News Details

Breakfast with ... Alan Jones

You can run but you can’t hide: even in the summer break, Eric Silbermann tracks down interesting people and forces them to have breakfast with him. In his crisp white shirt and neatly pressed grey trousers, he looks like any one of several older officials in the F1 paddock, the sort one can unkindly assume is past his sell-by date and only along for the jolly. But you’d be wrong, because Alan Stanley Jones MBE was the 1980 Formula 1 World Champion, is still as sharp as a tack and just as outspoken today as he was when he was racing. I caught up with him earlier this season. Somehow we never got round to discussing his 117 Grands Prix, or 12 wins or feelings about one time team boss...
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Silbermann says ... No hope for an Olympic Grand Prix

As a child, during the summer holidays, Eric Silbermann was always being...
8y ago from F1i.com

Summer break at right time for Kvyat says Petrov

Former Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov thinks the summer break came just...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Summer break at right time for Kvyat – Petrov

Summer break at right time for Kvyat – Petrov Former F1 driver...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

EU approves Liberty Media's purchase of MotoGP and...

Liberty Media has received unconditional approval from the European...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Fabio Di Giannantonio ecstatic with ‘dream' and...

Fabio Di Giannantonio secured his second Grand Prix podium of the 2025...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Road America – Race Results

Road America was the scene of this weekend’s IndyCar event, and high...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rallies around the world: The ones not to miss – and...

Rallying is unlike any other motorsport. It doesn’t unfold on pristine...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Real Madrid Transfer News Roundup: Los Blancos want...

Real Madrid are preparing to face RB Salzburg at the Lincoln Financial...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Will make things even more difficult' - William...

Former player William Gallas has warned Arsenal that they will struggle in...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Report: Agent in London in ‘last few hours' to...

Arsenal are making a fresh push to win the race for a highly-rated...
9h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal and Manchester United handed blow as key...

Arsenal and Manchester United have reportedly faced a setback in their...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.