Gerald Donaldson - F1 Writer

It's with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gerald Donaldson, on December 14th, surrounded with his family.

ALAN JONES. The world champion who always said what he thought>>> f1speedwriter.com/2022/10/alan-j…

ALAN JONES. #BOTD, AJ was a straight-talking, iron-willed, two-fisted Aussie who bullied his way to the forefront and became the 1980 F1 World Champion with Williams. As boy AJ described himself as "as an obnoxious little bastard, a big-headed little prick."Here's his profile on F1.com>>> formula1.com/en/information…

@TheBishF1 @TheOneTrueGKS @Mel_Nichols @MauriceHamilton Thank you Matt! Honoured to be noted this way. GD

@TheOneTrueGKS Here are 4 recommendations from my shelves, 2 about driving & 2 about racing, all of them written by friends of mine: Gerald Donaldson, Mel Nichols, Maurice Hamilton & the late Phil Llewellin. They’re all different & they’re all great.

Iconic pic taken by David Phipps at Fuji #OnThisDay in ’76: James Hunt had finished 3rd, thereby scoring points enough to win the #F1 world championship but, after a late pit stop, he didn’t know it. McLaren boss Teddy Mayer resorted to sign language to get the message across!

NINO FARINA. The first ever F1 World Champion was born on this date in 1906. Enzo Ferrari feared for Farina's future: "He was like a high-strung thoroughbred. As a consequence he was a regular inmate of the hospital wards.>>> formula1.com/en/information… Farina wins 1st ever F1 GP (Blog)

Today is Bernie Ecclestone’s 95th birthday. Here he is racing a Cooper-JAP some place some time in the early ’50s.

@TheBishF1 @TheOneTrueGKS @f1speedreader @Mel_Nichols @MauriceHamilton I have the 2 on the left, great books especially the Donaldson one. I would also recommend The Lost Generation by David Tremayne.

AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ. The Mexican GP track is named after two racing brothers who were killed in action>>> f1speedwriter.com/2021/10/autodr…

KIMI RAIKKONEN. Happy Birthday to the 'Iceman' - Notoriously uncommunicative, the silent speedster's frozen expression masked hidden depths in one of the most popular world champions. Here's a profile from F1.com>>> formula1.com/en/information…

Villeneuve won at a wet Watkins Glen #OnThisDay in ’79. On the Friday, when the rain had been torrential, he’d been more than 9sec faster than anyone else. “Look at him,” said a watching Laffite as Gilles splashed past. “He’s different from the rest of us, on a separate level.”

DENNY HULME. The rugged New Zealand Zealander hated fame, had no trace of vanity and found social functions an agony. Denny was a tough man and a hard racer. He won the 1967 World Championship. He died of a heart attack 4 October 1992>>> formula1.com/en/information…

MAX VERSTAPPEN. The Dutch driving phenomenon's birthday is today. In 2021 he said: "Becoming world champion is my life goal achieved. Of course I'm going to keep pushing." Having to date won four consecutive titles he's pushing harder than ever.>>>  formula1.com/en/information…

MIKA HAKKINEN. #BOTD, the double World Champion was consistently quick, scoring points in over half his races. He was lucky to survive a nearly fatal crash. Here's a profile>>> formula1.com/en/information…

DAMON HILL. #BOTD, the F1 driver who came late to the sport after a long struggle, yet overcame the odds and became world champion, as his father had done. Here's a profile of the remarkable Damon Hill>>> formula1.com/en/information…

JOCHEN RINDT. His fatal accident at Monza,as recalled by those who were there>>> f1speedwriter.com/2012/09/jochen…

JOCHEN RINDT. He died on this date at Monza - the only driver to be awarded the F1 World Championship posthumously. His daredevil driving style was both thrilling and worrying to watch. A colourful character, he had a rough and tumble allure>>>formula1.com/en/information…

James Hunt was born #OnThisDay 78 years ago - &, warts ’n’ all, there’ll never be another #F1 driver like him. #AnorakFact: this extraordinary little clip is from Mosport ’77.