Jim Bamber Cartoons

Jim Bamber's cartoons appeared in @Autosport for years and were much loved. Here they are again with Jim's own words. Run by @NeilThompson of @williamsdbf1.

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My take on the famous Ferrari Cavallino symbol. This was used for the cover of a book called 'COBBLERS' that I printed, by hand, and published myself. I must have been mad! Please don't ask for a copy...

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This is only one of a series of cartoons were I had been rather unkind towards the Japanese driver Taki Inoue. He had the sort of luck, let's say for example that if he stepped out of his racecar he...

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Senna and Irvine had an altercation after the race in Japan. Senna was furious that a newcomer had overtaken a superstar. 1993

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A cartoon for an Irish friend who's a bit of a Mini nut. 7 December 2012

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David and Victoria were Bernie's guests at the British GP. Did she smile? Once? 2007

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Another of my JCB paintings. Reproduced with kind permission of JCB Ltd 23 November 2012

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Citroen started the year with a 1-2-3 result on the Monte Carlo Rally 2003

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After the Belgian GP I was really stuck for what to draw until Hamilton tweeted his and Button's telemetry to his zillion followers. Nothing to you and me but God's gift for the engineers in the...

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Unfinished hot rod drawing. For those of you interested, it was all done in Illustrator. 2010

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The Italian media had its knives out for Eddie Irvine. His only fault was not being born Italian. Did he care? Nah! 1998

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Leaving cartoon for young Liam of Team Willy. Nuf said. 2010

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Schumacher's manager was so confident his boy would win the championship he had one million baseball caps with the words 1997 World Champion embroidered on the peak. All had to be scrapped. Now that...

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Schumacher tested a Sauber during the year as a favour..but not to Herbert. 1997

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Following the fire in the Williams garage after the Spanish GP other F1 teams offered support and equipment. Not all of it appreciated. 24 May 2012

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In 2001 hungrier drivers were arriving on the scene and one of them Kimi Raikkonen was very, very young. Sadly for me Kimi was almost as dull as Mika, the man he eventually came to replace. 2001

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After their conduct at the British GP both drivers were warned about their future conduct and naturally were as good as gold for the next.........two minutes. 1995

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You may have noticed a smattering of motorbikes on this site, so as a sad old fart ex-biker I make no excuse for showing another one. This is a 1200 V-twin cafe racer from the boys at Deus in Ozland....

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1992

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Michael's early races were ones he would probably like to forget. I was taking bets on if he would last the year. 2010

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A remake of an old cartoon of mine. Back in the 1980's I drew a huge Quattro on top of an Opel Manta. This was drawn for when Hannu Mikkola drove a Quattro at Goodwood. 2011