Nigel Roebuck | |
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| Born | March 1946 (age 79) Manchester,Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Motorsportjournalist |
| Known for | Editor-in-Chief ofMotor Sport magazine |
Nigel Scott Roebuck (born March 1946)[1] is an Englishjournalist. Since 1971, he has reported onFormula One,[2] and is considered one of the sport's most influential writers. From 2007 to 2016, he was editor-in-chief ofMotor Sport magazine.[2] Roebuck was educated atGiggleswick School inNorth Yorkshire, also the alma mater ofKeith Duckworth, another well-known figure in Formula One. He wrote freelance articles for many publications, as well as being Press Officer for theEmbassy Hill team in 1975. At the same time, he was writing forAutosport magazine and became their Grand Prix correspondent in 1976.[2]
Roebuck's weekly column, entitled "5th Column",[2] in deference toEmilio Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general in theSpanish Civil War, became a must-read for its insights into drivers, team managers, and some of the self-important bureaucrats running Formula One in the late 1970s and 1980s. While covering Formula One (a category of racing that he loved more than any other), he became close to several drivers, notablyGilles Villeneuve,[3]Chris Amon,Keke Rosberg,Mario Andretti,Eddie Cheever,Derek Warwick,Ayrton Senna, andAlain Prost. He is also a passionate collector of Roadster-era United States oval racing literature. Among Roebuck's freelance outlets wereAutosport, plusAutoweek in the United States and a retrospective column inMotor Sport. At the end of 2007, he stopped writing his weekly articles forAutosport magazine and website, to concentrate on his new position as editor-in-chief ofMotor Sport magazine.[2]
In 1982, Roebuck drove a Formula One Renault turbo atCircuit Paul Ricard in France. Roebuck was a commentator for theESPN coverage of the1988 Canadian Grand Prix.[4] His column was one of the most popular inMotor Sport magazine and ran for over nine years. In January 2017,Motor Sport magazine announced that Roebuck would no longer be writing for the magazine, returning to his spiritual home,Autosport magazine.[2]
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