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Tour de France is a Sporting Tour de Force

Well the Tour de France is hotting up nicely, with Team Sky's Geraint Thomas nicely positioned in 4th place and Bradley Wiggins, a candidate for the podium, in tenth.   Meanwhile Mark Cavendish had his first outburst of the Tour yesterday and indeed first penalty while favourite Alberto Contador, c...
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Nothing Ever Happens with Eddie Irvine

I received a text last night from Nick Harris, a good mate of mine and a man who, in his time, has been a fitness and nutritional advisor to the likes of Eddie Irvine, Mark Webber, Graeme McDowell and even AC-DC. "I've just heard "Nothing Ever Happens" for the first time on the radio since you sung ...
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'Indestructible' Sir Stirling Moss Calls Time on Motor Racing Career, at 81!

The announcement over the weekend that Sir Stirling Moss has decided to retire from motor racing made me smile because Stirling, the greatest racing driver never to win a Formula One world driver's title, happens to be 81 years of age. 81! And only now has the old boy decided to hang up his steering...
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Is Vettel the New Schumi?

Two Grands Prix completed, two wins for Sebastian Vettel, or four in a row, and five out of six if you include the back end of last season which culminated in the young German claiming his first of what many suspect will be many world championships. It is too early to say he has the 2011 world title...
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Sir Stirling Moss, always on form!

I had the great pleasure of compering a question and answer session last night with two of the biggest legends in the history of motor sport, Sir Stirling Moss and John Surtees at a function in the Old Brompton Road celebrating the arrival of the exclusive, $250,000 Ferrari Opus Diamante edition.   ...
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Get Well Soon Jackie, A True British Sporting Great!

Great to hear that Sir Jackie Stewart is on the mend again after a bit of a scare during a flight from the UK to Geneva in which he passed out and complained of chest pains. The 71-year-old has been discharged from hospital and is now recovering.   Jackie, of course, is one of the true greats of mot...
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Back to Business with Bernie, Mugging or no Mugging!

In typical fashion Bernie Ecclestone was back at his office on the south side of Hyde Park first thing Thursday morning, this despite being punched and kicked to the ground during a mugging the previous evening which saw his "brave" assailants run off with around £200,000 worth of jewellery. Ecclest...
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Eighty is Just a Number to Bernie

What would you do on your 80th birthday? Me? Well, probably a slap-up meal, more than a few drinks, and pretty much anything I bloody well want!   Bernie Ecclestone turned 80 yesterday and he did what he bloody well wanted as well which, in his inimitable case, meant another day at the coalface.   I...
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Hugs All Round for Clapton and Stewart.

Can anyone beat the table of celebrities I found myself sitting next to over the weekend in Monza? In no particular order I give you Bernie Ecclestone, three time former Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, another three time former F1 world champ Jackie Stewart and a certain Eric Clapton! They co...
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Class, Manners and Pure Joy at the Home of the Prancing Horse.

Say what you like about Ferrari and the "Team Orders" debacle at the German Grand Prix. I spent the day at Ferrari HQ in Maranello yesterday and everything they do - well virtually everything - oozes class. Sure, the blatant order over the radio to Felipe Massa to tell him to allow his teammate Fern...
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