Nigel Roebuck

[mikecassie]

I see that Roebuck has written his last Fifth Column in Autosport. Does anyone know if he is moving to a different Magazine or has he stepped back, there does seem to have been less articles from him over the last while.

I just hope he isn't stepping down due to illness, bloody good journalist IMO.

[Turn7]

He has been at it for many a year tbf....

[Smollet]

I think he was unwell with a heart condition a couple of years ago. Perhaps that could be behind it. He will be missed. Great journalist and didn’t pull his punches.

[chunder27]

With the amount of win he drinks I am amazed he has lasted this long!

[Turn7]

Win you say ? ;)

[tobinen]

Career smoker too, though not sure if he's still on the cigarettes

[carl_w]

Monthly column in F1 racing magazine plus occasional Autosport contributions, apparently: https://twitter.com/autosport/status/1076794301231...

[mikecassie]

carl_w said:

Monthly column in F1 racing magazine plus occasional Autosport contributions, apparently: https://twitter.com/autosport/status/1076794301231...

That's good news indeed. Looks like I might be buying F1 mag again if Roebuck's articles don't show up on Autosport.com regularly.

[coppice]

Always enjoyed Roebuck as he writes so well, and the near fifty years he has spent in and around the sport gives him a perspective and insight which some of the more breathless young eporters lack, Granted , NSR loves to retell his favorite stories a little too often , especially when they are about Saint Gilles or Saint Mario and I do wish he'd have kept his reactionary dinosaur politics out of his writing.

Wish he'd return to Motor Sport - Mark Hughes obviously knows his stuff but he can wear his learning a little heavily ..

[suffolk009]

Who will write about Gilles Villeneuve now?