Results tagged “motor racing”

Formula One fans watching this Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix might think the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have an easy job.

But television presenter Tiff Needell, himself a former F1 driver, wants people to realise just how physically demanding the sport is, and how hard the average driver would find it.

It's not every day a Formula One World Champion visits a motor show and doesn't take a car for a spin but that's what happened when Nigel Mansell visited the Canary Wharf Motorexpo.

The 1992 champion ignored the Ferraris and BMWs, preferring to promote his UK Youth Cycle Challenge, but he's still a petrolhead at heart.

CANARY Wharf workers often feel they live life in the fast lane but one banker has taken it a step further.

Crispian Besley, head of Japanese Equity Sales at Credit Suisse, combines the day job with his hobby of racing vintage cars around some of the most famous tracks in Europe.

Last weekend he took his 1960 OSCA Maserati to Monaco where he challenged his rivals over 12 laps of the Principality’s legendary circuit. But hot weather meant the car didn’t perform well and Crispian finished 15th overall.