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Here are 2 new cartoons that are doing the rounds on social media today, & sadly there’s a lot of truth & wisdom in both of them. 😔

The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times - including #OnThisDay 50 years ago, at Nürburgring, which race is most famous for Ferrari’s Niki Lauda’s fiery death-defying accident but also featured a faultless drive to victory from McLaren’s James Hunt (pic).

Can it really be 46 years since we lost Patrick Depailler? Yes, it was #OnThisDay in ’80, during a Hockenheim test, that his Alfa flew over the guardrail at the Ostkurve, & that was that. Pic: but I prefer to remember him in a 6-wheeled Tyrrell, as shown in this gorgeous Monaco ’76 pic.

Jean Behra was killed in a minor sports car race at superfast Avus #OnThisDay in ’59. Robbed of his best racing years by WW2, he was fiery & fast, &, although he won no #F1 GPs, he won no fewer than 12 non-championship F1 races. Pic: Behra (Ferrari) leads Stirling Moss (Cooper), Monaco, ’59.

Remembering Raymond Mays, born #OnThisDay in 1899, one of the first racing drivers who was known to be gay. #AnorakFact: this wonderful pic shows him attempting to hurl his suddenly 3-wheeled Bugatti up the #CaerphillyHillclimb in 1924.

Check out the Merriam-Webster post below. It’s good fun. Try it. I was born in ’62. Do these 5 new-in-’62 words sum me up?! 😬😉🤣 - artsy-fartsy - body-count - business-class - ground-effect - one-liner

Remembering talented #F1 & #IndyCar driver Justin Wilson, born #OnThisDay in ’78. He was a fine racer - &, which is more, a truly lovely guy, much missed still by family, friends & fans.

Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper was born #OnThisDay in 1910 - a truly extraordinary, highly talented, incredibly brave & indomitably principled pre-WW2 GP racer about whom I’ve devoted my latest @motor-sport.bsky.social column. Click below to read it. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

'The Germans said if I raced, they'd kill me': the GP driver who defied HitlerA New Zealand farm boy turned Cambridge law student turned grand prix driver - Matt Bishop tells the quietly remarkable story of a man history nearly forgotwww.motorsportmagazine.com

Yesterday was Fernando Alonso’s 45th birthday. Earlier this year I wrote a @motor-sport.bsky.social column that heralded that bitter-sweet milestone. He’s still a magnificent #F1 driver, despite his advancing age. Click below if you’d like to read it. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

Matt Bishop: 'Alonso has begun his final act in F1. Don't expect a fairytale ending'Two decades ago Fernando Alonso looked set to rule F1 for years. But in the twilight of his GP career he has taken on the role of tragic hero: still razor-sharp but burdened with a car that's farcical...www.motorsportmagazine.com

The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 6 times. #OnThisDay in ’78 Jody Scheckter drove a truly brilliant race, storming from last to 2nd in this Wolf WR5 - a glorious charge through the Hockenheim field - beaten by only the gorgeous Lotus 79 of Mario Andretti.

#OnThisDay in ’79 Alan Jones won the #GermanGP at Hockenheim. It was the 2nd consecutive #F1 GP win for the Williams team, following Clay Regazzoni’s triumph at Silverstone 2 weeks before. How many cars/drivers can you name in this lap-1 pic? 🤔

The ’73 #DutchGP was won #OnThisDay 53 years ago by Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell 006; pic). #AnorakFact: it was his 26th #F1 GP victory - surpassing Jim Clark’s all-time record of 25 - but the race is remembered for the tragic death of Roger Williamson in a gruesomely fiery crash.

#OnThisDay 75 years ago, at Nürburgring, in this Ferrari 375, the great Alberto Ascari won a world championship-status #F1 GP for the first time. He’d win 12 more over the next 2 years.

My brand-new @motor-sport.bsky.social column is very good. It isn’t good because of my writing, which is average at best, but because it profiles Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, who was a truly remarkable man. A hero, no less. Click below to find out why. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

'The Germans said if I raced, they'd kill me': the GP driver who defied HitlerA New Zealand farm boy turned Cambridge law student turned grand prix driver - Matt Bishop tells the quietly remarkable story of a man history nearly forgotwww.motorsportmagazine.com

Coffee break in our garden at home in Earlsfield, London. Check out the Lotus Esprit S1 mug I’m drinking out of, which I bought at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, on Sunday.👌

Flashback to Sunday, & lovely #PetrolAndPride, where I was one of the judges alongside (from right to left) Wayne Bruce of Bentley, Ben Crawford of Carwow, & Jessie Abboud of What She Drives Club. We had a great day & gave out prizes to some fab cars’ owners. I’m the one in the colourful strides. 🌈

Remembering Luigi Musso, a fine #F1 driver but a troubled soul who was born #OnThisDay 102 years ago. I wrote a @motor-sport.bsky.social column about him. Click below if you’d like to read it. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

Troubled soul Luigi Musso: 'the only Italian who mattered in GP racing'Luigi Musso was a fine racing driver. But as Matt Bishop recounts, his F1 career alongside star-studded team-mates was often made turbulent by off-track troubleswww.motorsportmagazine.com

Remembering John Button, Jenson Button’s lovely dad, much missed still, born #OnThisDay in ’43. I wrote a @motor-sport.bsky.social column about him. Click below to read it. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

John Button: the larger-than-life F1 dad who knew more than he let onIt has been a decade since the untimely death of the charismatic John Button. Matt Bishop remembers the successful rallycross driver whose profound influence shaped his son's careerwww.motorsportmagazine.com

I’m delighted that Sepang will be making a return to the #F1 schedule later this year. It’s a much better circuit than Manama, whose calendar slot it will be filling. Here’s a @motor-sport.bsky.social column I wrote about Sepang (including snakes!). www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sin...

Tilke's finest: why F1 misses Malaysia and the swoops (and snakes) of SepangThe Sepang circuit was a challenging, exhilarating stage where Formula 1 greats shone brightly — but not the first to host a Malaysian Grand Prix. Matt Bishop explores the rich history of the race, an...www.motorsportmagazine.com

Today I’m at #PetrolAndPride at the British Motor Museum - at Gaydon appropriately enough - enjoying looking at an eclectic bunch of cars & having fun chatting to an equally eclectic bunch of owners. 🌈