Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
@thebishf1.bsky.social
Diagonal Comms MD; Racing Pride founding ambassador; MotorSport columnist; podcaster; novelist; petrolhead; snooker buff; Londoner; historian; politico; LGBTQ+
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.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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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.
My team at Diagonal Comms had a very busy November - see our 6-part post below👇.
DIAGONAL DEBRIEF: NOVEMBER 2025 🔖
Into the home stretch of the season, but no sign of slowing down 💪
From a Formula 1 team acquisition to an awards dinner and a car eBike hybrid reveal, here are five of our top moments from the past month 🧵 [1/6]
Into the home stretch of the season, but no sign of slowing down 💪
From a Formula 1 team acquisition to an awards dinner and a car eBike hybrid reveal, here are five of our top moments from the past month 🧵 [1/6]
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
My team at Diagonal Comms had a very busy November - see our 6-part post below👇.
The #F1 world reacted with incredulity to Adrian Newey’s new job title - team principal - but IMHO there was not only method but also logic behind Aston Martin’s apparent madness. Click below to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
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www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: Why Newey's new F1 team principal title isn't the real story
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius
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December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The #F1 world reacted with incredulity to Adrian Newey’s new job title - team principal - but IMHO there was not only method but also logic behind Aston Martin’s apparent madness. Click below to read my brand-new #MotorSport column.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
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Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius.
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
Matt Bishop: Why Newey's new F1 team principal title isn't the real story
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius.
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
@thebishf1.bsky.social analyses the developments at Silverstone: go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
Extraordinary #UKChampionship match last night, in which Mark Allen, a fine player & the 2022 champion (pic), played so negatively that a commentating Stephen Hendry said, “This is a form of #Snooker I don’t understand.” It didn’t work, either: Allen lost 6-1. He needs a rethink.
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Extraordinary #UKChampionship match last night, in which Mark Allen, a fine player & the 2022 champion (pic), played so negatively that a commentating Stephen Hendry said, “This is a form of #Snooker I don’t understand.” It didn’t work, either: Allen lost 6-1. He needs a rethink.
Remembering Chris Bristow, born #OnThisDay in ’37. Pic: hard at work in a Cooper T51 at Spa in ’60, the #F1 GP in which he’d lose his life, killed when he went off at Malmedy on lap 20. He was 22.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Remembering Chris Bristow, born #OnThisDay in ’37. Pic: hard at work in a Cooper T51 at Spa in ’60, the #F1 GP in which he’d lose his life, killed when he went off at Malmedy on lap 20. He was 22.
Remembering John Cobb, born #OnThisDay in 1899. Pic: Cobb’s famous & stunning Railton Special, in which he broke the #LandSpeedRecord many times, touching 403mph (649km/h) in ’47. He died in ’52, while attempting to break the #WaterSpeedRecord on Loch Ness.
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Remembering John Cobb, born #OnThisDay in 1899. Pic: Cobb’s famous & stunning Railton Special, in which he broke the #LandSpeedRecord many times, touching 403mph (649km/h) in ’47. He died in ’52, while attempting to break the #WaterSpeedRecord on Loch Ness.
Today is #WorldAidsDay #WorldAidsDay2025. If you’d like to read a novel whose narrative backdrop is the #HIV/#AIDS crisis of the late ’80s & early ’90s, I wrote one 5 years ago. All proceeds go to charity. Click the link below to buy it.
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The Boy Made the Difference
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December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today is #WorldAidsDay #WorldAidsDay2025. If you’d like to read a novel whose narrative backdrop is the #HIV/#AIDS crisis of the late ’80s & early ’90s, I wrote one 5 years ago. All proceeds go to charity. Click the link below to buy it.
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Remembering Guy Tunmer, born #OnThisDay in ’48. He drove one #F1 GP, Kyalami ’75, in one of 2 Gunston Lotus 72s (pic), the other driven by fellow South African Eddie Keizan. But the 72 was past its prime, the 2 aces in the works Lotuses in the midfield with the Gunston cars.
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Remembering Guy Tunmer, born #OnThisDay in ’48. He drove one #F1 GP, Kyalami ’75, in one of 2 Gunston Lotus 72s (pic), the other driven by fellow South African Eddie Keizan. But the 72 was past its prime, the 2 aces in the works Lotuses in the midfield with the Gunston cars.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#HappyBirthday Mika Salo, 59. Pic: scoring Tyrrell’s final #F1 points - 5th, Monaco, ’97 - coolly delivering on Mike Gascoyne’s bold zero-pitstop strategy, the last in F1 history, hatched out of the realisation that a wet #MonacoGP would be time-limited, not distance-limited.
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#HappyBirthday Mika Salo, 59. Pic: scoring Tyrrell’s final #F1 points - 5th, Monaco, ’97 - coolly delivering on Mike Gascoyne’s bold zero-pitstop strategy, the last in F1 history, hatched out of the realisation that a wet #MonacoGP would be time-limited, not distance-limited.
Remembering Trevor Blokdyk, born #OnThisDay in ’35. A ’50s speedway ace in the UK, he gave it up for cars, starting one #F1 GP, the ’63 #SouthAfricanGP, in a Cooper fitted with a 4-pot Maserati engine (pic). He raced for a bit more then returned to Transvaal & became a farmer.
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Remembering Trevor Blokdyk, born #OnThisDay in ’35. A ’50s speedway ace in the UK, he gave it up for cars, starting one #F1 GP, the ’63 #SouthAfricanGP, in a Cooper fitted with a 4-pot Maserati engine (pic). He raced for a bit more then returned to Transvaal & became a farmer.
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 29/11/2025 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
#OnThisDay 50 years ago Graham Hill died in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise. Click to read my latest #MotorSport column, in which I explain why Brise would have become a superstar.
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www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Matt Bishop: 'Tony Brise was set to be F1's next superstar before tragic plane crash'
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been
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November 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#OnThisDay 50 years ago Graham Hill died in a light aircraft crash. Killed beside him were 4 members of his #F1 team & his young team-mate Tony Brise. Click to read my latest #MotorSport column, in which I explain why Brise would have become a superstar.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Remembering Chuck Daigh, born in Long Beach #OnThisDay in 1923, an engineer/racer who started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a Cooper & 2 in a Scarab, Lance Reventlow’s F1 car whose front-engined layout rendered it obsolete at birth. But what a beauty it was (pic)!
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Remembering Chuck Daigh, born in Long Beach #OnThisDay in 1923, an engineer/racer who started 3 #F1 GPs, one in a Cooper & 2 in a Scarab, Lance Reventlow’s F1 car whose front-engined layout rendered it obsolete at birth. But what a beauty it was (pic)!
Remembering Helmut Niedermayr, born #OnThisDay in 1915, 9th in his sole GP, Nürburgring ’52, in an AFM (pic). A high point? Le Mans ’52, 2nd with Theo Helfrich in a Merc 300SL. A low point? Shunting a Veritas into the Grenzlandring crowd 10 weeks later, killing 13 & injuring 42.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Remembering Helmut Niedermayr, born #OnThisDay in 1915, 9th in his sole GP, Nürburgring ’52, in an AFM (pic). A high point? Le Mans ’52, 2nd with Theo Helfrich in a Merc 300SL. A low point? Shunting a Veritas into the Grenzlandring crowd 10 weeks later, killing 13 & injuring 42.
Frank Williams, founder of the eponymous #F1 team that thrives still, died #OnThisDay 4 years ago, aged 79. He was a truly great man, I knew him well, & I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. Click below to read it.
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www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
Fitness, Spitfires and Beethoven: what fired up Frank Williams away from the F1 track
The man who led Williams to become one of F1's greatest teams had several passions outside racing. Matt Bishop recalls how Beethoven brought his father and Sir Frank Williams together in an emotive Ro...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Frank Williams, founder of the eponymous #F1 team that thrives still, died #OnThisDay 4 years ago, aged 79. He was a truly great man, I knew him well, & I wrote a #MotorSport column about him. Click below to read it.
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...