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#1 absinthedude

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 12:24

I guess it's nostalgia as the magazine ceased publication over 20 years ago.

 

Did anyone ever reveal or figure out who the columnist "Eff One" was in F1 News? I once thought it might be Martin Brundle but later felt it might be drawn from multiple sources within the paddock.

 

"Putting the fun back in Formula 1" as that magazine tried to do, is something we desperately need today. For F1 not to take itself too seriously.



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#2 Sterzo

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 13:06

It was indeed an enjoyable magazine. My understanding (I put it no stronger) was that founder and editor Derek Wright wrote the Eff One column. He and Joe Saward seemed to do pretty much everything...  If this obituary is accurate, then Wright was well-connected in the paddock:

 

https://www.grandpri...rek-wright.html



#3 Vitesse2

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 13:15

The question's been asked before. My instinct was that it was Joe Saward, but happy to be proved wrong.

 

https://forums.autos...-2#entry6909092

 

Further contributions - questions and/or answers - to that thread very welcome!



#4 absinthedude

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 15:24

I remember the magazine was closed not too long after Derek Wright passed away. It wasn't quite the same without him. I would not at all be surprised if it was him and perhaps Saward combining their paddock contacts to create a character "Eff One". 

 

I always wanted to visit The Editor's local and sample a pint of Badgers Breath. Much missed. Between them, Autosport and F1 News covered F1 from the serious and lighthearted angles. 



#5 bsc

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 21:07

I believe Eff One was Joe Saward. The back catalogue of coloumns appeared on the Grand Prix.com website when Saward wrote for it and he has also created other characters to tell certain stories.

Incidentally, Derek Wright was responsible for the witty captions to a series of photos that appeared in each issue under the title 'Scene At'.

#6 FLB

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 21:32

I believe Eff One was Joe Saward. The back catalogue of coloumns appeared on the Grand Prix.com website when Saward wrote for it and he has also created other characters to tell certain stories.

Incidentally, Derek Wright was responsible for the witty captions to a series of photos that appeared in each issue under the title 'Scene At'.

A picture of a grimacing Derek Warwick that I remember from the Suzuka 1993 issue: So, Derek... Seaweed or raw fish?  :lol: 



#7 jonpollak

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Posted 05 November 2024 - 18:20

The first time I heard the name I assumed it was spelled Joe Soured.

 

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#8 pacificquay

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Posted 08 November 2024 - 23:04

The first time I heard the name I assumed it was spelled Joe Soured.

 

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I always assumed it would be pronounced Say-word



#9 LittleChris

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Posted 08 November 2024 - 23:26

Sow Ward ?

 

His family history going back 40 years is sad and I admire his strength of character immensely even if I don't always agree with him.



#10 bsc

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Posted 09 November 2024 - 06:54

I believe that the pronunciation of Saward is Say-wood.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saward

#11 Sterzo

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Posted 09 November 2024 - 14:58

I believe that the pronunciation of Saward is Say-wood.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saward

Almost impossible to define pronunciation in writing, but I'd say both syllables would rhyme with wayward.