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Joe Saward
Joe has a degree in modern history, writing a dissertation on the covert activities of the CIA in South Asia. His passion was motorsport and he started reporting international races as soon as he graduated. He has been a professional motorsport writer for 40 years, the last 35 of them in Formula 1. He has attended and reported on every Grand Prix since the Spanish GP of 1988, even during the COVID pandemic, when only two journalists made it to all the F1 races.
A former Grand Prix Editor of Autosport, he has written for magazines all over the world, including titles such as Autocar in the UK, Autoweek in the US, Grand Prix Special in Japan, Australasian Motorsport News, France's Sport Auto and many others. He is well known for his column writing, including Globetrotter, The Mole and Joe's Green Notebook.
He has written a string of books beginning with the best-selling "World Atlas of Motor Racing" for Hamlyn, back in the 1980s. He then spent many years researching "The Grand Prix Saboteurs", the true story of three racing drivers who became British secret agents during World War II. He has also written four volumes of "Fascinating F1 Facts", a non-racing book called "The Man who Caught Crippen" and a children's book about the Dakar Rally.
A pioneer in electronic media in F1, Joe launched the award-winning JSBM e-newsletter in 1994, followed by the grandprix.com website, the e-magazine GP+, the blog JoeBlogsF1. Joe podcasts with Missed Apex, lectures, makes speeches and commentates, as well as hosts live and virtual Audience events for F1 fans.
He was a Visiting Lecturer at Cranfield University, a non-executive director of Caterham Cars, a member of the FIA Media Working Group and a consultant for a wide range of clients, including the F1 Exhibition and an abortive F1 theme park.
He has written a string of books beginning with the best-selling "World Atlas of Motor Racing" for Hamlyn, back in the 1980s. He then spent many years researching "The Grand Prix Saboteurs", the true story of three racing drivers who became British secret agents during World War II. He has also written four volumes of "Fascinating F1 Facts", a non-racing book called "The Man who Caught Crippen" and a children's book about the Dakar Rally.
A pioneer in electronic media in F1, Joe launched the award-winning JSBM e-newsletter in 1994, followed by the grandprix.com website, the e-magazine GP+, the blog JoeBlogsF1. Joe podcasts with Missed Apex, lectures, makes speeches and commentates, as well as hosts live and virtual Audience events for F1 fans.
He was a Visiting Lecturer at Cranfield University, a non-executive director of Caterham Cars, a member of the FIA Media Working Group and a consultant for a wide range of clients, including the F1 Exhibition and an abortive F1 theme park.
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