Women in Motorsport: Claire Williams and Susie Wolff
In the six decades of Formula One history, there has only been five female drivers. Currently, the closest to a Formula One female driver is Susie Wolff, 30, the development driver for the Williams F1 team. However, while the next female F1 driver may not be coming along anytime soon, there has been an increasing […]
Mika Hakkinen: ‘More nervous watching son race than racing Schumi’
While waiting to interview Mika Hakkinen, who was in Singapore for sponsor commitments, one of the other journalists in the group said he read reports about Mika’s arrogant attitude and was feeling a little worried. I frowned at this because I had the privilege of meeting the two-time Formula One world champion in 2010 at Siena, Italy, […]
Christian Horner believes in superstition
Red Bull Racing arrives in Singapore with a pretty good cushion of 104 points ahead in the team standings and Sebastian Vettel with 53 points ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. However, team principal Christian Horner is “not looking at the points table”, he said. “Instead I’m just focused on having the best out of the team […]
Mark Webber: “I won’t come back to F1.”
I’ve had a chance to interview Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber every year since 2010 and I’ve always liked speaking to him because of his honest and candid answers. Sadly, this will probably be the last time that I’m meeting the 37-year-old Australian in Formula One, because he will retiring at the end of this […]