Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
@thebishf1.bsky.social
Diagonal Comms MD; Racing Pride founding ambassador; MotorSport columnist; podcaster; novelist; petrolhead; snooker buff; Londoner; historian; politico; LGBTQ+
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...
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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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Remembering Henri Oreiller, born #OnThisDay 100 years ago. As a skier he won 2 gold medals & a bronze at the ’48 Winter Olympics. Then he tried his hand at motor racing & was fatally injured when his Ferrari flipped at Montlhéry in ’62: he later died at Hôpital Cochin in Paris.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Remembering Henri Oreiller, born #OnThisDay 100 years ago. As a skier he won 2 gold medals & a bronze at the ’48 Winter Olympics. Then he tried his hand at motor racing & was fatally injured when his Ferrari flipped at Montlhéry in ’62: he later died at Hôpital Cochin in Paris.
Remembering privateer owner-racer Ken Downing, born #OnThisDay in 1917. He started 2 GPs & - #AnorakFact - his daughter married Paddy McNally, who once ran Allsport, the company that controlled the #F1 Paddock Club. Pic: Downing’s Connaught Type-A at non-championship Chimay, ’52.
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Remembering privateer owner-racer Ken Downing, born #OnThisDay in 1917. He started 2 GPs & - #AnorakFact - his daughter married Paddy McNally, who once ran Allsport, the company that controlled the #F1 Paddock Club. Pic: Downing’s Connaught Type-A at non-championship Chimay, ’52.
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Livery reveal date secured 🔒
As Diagonal client the Cadillac Formula 1 Team readies to join the F1 grid in 2026, we helped them announce that they will launch their inaugural livery during the upcoming Super Bowl, one of the largest annual sporting events in the world, on February 8 🏈
As Diagonal client the Cadillac Formula 1 Team readies to join the F1 grid in 2026, we helped them announce that they will launch their inaugural livery during the upcoming Super Bowl, one of the largest annual sporting events in the world, on February 8 🏈
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Livery reveal date secured 🔒
As Diagonal client the Cadillac Formula 1 Team readies to join the F1 grid in 2026, we helped them announce that they will launch their inaugural livery during the upcoming Super Bowl, one of the largest annual sporting events in the world, on February 8 🏈
As Diagonal client the Cadillac Formula 1 Team readies to join the F1 grid in 2026, we helped them announce that they will launch their inaugural livery during the upcoming Super Bowl, one of the largest annual sporting events in the world, on February 8 🏈
It’s just been announced that Haas will be known as Toyota Gazoo Racing Haas from 2026 onwards. When Toyota’s involvement with Haas was somewhat tentatively launched a year ago, I wrote a #MotorSport column about it. ICYMI then, click below to read it now.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
$3bn and not a single win: the F1 team that Toyota kept on a leash
Toyota is back in Formula 1, 15 years after closing down its team having failed to win a grand prix. Matt Bishop explores what went wrong, and asks whether its new partnership with Haas will fare any ...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It’s just been announced that Haas will be known as Toyota Gazoo Racing Haas from 2026 onwards. When Toyota’s involvement with Haas was somewhat tentatively launched a year ago, I wrote a #MotorSport column about it. ICYMI then, click below to read it now.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
#HappyBirthday Raul Boesel, 68. Boesel studied engineering, became a show jumper, then went racing. He did #F1 without great success, but became sports car world champion in ’87, was 3rd in the ’89 #Indy500, 2nd at Le Mans in ’91, & is now a DJ. Pic: Ligier JS21, Zandvoort, ’83.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#HappyBirthday Raul Boesel, 68. Boesel studied engineering, became a show jumper, then went racing. He did #F1 without great success, but became sports car world champion in ’87, was 3rd in the ’89 #Indy500, 2nd at Le Mans in ’91, & is now a DJ. Pic: Ligier JS21, Zandvoort, ’83.
Remembering François Migault, born in Le Mans #OnThisDay in ’44. He raced 13 #F1 GPs &, in keeping with his birthplace, he drove the 24-hour race 25 times (best: 2nd, ’76). He died (of cancer) in Le Mans too, at 67, in 2012. Pic, taken by Alain Poulain: Rouen ’73, Pygmée #F2 car.
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Remembering François Migault, born in Le Mans #OnThisDay in ’44. He raced 13 #F1 GPs &, in keeping with his birthplace, he drove the 24-hour race 25 times (best: 2nd, ’76). He died (of cancer) in Le Mans too, at 67, in 2012. Pic, taken by Alain Poulain: Rouen ’73, Pygmée #F2 car.
#HappyBirthday Prince Gaetano Starrabba di Giardinelli of Sicily, 93. He did the #TargaFlorio 14 times & the #GiroDiSicilia 5 times. Pic: 12th in a Ferrari 250GTO/64 shared with Clemente Ravetto ahead of the Ferrari 250LM of Cesare Toppetti & Maurizio Grana, Targa Florio, ’65.
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#HappyBirthday Prince Gaetano Starrabba di Giardinelli of Sicily, 93. He did the #TargaFlorio 14 times & the #GiroDiSicilia 5 times. Pic: 12th in a Ferrari 250GTO/64 shared with Clemente Ravetto ahead of the Ferrari 250LM of Cesare Toppetti & Maurizio Grana, Targa Florio, ’65.
Remembering Roberto Mieres, born #OnThisDay 101 years ago. A sporting all-rounder, he played tennis & rugby, rowed, sailed (representing Argentina in the ’60 Olympics) & entered 17 GPs. Pic: on the Monza banking in the ’55 #ItalianGP, in a Maserati 250F, en route to 7th place.
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Remembering Roberto Mieres, born #OnThisDay 101 years ago. A sporting all-rounder, he played tennis & rugby, rowed, sailed (representing Argentina in the ’60 Olympics) & entered 17 GPs. Pic: on the Monza banking in the ’55 #ItalianGP, in a Maserati 250F, en route to 7th place.