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BBC News
16-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Colchester F1 writer releases new book about Ferrari team
A Formula 1 journalist who admits to once writing fictional match reports as a child has released a new Saunders, from Colchester, has been flying out to races across the world for ESPN since 2015, rubbing shoulders with the sport's biggest book - Forza Ferrari: How F1's Most Famous Team Can Win Again - questions whether the Italian outfit can return to the winning 35-year-old said he had a "new-found appreciation" for what it took to write a book. He has his microphone ready in Melbourne this weekend, where the chequered flag will signal the start of the season-opening Australian Grand told BBC Essex: "I was never great at sports but I loved writing about them, so I always wrote these match reports when I was young - they were fake match reports - about England winning the World Cup or Ferrari winning the championship, but I was always the hero that was winning in them, which looking back now, looks quite big headed obviously." Saunders was sports editor at his university paper in Reading, before working freelance and then joining ESPN in has since built up a rapport with key figures across the paddock, receiving praise for his writing from former Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo and ex-Haas team principal Guenther said he hoped Forza Ferrari would provide unique insight for diehard fans, and an overview of the team's history for anyone new to the sport. Ferrari has not won the drivers' championship since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, and before that, Michael Schumacher."[The book] dives into the story of the modern team; some of the missed opportunities," he said the writing process took place on "a lot of cramped, dingy flights" and admitted he "spent a lot more of Christmas" working on it than he should Lewis Hamilton having joined the Maranello team for this season, Saunders said this championship "feels so much bigger". Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Independent
05-02-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
GB3 champion Louis Sharp, 17, to make motorsport history in Australia
GB3 champion Louis Sharp will become the youngest-ever driver to compete at the Race of Champions when he takes part in the 2025 competition in Sydney next month. Former F1 drivers such as four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, ex-Haas driver Mick Schumacher and decade-long veteran Valtteri Bottas are all scheduled to take part in the event at Accor Stadium on 7-8 March. And New Zealand racer Sharp will become the first 17-year-old to compete in the prestigious event. Lando Norris was the previous youngest record-holder, when he competed in 2018 at the age of 18. Sharp won the British F4 championship in 2023 and backed that up by claiming victory in GB3 last year. Sharp will compete in Formula 3 this year, making his debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 14-16 March. 'It's an incredible honour to have been invited to join such an amazing list of true motorsport heroes in this year's Race of Champions,' said Sharp. 'It's crazy to think I was born in the same year Sebastian Vettel won his first ROC Nations Cup title, and I now get to race against the very icons grew up admiring.' In the Race of Champions, pairs from around the world compete against each other, as well as head-to-head for the individual title. Sharp will compete alongside rally champion Hayden Paddon for New Zealand. 'I don't want to put any additional pressure on Louis but this young man seems spectacularly quick and mature for his age,' said Race of Champions president Fredrik Johnsson. 'Every now and again a young talent comes along that deserves your attention; Louis certainly falls into that category and we are delighted to be able to invite him to our first Race Of Champions in the Southern Hemisphere. 'It will be a perfect opportunity for him to meet some of his childhood heroes like Sebastian Vettel and for the world to discover this future star. 'Louis has been nominated by critics as an F1 star of the future and I have little doubt that in a few years' time we will be saying 'I saw that kid for the first time at the Race Of Champions at Accor Stadium in Sydney'.'
