Geoff Collins
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Geoff Collins
@GeoffCollinsF1
Motorsport fan since birth. Grands Prix and Sports cars. Worked in F1 and WEC. Happy to answer questions.
Zurich, Switzerland انضم Nisan 2009
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@AndyC_F1 Funny I was going to text and ask if congratulations are in order!
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@YeOldeMMRF And according to the photo it seems that Mark achieved that with only two wheels on the ground! I’d look it up in Autocourse, but, you know… 😀
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@SportmphMark @hamiltonprop_ Has anyone else won titles with 3 teams?
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@McLarenF1 None of them. Stick to their usual design please! 😀
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@bernie_collins1 It won’t improve overtaking- it might create more overtaking or make it easier but that’s not an improvement in my view.
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This year #AzerbaijanGP features 100m longer DRS zone. This will improve overtaking! Lots of action ahead. #f1 #strategy

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My WW2 Fighter Engines book is now available from the publisher.
"I challenge anyone to read this book without cheering the triumphs or feeling compassion for those struggling against impossible odds."
- James Allison, Technical Director Mercedes F1.
mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/p…

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@TheBishF1 @VeloceBooks Thanks for the recommendation Matt. Didn’t know if it. Lance is generally only known for 1955, so good to be able to balance that. Sounds like he was a bit of a Duncan Hamilton -Touch Wood is such an entertaining read 😊
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Lance Macklin, born #OnThisDay in 1919, served in the Royal Navy in WW2, taught himself to drift an Invicta (his dad owned the company) around London’s Belgrave Square, then started 13 GPs (’52-55) in HWMs & Maseratis. I recommend Jack Barlow’s excellent biography.

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@Bertie23574627 I was there for that one - late night/early morning down at Indianapolis/ arnage - wonderful sound!
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@vividcloudofwat @Bertie23574627 Goodwood? Lovely shot. Not sure it counts as a real Ferrari but the Lancia D50 was a fine looking car anyway!
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@TheBishF1 I looked at that and thought “that doesn’t look like a Bugatti front axle” so I looked up the T53. Four wheel drive back in 1932!
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Remembering Tazio Nuvolari’s great rival Achille Varzi, born #OnThisDay in 1904, one of a small group of truly brilliant pre-WW2 GP racers, albeit a troubled & eventually morphine-addicted man. Varzi drove 139 races, winning 33 of them. Pic: Bugatti T53, Klausenrennen, ’32.

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@RetroGP_Store Clark, Fangio, Lauda. But that leaves out Gilles, Prost, Amon, Gurney, Siffert and the Hills 😔 Not to mention the greats still racing…
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Who are your top 3 favourite drivers, past or present?
I'll collect the data and create a ranking. They don't need to be Champions.
bit.ly/RetroGP_F1_Sto…
'Some things are too important to be left in the past'.
#retrogp #formula1 #gifts #f1gifts 🎁 #heskethracing

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@mikewhatsisname @vizcomic Yes. But it made some of us happy 😀
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@vizcomic and the Freddie Parrot Face Davis reference flies over the head of several generations of readers
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@YeOldeMMRF Nice offer. I’d settle for the Autocourses though 😊
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There’s a cost cap and they dedicate money to a special livery rather than focus on making that car faster?
RaceFans@racefansdotnet
Alpine have revealed a special livery for this weekend's #BelgianGP More to follow #F1
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This really is quite bizarre. @McLarenF1 must have a stock of images to which they own the copyright, and this does not appear to be one. And it’s not as if the M23, M26, MP 4/4 etc were unattractive.
Michel 🏁@cheesy_poofs
Hey @McLarenF1, why is a Ligier depicted on your heritage hat ?
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