Nigel Roebuck to leave Autosport
Discussion
Shame to hear this.
OK so I have not bought Autosport for a couple of months now, after 15 years of never missing an issue. I did it out of the disgust I have for F1 at present with the way the FIA are handling the show, or non-show as it should be.
I wonder why Nigel is leaving, it's not as if he's old now is it!! Has he, like me, falling out of love of the sport he's grown up with.
If the answer is yes, then I would vote Nigel to kick the Prick heading up the FIA out of his position. Could you imagine where F1 would be in a few years if Nigel was in charge... heaven, sheer motor racing heaven.
You will be missed Nigel
OK so I have not bought Autosport for a couple of months now, after 15 years of never missing an issue. I did it out of the disgust I have for F1 at present with the way the FIA are handling the show, or non-show as it should be.
I wonder why Nigel is leaving, it's not as if he's old now is it!! Has he, like me, falling out of love of the sport he's grown up with.
If the answer is yes, then I would vote Nigel to kick the Prick heading up the FIA out of his position. Could you imagine where F1 would be in a few years if Nigel was in charge... heaven, sheer motor racing heaven.
You will be missed Nigel
Edited by motormania on Friday 14th December 17:02
Second that, you should at least buy this weeks copy as theres quite a large portion dedicated to him and his final say. I kept buying Autosport even when I was getting tired of F1 just to read his articles - he really gives a fascinating insight and perspective on motor racing and F1 in particular.
Maybe he'll bring out a book and reveal all those untold stories unsuitable for print. We can only hope!
Maybe he'll bring out a book and reveal all those untold stories unsuitable for print. We can only hope!
team underdog said:
Second that, you should at least buy this weeks copy as theres quite a large portion dedicated to him and his final say. I kept buying Autosport even when I was getting tired of F1 just to read his articles - he really gives a fascinating insight and perspective on motor racing and F1 in particular.
Maybe he'll bring out a book and reveal all those untold stories unsuitable for print. We can only hope!
Lets hope he does.Maybe he'll bring out a book and reveal all those untold stories unsuitable for print. We can only hope!
I suspected that he was on the verge of quitting. I got the feeling that to a certain extent he was going through the motions this year.
Meet him once, seemed like a nice bloke. I wish him well
stockhatcher said:
Chocmonster said:
As far as I know he will now be writing articles for Motorsport magazine. Which pleases me as I've just been given a years subscription.
more than that, he is motorsport mag's new editor.His stories of the "good ol' days" are pure gold, and I'm glad he has been able to recite most of them. I must admit it's probably the main thing I subscribe to Autosport for...
I wonder how many others are considering dropping their subs.
Sorely missed Nigel, good luck with the new position!
stockhatcher said:
Chocmonster said:
As far as I know he will now be writing articles for Motorsport magazine. Which pleases me as I've just been given a years subscription.
more than that, he is motorsport mag's new editor.Anyway, I'll be interested to see his style under a new publishing house. I read Autosport and Fifth Column for Motor Racing comment, over time his digs at the government grated more and more, even when I agreed with him, it's not what I was paying £3 a week for, I buy a newspaper for that.
(Hope this doesn't offend the Mods too much)
Copied directly from Nigel's final Autosport column on www.autosport.com
"Before I begin to answer the question, though, I'd like to make it clear that I am not - in spite of the rumours (and, no doubt, the wishes of some!) - retiring.
This is indeed my last week of working for Autosport (both the magazine and the website), but in the New Year I'm going off to be editor-in-chief of Motor Sport, and will continue to go to the races, and to write columns and features, as always."
So, he's got himself another job and will still be writing. You just have to change magazines. Easy.
"Before I begin to answer the question, though, I'd like to make it clear that I am not - in spite of the rumours (and, no doubt, the wishes of some!) - retiring.
This is indeed my last week of working for Autosport (both the magazine and the website), but in the New Year I'm going off to be editor-in-chief of Motor Sport, and will continue to go to the races, and to write columns and features, as always."
So, he's got himself another job and will still be writing. You just have to change magazines. Easy.
When I canceled my Autosport sub, a couple of years ago, Fifth Column was the only thing that almost made me change my mind. Nigel's was the first page I'd turn to every week, confident that it'd be an entertaining, enlightening and truthful read, free of any PR speak or the kind of idiotic witterings that some of his colleagues would routinely produce. And he was much more controversial, on occasion, than Brundle's recent pieces in the Times.
It seems there are a few who think the same as me. A few for whom Fifth Column was just about the last remaining link to a time when Autosport was essential reading, not a sort of motorsport FHM. Autosport sales may see a small dip from next week.
Nigel has written for Motorsport for a while, of course, but his new role there will make Motorsport even more essential reading for everyone, I'm sure.
He really needs to produce a book or three of Fifth Columns, like Clarkson's collective newspaper columns. I'd love to be able to re-read his story of being driven by Gilles Villeneuve, in Gilles 308GTB 'company car', through Monaco at stupendous speeds in order to catch a plane (I think) - Gilles sideways, tyres squealing, scything through the traffic, while calmly chatting away as if they were sitting in a pub.
The finest automotive journo of the last 30 years, in my opinion.
It seems there are a few who think the same as me. A few for whom Fifth Column was just about the last remaining link to a time when Autosport was essential reading, not a sort of motorsport FHM. Autosport sales may see a small dip from next week.
Nigel has written for Motorsport for a while, of course, but his new role there will make Motorsport even more essential reading for everyone, I'm sure.
He really needs to produce a book or three of Fifth Columns, like Clarkson's collective newspaper columns. I'd love to be able to re-read his story of being driven by Gilles Villeneuve, in Gilles 308GTB 'company car', through Monaco at stupendous speeds in order to catch a plane (I think) - Gilles sideways, tyres squealing, scything through the traffic, while calmly chatting away as if they were sitting in a pub.
The finest automotive journo of the last 30 years, in my opinion.
Roebuck's writing has been good, although I daresay that was more because what he wrote seemed to be the truth, instead of its being the politically-correct pap that the protagonists would like us to hear and so many other 'journalists' apparently get paid to submit.
As far as real value-for-money, I'd say that Mark Hughes is tough to beat. He almost always provides insights that one reads nowhere else, and that are unavailable unless one is an engineer on the inside and knows the stuff already.
As far as real value-for-money, I'd say that Mark Hughes is tough to beat. He almost always provides insights that one reads nowhere else, and that are unavailable unless one is an engineer on the inside and knows the stuff already.
What I'd really like to see is if he could publish a book with all of his 'untellable' stories. Who cheated when, with what and how. I don't suppose it would ever happen and I'm sure quite a few people would pay quite a sum to stop it ever being published.
Nigel has repeatedly mentioned that he has some stories to tell that can never be published. Maybe an organised night out, with everyone buying beer for him to 'loosen his tongue'? Anyone else in?
I agree that Mark Hughes is quite a writer. His ability to paint a verbal picture is amazing, I wish I could conjure with words the way he does.
Nigel has repeatedly mentioned that he has some stories to tell that can never be published. Maybe an organised night out, with everyone buying beer for him to 'loosen his tongue'? Anyone else in?
I agree that Mark Hughes is quite a writer. His ability to paint a verbal picture is amazing, I wish I could conjure with words the way he does.
Edited by Hobbit123 on Sunday 16th December 21:11
rallycross said:
such a shame, 5th column is the best page in autosport, his column is ireplaceable, will have to subscribe to motorsport mag, may not continue with my autosport subscription
His leaving has co-incided with my subscription expiring, and was one of the reasons I chose not to renew.flemke said:
Roebuck's writing has been good, although I daresay that was more because what he wrote seemed to be the truth, instead of its being the politically-correct pap that the protagonists would like us to hear and so many other 'journalists' apparently get paid to submit.
As far as real value-for-money, I'd say that Mark Hughes is tough to beat. He almost always provides insights that one reads nowhere else, and that are unavailable unless one is an engineer on the inside and knows the stuff already.
I totally agree - with Piola's drawings and Anderson's comments, I think that Autosport adds a lot of value. I can't understand some of the comments about comparing Autosport to FHM nor the negatives on Mark Hughes; like Roebuck, he always seems happy to express unbiased and unfiltered opinions.As far as real value-for-money, I'd say that Mark Hughes is tough to beat. He almost always provides insights that one reads nowhere else, and that are unavailable unless one is an engineer on the inside and knows the stuff already.
I do have some issues with Adam Cooper that go way back, but that's more about his personality than the content or qulaity of his writing.
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