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Joe Saward

Joe Saward started writing professionally about motor racing in the week he left university in 1983, with a BA degree in history from the University of London, and specialised knowledge of the world?

Austrian Days In F1

Austrian Days In F1

On Sunday evening at the Red Bull Ring, they came to the media centre and gave each of the 22 journalists present a poster, a Spielberg mask and a letter. “What a historic start to the F1 season 2020 at the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg,” it says. “We want

Chinese Grand Prix In Doubt

Chinese Grand Prix In Doubt

China is the the shaky new race on the 2020 Grand Prix calendar. Despite the confirmation of the two additions to this year’s World Championship schedule, in Italy and Russia, there is still plenty of uncertainty and that now includes the Chinese Grand Prix. There is also nothing official

More Races For F1 Return

More Races For F1 Return

Sochi and Mugello are expected to join the COVID-hit world championship of 2020 this weekend. There are still possibilities in China and Vietnam, with rumours also of a race in Canada. The Formula One group is expected to confirm the Russian and Italian races during the Styrian Grand Prix, lifting

Inside F1 During COVID

Inside F1 During COVID

When I am in Austria, I stay at the Gasthaus Kaufmann in a little village named after the church, not far from the Red Bull Ring. It is run by an old fellow who doesn’t speak English but has all the walls adorned with guests of old (or rather

It's Le Mans - But Not As We Know It

It's Le Mans - But Not As We Know It

Le Mans will be very different in 2020 despite a commitment to run the 24-hour classic in September. The usual attendance of around 250,000 people could be reduced to just 5000 on September 19-20. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest, which runs the race, says that there will be

Saward: Austria The First Step

Saward: Austria The First Step

The most important point about the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix was that it took place. It is a first step. What happened on the race track was a very entertaining event, filled with drama, as often happens at the Red Bull Ring, as Valtteri Bottas won and Lando Norris got

It's F1 Race Week

It's F1 Race Week

Formula One is finally going to race in Austria this weekend but the talk in the grand prix world in recent times has been as much about the other sort of race. Lewis Hamilton has been relatively vocal on the subject and Formula 1 has reacted by launching a campaign