Grandprix.com Contributors

Joe Saward

Paris-based Joe Saward started reporting about motor racing even before he graduated from university in 1983. Starting out as a freelance reporter, Saward travelled around Europe, living in a tent, reporting on the European Formula 3 and European Touring Car Championships. After a brief spell with the BBC he joined Autosport magazine in 1984 and spent 10 years moving through the ranks to become Grand Prix Editor. Saward established his own editorial agency (now called The Motorsport Company) in 1994 and has since written for most of the major F1 magazines in the world, notably Japan's biggest F1 publication Sony F1 Grand Prix Special. In 1995 he created the award-winning insider newsletter called The Business of Motorsport, which is read by many of the sport's decision-makers. This was followed in 2000 by grandprix.com and a year later Saward was appointed the first News Editor of Bernie Ecclestone's F1 magazine. Saward has attended every Grand Prix since 1988. He has written several books, including one about the French Resistance.

Mark Karp

New York-based Mark Karp was an Internet pioneer in the 1980s, creating one of the high-traffic bulletin boards on the East Coast while he was still a teeenager. His computer skills and passion for Grand Prix racing lured him into the sport and resulted in his appointment as project manager for data acquisition systems and telemetry and Formula 1 race support for Quantum Suspension Technology in 1990. After three years working on electronic suspension systems he joined Pacific Grand Prix as a computer systems specialist, while also becoming involved in the team’s marketing program. In 1994, in partnership with Joe Saward, he established the first online newsletter in the Formula 1 industry. He has helped to create and develop many leading edge websites, including the PriceWaterhouseCooper "Trendsetter Barometer" site.

Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier

Bernard Cahier began his career as a motor racing journalist and photographer in 1952 and for 30 years was one of the best known members of the F1 media. He organised the International Racing Press Association and was President of that organisation for many years. A close friend and confidant of many racing drivers he is extraordinarily well-connected in the F1 and automotive businesses. His son Paul-Henri Cahier continues the family tradition and has been working in F1 since the mid-1970s. He has produced some of the most spectacular photographs in F1 in recent years and is now the chief photographer of the Autocourse annual. His work is published by racing magazines all over the world.

Mike Doodson

Mike Doodson saw his first-ever motor race when his father took him to Aintree in September 1955 to see a non-championship F1 event. He immediately fell in love with the sport, working as a marshal and later writing freelance reports of club races. He also qualified as a chartered accountant, although it is fair to say that the profession should be grateful that in 1968 he accepted full-time employment as a staff writer for Motoring News. Mike did two seasons (1972 and 1973) with Team Lotus as F1's first full-time press officer, discarding his uniform on Mondays to provide hot news stories and features to Autosport. After nine years as Sports Editor for the now defunct weekly magazine Motor, he went freelance in 1983. With his working knowledge of three languages, Mike had already started collaborating by that time with the ground-breaking magazine Grand Prix International. He gave up Sunday night race reporting at the end of 2005 but continues to work for publications throughout the world. He is currently based in Spain.

The Man in the Pub

Robert Sinfield is a forty-something observer of Formula 1, who watches the sport closely from an English pub and asks the questions that Formula 1 people have long forgotten as they orbit the earth. In his spare time he operates a website called www.grandprixdiary.com.

Nick Longhi

A regular and competitive racing driver in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000 and IMSA during the late 1980s, Longhi became a racing instructor at the Spenard/David School in 1987. He later moved on to the Skip Barber organisation where he remained between 1991 and 1999. In recent years he has acted as a test driver and driver coach with the Ferrari Challenge, Barber Dodge ProSeries and the Indy Lights Championship. In this role he has worked with the best upcoming drivers in North America. He has been closely involved with the business development of Inside F1 since it was established in 1995 and is now chief operating officer of the business.