Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
@thebishf1.bsky.social
Diagonal Comms MD; Racing Pride founding ambassador; MotorSport columnist; podcaster; novelist; petrolhead; snooker buff; Londoner; historian; politico; LGBTQ+
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!
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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 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...
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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
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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).
Remembering John Love, born #OnThisDay 101 years ago, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, when the country had been called Southern Rhodesia. Pic: a fine driver, he nearly won the ’67 #F1 #SouthAfricanGP, but he ended up an unlucky 2nd owing to an unscheduled fuel stop.
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Remembering John Love, born #OnThisDay 101 years ago, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, when the country had been called Southern Rhodesia. Pic: a fine driver, he nearly won the ’67 #F1 #SouthAfricanGP, but he ended up an unlucky 2nd owing to an unscheduled fuel stop.
Remembering Peter Westbury, ’63 & ’64 British hillclimb champion, who died #OnThisDay 10 years ago, aged 77. In ’63 he campaigned a self-built Felday on the hills, & in ’64 a 4wd Ferguson. #AnorakFact: he drove one #F1 GP, Nürburgring ’69, in an #F2 Brabham.
December 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Remembering Peter Westbury, ’63 & ’64 British hillclimb champion, who died #OnThisDay 10 years ago, aged 77. In ’63 he campaigned a self-built Felday on the hills, & in ’64 a 4wd Ferguson. #AnorakFact: he drove one #F1 GP, Nürburgring ’69, in an #F2 Brabham.
Who are the best drivers not to have won an #F1 world championship? Moss, Peterson, Villeneuve, Reutemann; you’ll have your own ideas, too. But Kubica (who turns 41 today)? Well, click to listen to Richard Williams’ & my #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast.
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Robert Kubica - The lost champion of F1’s modern era
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 21/11/2025 · 57m
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December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Who are the best drivers not to have won an #F1 world championship? Moss, Peterson, Villeneuve, Reutemann; you’ll have your own ideas, too. But Kubica (who turns 41 today)? Well, click to listen to Richard Williams’ & my #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast.
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If listeners of Richard Williams’ & my #F1 history podcast #AndColossallyThatsHistory are wondering why it hasn’t appeared this week, we’re skipping a week because F1 fans’ attention is now so focused on the drivers’ world championship battle. Colossally will resume next week.
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If listeners of Richard Williams’ & my #F1 history podcast #AndColossallyThatsHistory are wondering why it hasn’t appeared this week, we’re skipping a week because F1 fans’ attention is now so focused on the drivers’ world championship battle. Colossally will resume next week.
I’m sad to hear of the passing of Michael Turner, at 91, one of the very greatest aviation, motorsport & #F1 artists. He was also a kind & friendly man. #RIPMichaelTurner
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m sad to hear of the passing of Michael Turner, at 91, one of the very greatest aviation, motorsport & #F1 artists. He was also a kind & friendly man. #RIPMichaelTurner
#AbuDhabiGP pole position for Max Verstappen! Tomorrow’s race is going to be a real nail-biter, especially for McLaren fans.
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#AbuDhabiGP pole position for Max Verstappen! Tomorrow’s race is going to be a real nail-biter, especially for McLaren fans.
Sorry… Keke is 77 today… not 78! 😬
#HappyBirthday Keke Rosberg, 78. I’ve developed a firm friendship with him over many years, & a couple of years ago I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. He’s a great guy. ICYMI when I wrote it, click below to read it now.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Keke Rosberg: F1's magnificent Viking warrior
F1's original Flying Finn made his name with a ragged, opposite-locking and fast driving style. Behind the scenes, Keke Rosberg is no less entertaining, writes Matt Bishop
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December 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sorry… Keke is 77 today… not 78! 😬
Pic: #OnThisDay 5 years ago Checo Pérez drove a fantastic #SakhirGP for Racing Point, charging from last place on lap one to first place at the flag. Felicidades, amigo! Oh & vamos next year with Cadillac! 💪
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Pic: #OnThisDay 5 years ago Checo Pérez drove a fantastic #SakhirGP for Racing Point, charging from last place on lap one to first place at the flag. Felicidades, amigo! Oh & vamos next year with Cadillac! 💪
#HappyBirthday Keke Rosberg, 78. I’ve developed a firm friendship with him over many years, & a couple of years ago I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. He’s a great guy. ICYMI when I wrote it, click below to read it now.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Keke Rosberg: F1's magnificent Viking warrior
F1's original Flying Finn made his name with a ragged, opposite-locking and fast driving style. Behind the scenes, Keke Rosberg is no less entertaining, writes Matt Bishop
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#HappyBirthday Keke Rosberg, 78. I’ve developed a firm friendship with him over many years, & a couple of years ago I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. He’s a great guy. ICYMI when I wrote it, click below to read it now.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
You may know that Peter Gethin won the non-championship #F1 #RaceOfChampions in an #F5000 Chevron. #AnorakFact: it was the only race other than the ’69 non-championship F1 #MadridGP, won by Keith Holland (who turns 90 today) in a Lola (pic), in which an F5000 car beat F1 cars.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
You may know that Peter Gethin won the non-championship #F1 #RaceOfChampions in an #F5000 Chevron. #AnorakFact: it was the only race other than the ’69 non-championship F1 #MadridGP, won by Keith Holland (who turns 90 today) in a Lola (pic), in which an F5000 car beat F1 cars.
The funeral of that great #F1 legend Graham Hill took place at St Albans Abbey #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted our latest #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
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The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 29/11/2025 · 1h 15m
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The funeral of that great #F1 legend Graham Hill took place at St Albans Abbey #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted our latest #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
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