Nigel Roebuck
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Nigel Roebuck (born in 1946, in Manchester) is an English journalist. Since 1971 he has reported on Formula One, and is considered one of the sport's most influential writers.
Roebuck was educated at Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire. He wrote freelance for many publications as well as being Press Officer for the Embassy Hill F1 team in 1975. At the same time he was writing for Autosport magazine and became their Grand Prix correspondent in 1977.
Roebuck's weekly column, entitled 5th column in deference to Emilio Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general in the Spanish Civil War, became a must read for its insights in to drivers, team managers and some of the self important bureaucrats running F1 in the late 70's and 80's. Whilst covering F1 (a category of racing that he loved more than any other) he became close to several drivers, notably Gilles Villeneuve, Chris Amon, Keke Rosberg, Mario Andretti, Eddie Cheever, Derek Warwick, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
He is also a passionate collector of Roadster era US oval racing literature.
Roebuck continues to write for Autosport, plus Autoweek in the USA and a retrospective column in Motorsport magazine. His flowing, laconic and self effacing style is matched only by its insightfulness, honesty and humour, and occasional reference to UK party politics.
In 1982 Roebuck drove a Formula One Renault turbo at Circuit Paul Ricard in France.
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