This is basically a signal boost from twitter at this point but R.I.P. Tom Walkinshaw. A brilliant man who should be remembered by all.

After several years of success in Europe, Walkinshaw set up the powerful Holden factory team (HRT) in 1988 and also established the Benetton F1 team which Michael Schumacher drove for when winning his first world ( Read more... )

So like the title says. R.I.P Shoya Tomizawa. I hate that my journal has an R.I.P tag and I hate that it gets used a few times a year. My deepest sympathies go to Tomizawa's family and friends.

Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa has died from multiple injuries after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix ( Read more... )

I am utterly devastated. He was, one of the best writers I've ever come across. Jurassic Park is the first 'real' book I can remember reading when I was about 7 and it spawned my lifelong love of paleontology. Rising Sun, Disclosure, Congo and Eaters Of The Dead are all books that have, without fail, drawn me in and kept me guessing until the very ( Read more... )

So, I just made the R.I.P Phil Hill post, and it really creeps me out that it's the third time in just over a year that I've made an R.I.P post. First for Ollie Bridewell, then this time last year for Colin McRae, it's really scary, everyone talks about how safe modern motorsport is, and in comparison it really, really is much safer, but it's still ( Read more... )

Phil Hill was the Formula One world champion in 1961 and the first American to win the title. He had been a Ferrari factory driver since 1955, and his special prowess in long-distance sports car races had meant that his abilities were overlooked for F1. In exasperation he finally drove an independent Maserati in the 1958 French Grand Prix; by ( Read more... )

"THE former rally driving champion Colin McRae and his five year-old son were killed in a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon. The aircraft came down in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, half a mile from the family's home and burst into flames just after 4pm.

Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae's agent, said the 39-year-old driver had been piloting the helicopter ( Read more... )

"20 July 2007 - Issued 15:30 ( Read more... )