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#1 Keke Rosberg

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 05:00

Hello
just wonder if we can compile a list of F1 driver columns that were published in various magazines and the year if possible.

1984 Warwick - Autosport
1989 Berger - On Track
1990 Warwick - Prix Edition
1993 Schumacher - Chequered Flag

there must be more, and it doesn't have to be in English magazines.

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#2 DN5

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 13:48

I seem to recall Jody Scheckter Autosport 1976

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#3 kayemod

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:02

I seem to recall Jody Scheckter Autosport 1976

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Weren't all the Autosport ones ghost written by Nick Britten?


#4 Stephen W

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:08

Bruce McLaren - Autosport in the 60s

James Hunt - Autosport in the 70s



#5 rallen

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:10

Mark Blundell had one in Chequered flag from 1993. I remember someone broke into his hotel after Magny Cours and someone stole all his prize money, he had to borrow from Martin! whatever happend to Chequered flag?

#6 kayemod

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:11

Bruce McLaren - Autosport in the 60s

James Hunt - Autosport in the 70s


Denny Hulme?


#7 Ray Bell

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:21

Brabham in Motor Racing... for years...

I think McLaren's columns were all written by Eoin Young, they were also in an Australian magazine.

#8 Hamish Robson

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:28

Don't forget "Crazy" Dave Coulthard on Sniff Petrol... :lol:

#9 Dunc

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:33

Don't forget "Crazy" Dave Coulthard on Sniff Petrol... :lol:


Or DI Blundell of the yard :rotfl:

Not foprgetting Crazy Dave's columns in Autosport though.

#10 Keke Rosberg

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:47

an updated list after the above responses

1960s McLaren - Autosport
1960s Brabham - Motor Racing
1970s Hunt - Autosport
1976 Scheckter - Autosport
1984 Warwick - Autosport
1989 Boutsen - Prix Edition
1989 Berger - On Track
1990 Warwick - Prix Edition
1993 Blundell - Chequered Flag
1993 Schumacher - Chequered Flag

Edited by Keke Rosberg, 16 December 2009 - 14:51.


#11 john winfield

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 14:54

Competition Car (the Justin Haler / Nigel Roebuck magazine from the early and mid-1970s) had Chris Amon as a columnist. Gerry Birrell was also a regular contributor and I remember Dave Walker writing the report on the 1972 British GP; it was interesting to hear from the less successful side of the Lotus camp.

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 15:39

Mark Blundell had one in Chequered flag from 1993. I remember someone broke into his hotel after Magny Cours and someone stole all his prize money, he had to borrow from Martin! whatever happend to Chequered flag?

Chequered Flag also had Perry McCarthy writing a column called 'On the Kerbs', documenting the debacle that was Andrea Moda in 1992. The copy he sent through was colourful, to say the least, and gave a fascinating insight into just how terrible that team was. Chequered Flag spluttered to a halt in the mid-1990s, by which time I was no longer editor. At that point it was no longer viable to self-publish magazines against the might of the large publishing houses. It cost an arm and a leg to get into WH Smith and Menzies, and the resources were simply not available to flood the shops with bulk copies.

Just recalled, prompted by a subsequent post, that Perry's column was called 'Perryscope', a carry-through from an earlier column of his in another magazine. 'Over the Kerbs' was the wonderful Russell Bulgin's column, and 'Freeloader' was John Watson, who was, by then, retired, so doesn't count as a 'driver' for the purpose of this thread.

Edited by PMac, 17 December 2009 - 00:16.


#13 David McKinney

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 16:49

an updated list after the above responses

1960s McLaren - Autosport
1960s Brabham - Motor Racing
1970s Hunt - Autosport
1976 Scheckter - Autosport
1984 Warwick - Autosport
1989 Boutsen - Prix Edition
1989 Berger - On Track
1990 Warwick - Prix Edition
1993 Blundell - Chequered Flag
1993 Schumacher - Chequered Flag

You've ignored Hulme, who ISTR took over the Autosport column after Bruce's accident


#14 kayemod

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 17:17

You've ignored Hulme, who ISTR took over the Autosport column after Bruce's accident


Yes that's right, I was sure I wasn't imagining Denny's blog (though we didn't call them that back then).


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Posted 16 December 2009 - 17:18

Alex Zanardi on Autosprint...

it must have been 2004-2005

#16 Altitude

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 20:58

Julian Bailey did a column in Motoring News back in 1988.

#17 Michael Ferner

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 21:37

OTTOMH, Denny Hulme "Powerslide" 1967, Jacques Laffite "Sport Auto" (Germany) 1979. Both magazines got lucky.

Edited by Michael Ferner, 16 December 2009 - 21:37.


#18 GrzegorzChyla

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 22:16

In 1980s I had access to Autocar and Motor.
I recall Martin Brundle's column (Brundle bulletin?) from his Zakspeed times, as well as Perry McCarthy's (Perryscope ?) from F3.
I can't remember in which magazine was it.

#19 Mistron

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 23:22

Didn't Innes Ireland have a column in Autocar or Motor for quite a while in the mid - late '60s?



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#20 frp

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 23:31

Tim Schenken - 'Schenken Speaking' - Motor. In about 1971/72, I think.

#21 B Squared

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 23:52

George Follmer did a column in Competition Press. I don't recall if the time frame coincided with his Formula One season.

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#22 rateus

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 00:09

Alan Jones ('OK AJ') and Nelson Piquet ('Nelson's Column') both did columns in Grand Prix International in the early 80s - iirc each was reigning World Champion at the time so 81 and 82 respectively.

#23 JB Miltonian

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 06:11

Denny Hulme's column in Autoweek first appeared in the issue of September 12, 1970.

#24 Milan Fistonic

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 07:08

Denny Hulme had a column in Motor Racing in the late sixties after Brabham's column ended.

#25 Ray Bell

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 07:30

We also had one from Warwick Brown when he was in the USA...

That was in Racing Car News. I used to transcribe them from tapes, and I'm sure I also did one from AJ a bit later on. I distinctly remember transcribing where he was talking about the Williams budget.

#26 312f1

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 10:01

Paul Hawkins in the French Sport Auto in 1967.
Alesi in Auto Hebdo.

#27 jjordan

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 12:39

Mario did a column in Formula (or was it On Track at that point?) in the mid-late 70's.

#28 Keke Rosberg

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 12:50

Thank you everyone, here is the updated list, please keep them coming in. I tried to limit this list to "then current" F1 drivers only, and there are a few where the time frame wasn't clear - if you can fill in the blanks for me.

1960s McLaren - Autosport
1967 Hulme - Powerslide
1967 Hawkins - Sport Auto (French)
1960s Brabham - Motor Racing
1960s Hulme - Motor Racing
1960s Ireland - Autocar and Motor
1970s Hulme - Autosport / Autoweek
1970s Amon - Competition Car
1971/2 Schenken - Motor
1972 Walker - Competition Car
1970s Hunt - Autosport
1976 Scheckter - Autosport
Late 1970s Andretti - On Track / Formula
1979 Laffite - Sport Auto (German)
1981 Jones - GPI
1982 Piquet - GPI
1984 Warwick - Autosport
1987 Brundle - Autocar and Motor
1988 Bailey - Motoring News
1989 Boutsen - Prix Edition
1989 Berger - On Track
1990 Warwick - Prix Edition
1992 McCarthy - Chequered Flag
1993 Blundell - Chequered Flag
1993 Schumacher - Chequered Flag


???? Follmer - Competition Press
???? Jones - Racing Car News
???? Alesi - Auto Hebdo (French)

Edited by Keke Rosberg, 17 December 2009 - 12:51.


#29 Keke Rosberg

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 12:55

Anyone knows if there were any columns written in non-English magazines? I reckon there must be some from the Italian & French racing communities, there were so many drivers coming from these 2 countries back in the 70s / 80s.

#30 Ray Bell

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 13:20

Like Auto Hebdo and Sport Auto listed above?

And I'm sure someone said that Zanardi wrote for Autosprint. I wouldn't be surprised if others did too...

#31 Michael Ferner

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 15:17

1979 Jody Scheckter in Motorsport Aktuell
1979 HJ Stuck in Rallye Racing
1980 Keke Rosberg in Sport Auto (German)
1987 (I think) Gerhard Berger in Motorsport Aktuell

#32 JtP1

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 17:41

Was Hulme's column in Autosport not started prior to Bruce McLaren's death. Hulme's column discussed his Indianapolis fire in April and BM was killed on June 2nd.

#33 Ray Bell

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 20:23

Originally posted by JtP1
Was Hulme's column in Autosport not started prior to Bruce McLaren's death. Hulme's column discussed his Indianapolis fire in April and BM was killed on June 2nd.


You might well be right... but Denny seems to have been a busy writer and you may have seen it somewhere else...

Originally posted by Milan Fistonic
Denny Hulme had a column in Motor Racing in the late sixties after Brabham's column ended.



#34 JtP1

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Posted 17 December 2009 - 23:07

You might well be right... but Denny seems to have been a busy writer and you may have seen it somewhere else...


For assorted reasons,although coming up fot 40 years, it was definately Autosport.

#35 Willow Rosenberg

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 00:02

Gilles Villeneuve did a ghost written one for Canadian Tire to make up for stealing from them. I don't know exactly when, though.

#36 GrzegorzChyla

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 22:05

In 1980s I had access to Autocar and Motor.

ooops, I think I should have wiritten 'Autocar' and 'Motor' and later 'Autocar and Motor' (if I recall correctly they merged)

I can't remember now in which was the 'Brundle Bulletin'

#37 canon1753

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 22:25

Patrick Tambay had a column in Autoweek for a few years in the mid-80's. I cannot remember who, if anyone, replaced him or if AW decided not to keep doing racer's columns.

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 13:25

Patrick Tambay had a column in Autoweek for a few years in the mid-80's. I cannot remember who, if anyone, replaced him or if AW decided not to keep doing racer's columns.


Hello
I've tried to search about this on the internet but couldn't find anything, can anyone please provide me with more information on this? do you know if this coincided Tambay's time with the Renault team? where can i find old copies of this magazine?

thank you




#39 Les

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 12:44

Martin Brundle had a column in Auto Express reporting back from every Grand Prix in 1992 when he was Michael Scumacher's team-mate at Benneton. I recall this vividly as reading the column's was one of the reasons I got interested in F1 in the first place.

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#40 Formula Once

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 13:43

In Holland the following were published by Auto Visie:

Jody Scheckter, 1977-78
Keke Rosberg, 1983
Jan Lammers, 1979

Jody's and Keke's columns surely were published elsewhere in Europe too.

Niki Lauda had a column in his early days in F1, can't remember the magazine, but it was in German.

I believe Alan Jones had one published in Sport Auto or Rallye Racing (Germany) in 1980.

BTW In the Hilton-book on Hunt it was written that James used to write his columns himself, which I don''t think many other drivers did.

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 14:07

I was just remembering that James Hunt took over the Martin Brundle column in Auto Express in 1993 sharing his thoughts on each Grand Prix up till the Canadian Grand Prix (a few days before his death). He was an ex-F1 driver then so don't know if that counts but thought I would mention it anyway.

Edited by Les, 20 December 2009 - 14:09.


#42 paulhooft

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 15:48

quote:
In Holland the following were published by Auto Visie:

Jody Scheckter, 1977-78
Keke Rosberg, 1983
Jan Lammers, 1979

Unquote

And Auto Visie translated Bruce Mc Laren too, back in 1967!

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#43 john aston

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 17:54

If Raikkonen had a column would it be an empty page? I must admit that few if any drivers offer any real insight in their written or spoken word - Revson P and Hill D being notable exceptions

#44 JB Miltonian

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 21:26

Danny Sullivan did a column in Autoweek during his F1 season with Tyrrell in 1983.

#45 kayemod

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 22:04

... few if any drivers offer any real insight in their written or spoken word.



They're probably all ghost-written, I doubt if many drivers have actually strung words together themselves without assistance.

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 04:01

Hello
I've tried to search about this on the internet but couldn't find anything, can anyone please provide me with more information on this? do you know if this coincided Tambay's time with the Renault team? where can i find old copies of this magazine?

thank you


I suspect it was when Patrick was with Renault and Haas Lola. Back issues may be on ebay. I haven't searched autoweek dot com if they have archives (I would not count on it, at least yet) It may be worth it to email them.

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 08:17

I bought my very first copy of the German magazine 'Rallye Racing' at the Wien Westbahnhof railway station in 1988. It featured a column by Gerhard Berger. I beleive it continued to 1989 and 1990.

#48 Michael Ferner

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 09:20

In Holland the following were published by Auto Visie:

Jody Scheckter, 1977-78
Keke Rosberg, 1983
Jan Lammers, 1979

Jody's and Keke's columns surely were published elsewhere in Europe too.

Niki Lauda had a column in his early days in F1, can't remember the magazine, but it was in German.

I believe Alan Jones had one published in Sport Auto or Rallye Racing (Germany) in 1980.

Yes, I believe the Scheckter column was also in German Sport Auto, not sure though, but Rosberg also wrote for Motorsport Aktuell that year - I recall his story about Long Beach! :smoking:

Niki Lauda wrote for German Sport Auto, but I'm not sure of the years - perhaps he was in and out. 1976 and 1978 I'm pretty sure of, though.

Alan Jones was in Rallye Racing in 1980.

#49 depailler on tyrrell p34

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 09:28

montoya for the italian magazine autosprint
max papis for the italian magazine velocità

#50 depailler on tyrrell p34

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 09:29

ayrton senna in teh middle 80's for the italian magazine autosprint