All posts tagged: formula 1

Gearin’ Up 4 Jerez

Aloha, children of the night! We’re gearing up for Jerez once again – can’t afford flying to Abu D’s and B-reigns anyway. We was going thru our extensive picturesque pictorial picture archive from Jerez, yes, and we’d like to share our fondest memories of this […]

Spanish F1 Caravan – Jerez Winter Testing 2013

Jerez is as important to Formula 1 as Formula 1’s European races are to Bernie Ecclestone – and I mean it. The circuit is pretty outdated by modern standards but has a nice friendly atmosphere and teams gathered a lot of data over the previous […]

Going back in time - Monsanto Park

Monsanto Revisited

Last year we paid a quick visit to the grounds of the former Monsanto 1959 Formula 1 circuit in Lisbon, inspecting what’s left of it and taking some photos of former turns 4 to 8 in the process. This year we went a bit further […]

Robbo D.'s ride

On a Mission – Volvo Ocean Race, Blog

It’s been a while, while it’s been whatever the weather… Mean, must do a bit of blogging, the lost art of blogging should I say? Epistolary style I always fancied! Cool, between work & other boring pastimes – his favourite pastimes were shooting and golf […]

Guest Post: Tony on Formula 1 Testing

Formula One™ (protected trademark) Winter Testing – Jerez 2012 The start of the 2012 F1 year is under way with the launch of most teams’ cars and the first four day testing session at Jerez. I would have preferred Valencia which is only an hour […]

Photo by @TonyJaveaF1: Peter in his improvised office in Jerez - the glitz and glamour of Formula 1

Chatting With Peter Windsor

I had a lovely chat with Peter Windsor in Jerez and took this rare opportunity to ask him a few questions. Here’s the end result. Q: What’s your best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix? Peter Windsor: My best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix […]