Green Notebook from Transylvania

To the west of Bucharest, north of where the Danube carves its way through the Carpathian mountains (also known as the Transylvanian Alps), there is a small city by the name of Deva. I fly over it on a regular basis on the plane from Paris to Doha. In fact, I've flown over it eight …

The 2025 calendar

Here's the new Formula 1 calendar for 2025

Green Notebook from Kankūjima

The Japanese word for island is “jima” while kan (観) means “to see” and Kū (空) means “the sky”, thus the word Kankūjima translates as the “island to see the sky” or perhaps the more poetic “island for contemplating the heavens”. The straight bar above the u is something foreign (and thus slightly scary) to English-speaking peoples, but …

Green Notebook from Batman Park

On the way from the centre of Melbourne to Albert Park, if you do not have a chauffeur, the trams stop at Batman Park. Bruce and Wayne are both popular names Down Under, but this is not Gotham City. So why do they celebrate Batman? After some research I discovered that a man called John …

Come and meet Joe in Melbourne…

If you want to know what is REALLY happening in Formula 1, and you are planning to be in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, you can sign up to attend an Audience with Joe, which I am hosting on Friday evening, at the West Beach Pavilion in St Kilda. It is a great venue, …

Green Notebook from the front line

The Wellcome Lounge in King Abdul Aziz International Airport is nothing special, which is odd given that the Saudis love building things that are bigger and better than everyone else. They have the money after all, and they are keen for the world to like them. Still, the conclusion I reached is that it must …

Green Notebook from a dirty weekend

The human being has two basic instincts: self-preservation, and the survival of the species. Pheromones, those naughty little chemical friends we have, help us to keep the human race going. Wanting to have sex with one another is not fundamentally a bad thing – and more fun than wanting to have sex on our own… …

An Audience in Melbourne

As is now normal, I will be hosting my annual live Audience for fans in Melbourne during the Australian Grand Prix weekend. Audiences are private live events during which I answer questions on any subject relating to Formula 1. The events are driven by the fans and they usually go home with plenty of behind-the-scenes …

Here is the new McLAREN

Here is the new Aston Martin

Aston Martin has revealed its new car this morning.