Andrew Marriott

@simonmhill @TheBishF1 Yea - if BBC hadn’t taken the contract - long story - I might have been famous. Remember back then 1 commentator 10 million viewers . Now 10 commentators and 1 million viewers.

@TheBishF1 Wasn't until later that year that BBC 'Grand Prix' came a regular thing so these highlights were on ITV's 'World of Sport' and voiced by that wonderful man @Pitlaneandy ... Great race on a great circuit with great cars and superb drivers. Thanks Matt 🙏

Dijon ’79 is often hailed as #F1’s best last-lap finish of the ’70s - & so it surely was. But let’s hear it for Kyalami ’78, which thrilling race was fought for wheel-to-wheel by Ronnie Peterson (Lotus) & Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) #OnThisDay 47 years ago.

@TheBishF1 @f1dutchgp Wonderful photo , so privileged to see him race. Remember standing on inside of Becketts at Silverstone, Jimmy coming through each lap in Lotus 49, front wheel an inch from the wall ( remember those) and a few inches off the deck.

Jim Clark, who won 2 #F1 world championships & 25 F1 GPs from 72 starts & only 49 finishes, for his Lotuses weren’t reliable, & was a quiet man off track & a genius on it, was born #OnThisDay in ’36. Pic: Lotus 33, Zandvoort, ’65, taken by Yves Debraine.

@leighdiffey Have a great day and greetings from UK

Thanks Hobbo!! Nice to be home for it with the fam mate 👍

@Stavros6 In my experience they smell more than one of your stink bombs.

Morning chaps. Flat out this morning. Sheik Raparrish ✊

@JennieGow Take the advertising off and we have 60s Team Lotus driver Trevor Taylor’s helmet - except he was in the days of open face . Trevor also had yellow race suit when everyone else had blue. Not sure about drivers changing their helmet designs all the time.

That’s new!!! #F1. Thoughts?

@cheesy_poofs He was so helpful and at ease. But I had interviewed him regularly that season after most GPs for a unilateral TV feed back to Canada. It was only when I was checking through old tapes that I realised I had this.

@Pitlaneandy What a great piece on Gilles. Had never seen this. What are your recollections on this ?

What a great video on my racing hero Gilles Villeneuve from @wearetherace youtu.be/nMrSSpH07tY?si… @RaceCanada_ca @KrisVanD2 @jlcooke99 @Ccuny79 @LaF1duWill1 #F1 #RetroF1

@ScarbsTech @RetromobileFR Well I counted about 15 Ferraris on Richard Mille’s stand where young Arun was painting. Cars I hadn’t seen in years too - several Matras, Ligiers, the Monaco/Beltoise wing BRM, the 4-w-d McLaren , the Williams FW04 raced by Jacques Lafitte and many more.

I'm at @RetromobileFR in Paris, the event is so huge, #F1 cars are only a tiny part of the show, still there must be over 30 classic F1 cars on show! #retromobile2025

@tiff_tv Shades of the great Yorkshire Team Lotus racer Trevor Taylor.

Great 'Lewis' colour, nice simple design. Now please let that be his last helmet design of 2025!!

@MBrundleF1 Well deserved

Thank you for so many lovely messages, they mean as much to me as the OBE, which is a great deal to say the least. My eternal and sincere thanks to family, friends, motorsport and broadcasting teammates, and motorsport folk and fans, for the help and support since I first grass-tracked a Ford Anglia 53 years ago. It’s been a blast, I’m a very lucky man.

@uk_franklyn No

@wearetherace Colton Herta

QOTD 💭 The question on everyone's mind: which drivers should Cadillac F1 sign for 2026? 🤔

Great new book for rally fans . See my post on Facebook for more details.

@jorgekoechlin Add Scott Speed

Gasly Alguesari Albon Ricciardo DeVries y Checo

Thank you - we are up and running. Open Thursday Friday and Saturday at 11am

The ⁦@RoyalAutomobile⁩ Art of Motoring exhibition kicks off on Wednesday at 2pm . Then 11am - 5pm for the next three days at the Iconic Images gallery but we’ve hung the teaser show at the Club ⁦@Pitlaneandy More details theartofmotoring.co.uk

@jorgekoechlin @RoyalAutomobile @HistoricCarArt Thanks, only wish you could attend and remind everyone that for many year’s you were the Club’s only Peruvian member @RoyalAutomobile

@Pitlaneandy @RoyalAutomobile @HistoricCarArt Sincere sincere, congratulations, my dear Andrew

Delighted to be curating the ⁦⁦⁦Royal Automobile Club Art of Motoring for a tenth year. Some 30 artists including the great Dexter Brown . All the info and virtual catalogue on theartofmotoring.co.uk ⁦@RoyalAutomobile⁩ ⁦@HistoricCarArt⁩ ⁦@Pitlaneandy⁩

@MrDavidHobbs Fortunately I saw your post saying you were alive first.

This is the post reporting my death. Luckily NOT true

@Stavros6 Fastest ever GP bike race ever. Dion Peers painted the scene and we did signed prints. I have a framed spare.

It was bloody scary on a 2 stroke 500cc. Absolutely no run off. #BarrySheene averaging 130mph. 💩. Loved it. 🤯

@Reddmeister @wearetherace @XPBImages Not forced, you choose not to subscribe to Sky for whatever reason , maybe economic,Very difficult in any European country to get free F1 live coverage. Way of the World!

@wearetherace @XPBImages Any of them where the Welsh twit and Snoozefest DC arent hosting/ commentating now the FIA hv closed off F1TV to DE and FR streaming markets and we are forced to Ch4 highlights 😖

💭 QOTD... 🇺🇸 US GP 🇲🇽 Mexican GP 🇧🇷 Brazilian GP 🇺🇸 Las Vegas GP 🇶🇦 Qatar GP 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi GP Which one are you most excited about?