Gerald Donaldson - F1 Writer

Gilles VILLENEUVE, James HUNT, Juan Manuel FANGIO classic biographies - Profiles of World Champions:

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It's with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gerald Donaldson, on December 14th, surrounded with his family.

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ALAN JONES. The world champion who always said what he thought>>>
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ALAN JONES. #BOTD, AJ was a straight-talking, iron-willed, two-fisted Aussie who bullied his way to the forefront and became the 1980 F1 World Champion with Williams. As boy AJ described himself as "as an obnoxious little bastard, a big-headed little prick."Here's his profile on https://t.co/FIlvzG94g7>>>
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@TheBishF1 @TheOneTrueGKS @Mel_Nichols @MauriceHamilton Thank you Matt! Honoured to be noted this way. GD

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NINO FARINA. The first ever F1 World Champion was born on this date in 1906. Enzo Ferrari feared for Farina's future: "He was like a high-strung thoroughbred. As a consequence he was a regular inmate of the hospital wards.>>>
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Farina wins 1st ever F1 GP (Blog)

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Today is Bernie Ecclestone’s 95th birthday. Here he is racing a Cooper-JAP some place some time in the early ’50s.

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@TheBishF1 @TheOneTrueGKS @f1speedreader @Mel_Nichols @MauriceHamilton I have the 2 on the left, great books especially the Donaldson one. I would also recommend The Lost Generation by David Tremayne.

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@TheOneTrueGKS Here are 4 recommendations from my shelves, 2 about driving & 2 about racing, all of them written by friends of mine: Gerald Donaldson, Mel Nichols, Maurice Hamilton & the late Phil Llewellin. They’re all different & they’re all great.

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AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ. The Mexican GP track is named after two racing brothers who were killed in action>>>
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AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ. The Mexican GP track is named after two racing brothers who were killed in action>>>
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KIMI RAIKKONEN. Happy Birthday to the 'Iceman' - Notoriously uncommunicative, the silent speedster's frozen expression masked hidden depths in one of the most popular world champions. Here's a profile from https://t.co/wvtFV7QNNY>>>
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Villeneuve won at a wet Watkins Glen #OnThisDay in ’79. On the Friday, when the rain had been torrential, he’d been more than 9sec faster than anyone else. “Look at him,” said a watching Laffite as Gilles splashed past. “He’s different from the rest of us, on a separate level.”

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DENNY HULME. The rugged New Zealand Zealander hated fame, had no trace of vanity and found social functions an agony. Denny was a tough man and a hard racer. He won the 1967 World Championship. He died of a heart attack 4 October 1992>>>
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MAX VERSTAPPEN. The Dutch driving phenomenon's birthday is today. In 2021 he said: "Becoming world champion is my life goal achieved. Of course I'm going to keep pushing." Having to date won four consecutive titles he's pushing harder than ever.>>> 
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MIKA HAKKINEN. #BOTD, the double World Champion was consistently quick, scoring points in over half his races. He was lucky to survive a nearly fatal crash. Here's a profile>>>
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DAMON HILL. #BOTD, the F1 driver who came late to the sport after a long struggle, yet overcame the odds and became world champion, as his father had done. Here's a profile of the remarkable Damon Hill>>>
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JOCHEN RINDT. His fatal accident at Monza,as recalled by those who were there>>>
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JOCHEN RINDT. He died on this date at Monza - the only driver to be awarded the F1 World Championship posthumously. His daredevil driving style was both thrilling and worrying to watch. A colourful character, he had a rough and tumble allure>>>https://t.co/gaN8w062Up

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James Hunt was born #OnThisDay 78 years ago - &, warts ’n’ all, there’ll never be another #F1 driver like him. #AnorakFact: this extraordinary little clip is from Mosport ’77.