Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
@thebishf1.bsky.social
Diagonal Comms MD; Racing Pride founding ambassador; MotorSport columnist; podcaster; novelist; petrolhead; snooker buff; Londoner; historian; politico; LGBTQ+
Clay Regazzoni died #OnThisDay in 2006, aged 67; 3 other Ferrari #F1 drivers lost their lives on public roads after having retired from racing, and all of them were fascinating characters. I wrote a #MotorSport column about all 4. Click below to read it.
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Charismatic, wild and remarkable: Ferrari's fallen F1 heroes
18 years ago, Clay Regazzoni lost his life in a road accident in Parma, Italy. Matt Bishop remembers the charismatic Swiss driver, as well as the other three former Ferrari pilots to lose their lives ...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Clay Regazzoni died #OnThisDay in 2006, aged 67; 3 other Ferrari #F1 drivers lost their lives on public roads after having retired from racing, and all of them were fascinating characters. I wrote a #MotorSport column about all 4. Click below to read it.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
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I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
#LookUpLondon: this tatty & unprepossessing terraced house at 22 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, was not once but twice the home of the great Charles Dickens. #AnorakFact: it was known as 10 Norfolk Street in Dickens’ day. #HistoryOnTheHoof
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#LookUpLondon: this tatty & unprepossessing terraced house at 22 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, was not once but twice the home of the great Charles Dickens. #AnorakFact: it was known as 10 Norfolk Street in Dickens’ day. #HistoryOnTheHoof
Remembering Bob Drake, born #OnThisDay in 1919. He started one #F1 GP, at Riverside in ’60, in a privateer Maserati 250F (pic), the final appearance of that iconic race car in a championship F1 GP - #AnorakFact. Drake was a racer, stunt performer, naval diver & restaurateur.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Remembering Bob Drake, born #OnThisDay in 1919. He started one #F1 GP, at Riverside in ’60, in a privateer Maserati 250F (pic), the final appearance of that iconic race car in a championship F1 GP - #AnorakFact. Drake was a racer, stunt performer, naval diver & restaurateur.
In my friend Richard Williams’ & my new episode of our #F1 history podcast #AndColossallyThatsHistory we tell the amazing stories of 6 drivers who spent at least 20 hours (& in one case all 24) at the wheel during a single #LeMans24Hours race. Click below.
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20+ hours at the wheel - 6 of the craziest Le Mans drives
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 12/12/2025 · 59m
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December 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In my friend Richard Williams’ & my new episode of our #F1 history podcast #AndColossallyThatsHistory we tell the amazing stories of 6 drivers who spent at least 20 hours (& in one case all 24) at the wheel during a single #LeMans24Hours race. Click below.
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#HappyBirthday Emerson Fittipaldi, 79. I found ghost-writing his 2014 autobiography, #EmmoARacersSoul, a privilege & a pleasure. Here he is signing copies at Monza in 2014, in the McLaren Brand Centre, where we launched the book to the #F1 media. You can buy copies on Amazon.
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#HappyBirthday Emerson Fittipaldi, 79. I found ghost-writing his 2014 autobiography, #EmmoARacersSoul, a privilege & a pleasure. Here he is signing copies at Monza in 2014, in the McLaren Brand Centre, where we launched the book to the #F1 media. You can buy copies on Amazon.
Are you a McLaren fan? If you are, today is a very special day for you, for #OnThisDay in ’59, at Sebring (Florida), the great Bruce McLaren won an #F1 GP for the first time, in a Cooper T51, at the then record youngest age of 22 years, 3 months, 12 days.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Are you a McLaren fan? If you are, today is a very special day for you, for #OnThisDay in ’59, at Sebring (Florida), the great Bruce McLaren won an #F1 GP for the first time, in a Cooper T51, at the then record youngest age of 22 years, 3 months, 12 days.
Nice little story in the ‘i’ paper on Damon Hill’s & Johnny Herbert’s new #F1 podcast. They’re 2 good guys - & their chemistry is great, too. Sky Sports F1’s loss is The Race Media’s gain!
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Nice little story in the ‘i’ paper on Damon Hill’s & Johnny Herbert’s new #F1 podcast. They’re 2 good guys - & their chemistry is great, too. Sky Sports F1’s loss is The Race Media’s gain!
I’ve just been sent this pic of Haas #F1 boss Ayao Komatsu being interviewed by Karun Chandhok at the #MotorSport dinner on Tuesday. Silhoutetted in the foreground are yours truly & McLaren legend Jo Ramirez, next to whom I sat & with whom I chatted at length. A great evening.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I’ve just been sent this pic of Haas #F1 boss Ayao Komatsu being interviewed by Karun Chandhok at the #MotorSport dinner on Tuesday. Silhoutetted in the foreground are yours truly & McLaren legend Jo Ramirez, next to whom I sat & with whom I chatted at length. A great evening.
McLaren ran joint number-1 drivers this year, winning the #F1 drivers’ & constructors’ titles. But running things so fairly risks defeat in the drivers’ championship. That’s what happened in ’73, ’81, ’83, ’86 & 2008. My new #MotorSport column explains.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: McLaren F1 duet played a winning tune — but soloist Max almost made it to No1
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn't always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team
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December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
McLaren ran joint number-1 drivers this year, winning the #F1 drivers’ & constructors’ titles. But running things so fairly risks defeat in the drivers’ championship. That’s what happened in ’73, ’81, ’83, ’86 & 2008. My new #MotorSport column explains.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Remembering Jacques Swaters, boss of Écurie Francorchamps & Écurie Nationale Belge, & a big Ferrari collector, who died #OnThisDay 15 years ago, aged 84. He raced 7 GPs (’51-54) in his own Talbot-Lagos & of course Ferraris. Pic: Ferrari 500/625, Bremgarten, ’54.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Remembering Jacques Swaters, boss of Écurie Francorchamps & Écurie Nationale Belge, & a big Ferrari collector, who died #OnThisDay 15 years ago, aged 84. He raced 7 GPs (’51-54) in his own Talbot-Lagos & of course Ferraris. Pic: Ferrari 500/625, Bremgarten, ’54.
My brand-new #MotorSport column examines the pros & cons of #F1 teams running a number-1 driver & a number-2 (Red Bull) as opposed to running 2 number-1s (McLaren). It worked for McLaren this year, but it was squeaky-bum time towards season’s end!
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: McLaren F1 duet played a winning tune — but soloist Max almost made it to No1
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn't always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My brand-new #MotorSport column examines the pros & cons of #F1 teams running a number-1 driver & a number-2 (Red Bull) as opposed to running 2 number-1s (McLaren). It worked for McLaren this year, but it was squeaky-bum time towards season’s end!
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
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A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025.
But, writes @thebishf1.bsky.social , a collaborative approach doesn't always succeed against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver #F1 team
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4a...
But, writes @thebishf1.bsky.social , a collaborative approach doesn't always succeed against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver #F1 team
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4a...
Matt Bishop: McLaren F1 duet played a winning tune — but soloist Max almost made it to No1
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn't always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025.
But, writes @thebishf1.bsky.social , a collaborative approach doesn't always succeed against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver #F1 team
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4a...
But, writes @thebishf1.bsky.social , a collaborative approach doesn't always succeed against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver #F1 team
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4a...
#HappyBirthday André Milhoux, 97, a touring car racer who was a guest of Gordini for the ’56 #GermanGP. André Pilette was injured in practice so Milhoux took over his Gordini T32, qualified it 22nd & last, & thereby drove a one-off #F1 GP at Nürburgring. F1 was different then!
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#HappyBirthday André Milhoux, 97, a touring car racer who was a guest of Gordini for the ’56 #GermanGP. André Pilette was injured in practice so Milhoux took over his Gordini T32, qualified it 22nd & last, & thereby drove a one-off #F1 GP at Nürburgring. F1 was different then!
Remembering Bernardus ‘Ben’ Pon, born #OnThisDay in ’36, who won his class at Le Mans in ’61 & ’67, & raced just once in #F1, at Zandvoort in ’62, in this cute Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 787. He spun on lap 3, the car flipped, he flew out, & he landed in a bush, uninjured. (1/2)
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Remembering Bernardus ‘Ben’ Pon, born #OnThisDay in ’36, who won his class at Le Mans in ’61 & ’67, & raced just once in #F1, at Zandvoort in ’62, in this cute Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 787. He spun on lap 3, the car flipped, he flew out, & he landed in a bush, uninjured. (1/2)
Sam Tingle won the non-championship #F1 #VanRiebeeckTrophy at Killarney in an LDS Mk3. #AnorakFact 1: Killarney remains unaltered since its last facelift in ’60. #AnorakFact 2: LDS cars were made by Doug Serrurier, full name Louis Douglas Serrurier, born #OnThisDay in 1920.
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Sam Tingle won the non-championship #F1 #VanRiebeeckTrophy at Killarney in an LDS Mk3. #AnorakFact 1: Killarney remains unaltered since its last facelift in ’60. #AnorakFact 2: LDS cars were made by Doug Serrurier, full name Louis Douglas Serrurier, born #OnThisDay in 1920.
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Good for him, and for sport! The day when this will be as interesting as whether a player is left or right-handed might yet come!
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Swiss tennis star becomes second active player ever to come out as gay: "I'm proud of who I am" - LGBTQ Nation
The 21-year-old, 6'3" player, who's climbing the ranks of the men's singles circuit, came out on Instagram with a heartfelt message.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good for him, and for sport! The day when this will be as interesting as whether a player is left or right-handed might yet come!
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#OnThisDay a year ago, in Abu Dhabi, my good friend Kevin Magnussen drove his 185th & (so far) last #F1 GP. Fittingly, he notched up the fastest lap - a nice way to bow out of F1. Lando Norris won the race.
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#OnThisDay a year ago, in Abu Dhabi, my good friend Kevin Magnussen drove his 185th & (so far) last #F1 GP. Fittingly, he notched up the fastest lap - a nice way to bow out of F1. Lando Norris won the race.
Now that the 2025 #F1 season has concluded in Abu Dhabi - with Lando Norris crowned as the new F1 world champion - let’s now retune our TVs to BBC1, then later BBC2, to enjoy the final of the #UKChampionship #Snooker. It’s a slower sport, yes, but it’s often just as tense!
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now that the 2025 #F1 season has concluded in Abu Dhabi - with Lando Norris crowned as the new F1 world champion - let’s now retune our TVs to BBC1, then later BBC2, to enjoy the final of the #UKChampionship #Snooker. It’s a slower sport, yes, but it’s often just as tense!
It’s official! Lando Norris completes the UK’s #F1 #First11. Today he became the 11th British F1 world champion, after Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button. Bravo 👏! #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s official! Lando Norris completes the UK’s #F1 #First11. Today he became the 11th British F1 world champion, after Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button. Bravo 👏! #AbuDhabiGP
I’m pleased to see that this pre-race post of mine aged well👇. Well done Lando Norris! #AbuDhabiGP #F1 😀
You posted this tweet 4 years & 3 months ago, Lando. Well, today’s the day. #AbuDhabiGP #F1 💪
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m pleased to see that this pre-race post of mine aged well👇. Well done Lando Norris! #AbuDhabiGP #F1 😀
You posted this tweet 4 years & 3 months ago, Lando. Well, today’s the day. #AbuDhabiGP #F1 💪
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You posted this tweet 4 years & 3 months ago, Lando. Well, today’s the day. #AbuDhabiGP #F1 💪
Remembering Ottorino Volonterio, born #OnThisDay in 1917. A gentleman racer, he drove 3 #F1 GPs in privateer Maseratis, none at speed. Pic (by Bernard Cahier): making stately progress at Nürburgring in ’56; he qualified 20th & last, 4min 25.9sec off Juan Manuel Fangio’s pole.
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Remembering Ottorino Volonterio, born #OnThisDay in 1917. A gentleman racer, he drove 3 #F1 GPs in privateer Maseratis, none at speed. Pic (by Bernard Cahier): making stately progress at Nürburgring in ’56; he qualified 20th & last, 4min 25.9sec off Juan Manuel Fangio’s pole.
#HappyBirthday Hermano da Silva Ramos - who, since he turns 100 today, is the oldest living driver to have raced in an #F1 GP, which is an #AnorakFact. Oh & here’s another #AnorakFact: he raced in 7 F1 GPs, & his best result was 5th, in a Gordini Type-16, at Monaco, in ’56 (pic).
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#HappyBirthday Hermano da Silva Ramos - who, since he turns 100 today, is the oldest living driver to have raced in an #F1 GP, which is an #AnorakFact. Oh & here’s another #AnorakFact: he raced in 7 F1 GPs, & his best result was 5th, in a Gordini Type-16, at Monaco, in ’56 (pic).