever seen, as Alan Henry remembers in today's Great Read:
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The inimitable Enzo Ferrari – a man who changed motor sport forever – died OTD in 1988. 📸: Bernard Cahier / Getty Images
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A very happy birthday to the brilliant Jackie Oliver. Guess the race captured in this image!
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F1 and sports car ace Jackie Oliver is 82 today! In this month's mag, he gets behind of his old Lola T70 (which was also Steve McQueen's stunt car) – click through for our sensational gallery:
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Hannu Mikkola's fearsome Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 is going under the hammer this weekend. It could be yours – if you've got a few of million spare, of course:
go.motorsportmagazine.com/45...
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Mikkola's fearsome Audi Quattro WRC beast up for sale
This Audi Quattro might be the definitive WRC Group B car – and you can now buy it
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/rally/mikkolas-fearsome-audi-quattro-wrc-beast-up-for-sale/
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Wedding (not ours)
2 months ago
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Looking forward to the big auto race at the world's greatest race track today! 📸: Penske Entertainment – Joe Skibinski
3 months ago
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"The first person I saw was Ron’s wife, and I thought she must be an angel. Then I saw Ron standing next to her, and I thought, OK, I am not in heaven yet.” Mika Häkkinen remembers his harrowing near-death F1 crash, and the road back:
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Häkkinen remembers his near-death F1 crash: 'The pain was unbelievable'
At the 1995 Australian GP, Mika Häkkinen almost lost his life in a terrifying crash – he told Motor Sport about his road to recovery
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/hakkinen-remembers-his-near-death-f1-crash-the-pain-was-unbelievable/
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Stirling Moss headed Juan-Manuel Fangio for a sensational Silver Arrows 1-2 at the 1955 British GP OTD. Read the intriguing story in this month's magazine:
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Worlds apart: When IndyCar took on F1 in the same race – and won. 500 legend Jim Rathmann, born OTD in 1928, saw off F1 competition to win the 'Race of Two Worlds' at Monza in 1958:
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Remembering Jules, lost OTD in 2015. 📸: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
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John Watson took a fabulous home win at the 1981 British GP OTD. It was the first victory for the carbon-fibre McLaren MP4/1.
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Former McLaren F1 ace David Coulthard told James Elson about his private audience with The Beatles' George Harrison, who played him an unreleased grand prix-themed song about Bernie Ecclestone!
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Absolute scorcher on Finchley Road today
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The Mrs noired me
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“Hot car” Italian job vibes on Finchley Road
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a faaantastic French GP win for Jordan OTD in 1999. Bring back yellow F1 cars?
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2025 is F1’s most polite title battle ever, writes James Elson.
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2025 is F1’s most polite title battle ever – Up/Down in Austria
Describing this year's championship race as a 'battle' might be slightly over-egging it, writes James Elson
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/2025-is-f1s-most-polite-title-battle-ever-up-down-in-austria/
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F1's greatest duel. OTD at the 1979 French GP, Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux did battle.
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A very happy birthday to Richard Petty. NASCAR's greatest?
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When BMW needed some rapid bodywork, it went to Italy – then plucked the plum Italian prize. James Mills tries the result in today's Great Read:
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3Z...
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Simply lovely
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On a call with the lads
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Depressing F1 endorsment
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Yifei Ye is the nicest driver I’ve met - the only one in 5 years as a journo who’s asked me where they can read the interview lol. So glad he’s become the first Chinese driver to win Le Mans - his life’s ambition:
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Yifei Ye: Ferrari's first Chinese driver aiming to take Le Mans by storm
Yifei Ye is Ferrari's first ever Chinese works driver – will he become Le Mans' first ever Chinese overall winner too?
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sports-cars/le-mans/yifei-ye-ferraris-first-chinese-driver-aiming-to-take-le-mans-by-storm/
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Off to Le Mans with Les Blues. Thanks to Alpine for matching it to my refuse arsenal🤌
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Plotting shed! 001 was Tyrrell's first effort as a fully-fledged F1 constructor. We get the inside story of its secret build from Jackie Stewart, who celebrates his 86th birthday today, and its designer Derek Gardner:
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Spoke to the brilliant Tiff Needell about how he led Le Mans in a Group C car conceived by Pink Floyd's manager. Not bad for an afternoon pub session!
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A very happy birthday to Jan Lammers. The Dutchman’s single-seater career petered out in the wake of much early promise, but he went on to enjoy great success in other spheres – as he remembers in today's Great Read:
go.motorsportmagazine.com/43...
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Lewis Hamilton took his very first F1 win OTD at the 2007 Canadian GP. Sensational.
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Jean Alesi burst onto the #F1 grid in 1989, the start of what looked to be a glittering career, But 201 GPs later, writes @thebishf1.bsky.social , he had just one win to his name: the 1995 Canadian GP
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Matt Bishop: Jean Alesi's only F1 win in a 13-year career of hard-luck stories
Jean Alesi burst onto the F1 scene in 1989, the start of what looked to be a glittering career. But, writes Matt Bishop, after 201 grands prix, his 1995 victory in Canada remains the only F1 win for a special talent
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/matt-bishop-jean-alesis-only-f1-win-in-a-13-year-career-of-hard-luck-stories/
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A very happy birthday to the legend that is Sir Jackie Stewart. A truly brilliant racing one-off.
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From an idea dreamt up in a pub to the #LeMans24 40yrs since an Aston Martin-powered car last headed the race, its driver Tiff Needell remembers the incredible tale
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The last Aston Martin to lead Le Mans was powered by Pink Floyd
From an idea dreamt up in a pub to the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours: 40 years since an Aston Martin-powered car last headed the field of the endurance classic, its driver Tiff Needell remembers the incredible tale
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sports-cars/the-last-aston-martin-to-lead-le-mans-was-powered-by-pink-floyd/
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Guess the track
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Jim Clark took the first ever win for a Cosworth DFV engine on this day at the 1967 Dutch GP. All done in the lovely Lotus 49, of course:
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3Z...
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Love the fans🖤 The last one ha
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The late Andrea De Cesaris was born OTD in 1959. 📸: Grand Prix Photo
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A very happy birthday to Martin Brundle. Here he is with his old mate EJ 💚.
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Remembering the brilliant Bruce McLaren, killed OTD 1970. 📸: Grand Prix Photo
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"FIA must ban Verstappen – now. "He isn't maturing, he's getting worse – when will the FIA take action?" Up/Down in Spain:
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'FIA must ban Verstappen – now' – Going Up, Going Down in Spain
When will the FIA take serious action against dangerous F1 driving? asks James Elson
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/fia-must-ban-verstappen-now-going-up-going-down-in-spain/
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Every mix on my Spotify is actually just Steely Dan
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is this the greatest livery in racing today?
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Remembering the charismatic Piers Courage, born OTD 1942. 📸: Grand Prix Photo
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