Ben Evans

Off to the Formula Ford Festival tomorrow - if you’re going and would like a copy of The Legend of the Formula Ford Festival hand delivered for £15 drop me a line - have 3 left

Delighted that Super Touring: When Touring Cars Ruled the World is now available for pre-order. From next Tuesday 14th - Friday 17th October you can get 25% off if you pre-order it from @Waterstones waterstones.com/book/super-tou… #supertouring #btcc

@TheRealDJPete Thanks, that was kind of my thinking. Similarly I’ve got a David Coulthard from his F3 days that’s like you’d write on an exam cover sheet

@bencommentator I'm not an expert but it looks genuine. Also, if it's forged, it'd be an odd programme for it to be on (they're normally on higher profile programmes). Early autographs are often clearer. For instance, I've a an Andrea Kimi Antonelli signature. Nowadays, he signs himself AKA.

Picked this up for £5 on eBay. Can anyone advise if the signature is likely to be genuine? It’s different to later autographs, but early career signatures tend to be more legible #barrysheene

Ozzfest 2001 - what a day. Coach from Bristol to Milton Keynes to meet up with mates from school (no phones so no idea how it worked). Fabulous day and first step into adulthood. Amen were superb (miss Casey) and Black Sabbath were awesome. So glad to have seen Ozzy when on it

Am feeling solidarity with the club World Cup commentators- trying to sell something that is a bit rubbish (late days of FV8 3.5) with enthusiasm

Can already see that F1 2025 will go down to the final round between the McLaren drivers & that it will be decided by Norris making a fairly fundamental race craft error

Writing this touring car book has been heavy going, not because of the subject, but it has been increasingly hard to fit around family and work. Only at half the word found and four months to go. Hooray

Busy deciding if I want to be Alpine team principal or second driver

Thoughts with everyone affected by the awful accident at Oulton Park yesterday

Appreciate all the narrative today is about Reform, but many of the counties that didn’t vote today would quite likely have gone Lib Dem had elections not been postponed (Surrey, East and West Sussex), possibly more of a pincer than the punditry is saying

With no support and a 1hr 50m set there was space for more that would have tipped it - a pre-show introductory film, maybe a mid-show covers section dipping into the EPs and at least an extra 10 mins to include two more songs from Impera, which was badly underrepresented

Ghost last night was a lot of fun, but very good rather than great. The new songs were awesome & the show had no low points, like a dreaded acoustic mini set. But… 1/n

Just imagine a world of multiple tyre providers in F1 where the tyres lasted and were good

For the subscription fee I don’t want reaction that easily clips for social media, I want reading the race and talking through the permutations

Some of the sky analysis on the F1 this afternoon could be generously described as puddle deep

Wife & kids away for the weekend, so for the first time in c12 years I have a full weekend at home to myself. Currently in my shed reading old Autocourse’s. Gone wild.

Find it quietly satisfying that the only two clips of my commentary that do the rounds online are pretty much my first (Ricciardo vs Bottas at Silverstone in 08) and last (Lawson vs Tsunoda at Spa in 19)

FWIW I think Lawson and Tsunoda are much of a muchness. Different strengths but over a season similar. Should have signed Sainz for 24 and Da Costa for 13

Much as I dislike Red Bull their driver programme makes some sense. In the past 15 years through two generational talents they’ve won 8 drivers championships. In that context the second seat is a sideshow, but at least give it more than two weekends