Joe Saward

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Joe Saward was born in London in 1961. He is an influential British Formula One journalist. He was educated at Haileybury College and at Bedford College, London University and started reporting on motor racing in 1983 after graduating with a history degree. He began writing in Formula 3. In 1984 he joined Autosport[1] magazine in London and in the late 1980s became a leading reporter of touring car racing around the world. His extensive travels led to a popular column called Globetrotter, which continues to this day, and a book called The World Atlas of Motor Racing, published by Hamlyn. He became a Formula 1 reporter in 1988, working alongside Nigel Roebuck and remained as Grand Prix Editor of Autosport until 1993, when he established his own business. He went on to create the award-winning Business of Motorsport newsletter[2] and this was followed by the launch of www.grandprix.com[3], which is now one of the largest F1 websites.

In 2007 he published a new book called The Grand Prix Saboteurs [4] , the true story of racing drivers who went on to establish a sabotage network in France during World War II - based on 18 years of research into the subject.

Saward is the son of well-known clergyman Canon Michael Saward and the brother of Jill Saward.[5]