Find it quietly satisfying that the only two clips of my commentary that do the rounds online are pretty much my first (Ricciardo vs Bottas at Silverstone in 08) and last (Lawson vs Tsunoda at Spa in 19)

Wife & kids away for the weekend, so for the first time in c12 years I have a full weekend at home to myself. Currently in my shed reading old Autocourse’s. Gone wild.

Just imagine a world of multiple tyre providers in F1 where the tyres lasted and were good

Appreciate all the narrative today is about Reform, but many of the counties that didn’t vote today would quite likely have gone Lib Dem had elections not been postponed (Surrey, East and West Sussex), possibly more of a pincer than the punditry is saying

Thoughts with everyone affected by the awful accident at Oulton Park yesterday

Busy deciding if I want to be Alpine team principal or second driver

Writing this touring car book has been heavy going, not because of the subject, but it has been increasingly hard to fit around family and work. Only at half the word found and four months to go. Hooray

Can already see that F1 2025 will go down to the final round between the McLaren drivers & that it will be decided by Norris making a fairly fundamental race craft error

Am feeling solidarity with the club World Cup commentators- trying to sell something that is a bit rubbish (late days of FV8 3.5) with enthusiasm

Ozzfest 2001 - what a day. Coach from Bristol to Milton Keynes to meet up with mates from school (no phones so no idea how it worked). Fabulous day and first step into adulthood. Amen were superb (miss Casey) and Black Sabbath were awesome. So glad to have seen Ozzy when on it

Picked this up for £5 on eBay. Can anyone advise if the signature is likely to be genuine? It’s different to later autographs, but early career signatures tend to be more legible #barrysheene

Delighted that Super Touring: When Touring Cars Ruled the World is now available for pre-order. From next Tuesday 14th - Friday 17th October you can get 25% off if you pre-order it from Waterstones waterstones.com/book/super-tou… #supertouring #btcc

Off to the Formula Ford Festival tomorrow - if you’re going and would like a copy of The Legend of the Formula Ford Festival hand delivered for £15 drop me a line - have 3 left