birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
manchester , england english 1946 editor-in-chief of '' motor sport '' magazine nigel roebuck
 nigel roebuck motorsport journalist
nigel roebuck

nigel roebuck -lrb- born in 1946 , in manchester , lancashire , england -rrb- is an english journalist .
since 1971 he has reported on formula one , and is considered one of the sport 's most influential writers .
in 2007 he became editor-in-chief of `` motor sport '' magazine .
roebuck was educated at giggleswick school in north yorkshire , also the alma mater of keith duckworth , another well-known figure in formula one .
he wrote freelance articles 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 into drivers , team managers and some of the self-important bureaucrats running f1 in the late 1970s and 1980s .
while covering f1 -lrb- a category of racing that he loved more than any other -rrb- 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 .
among roebuck 's freelance outlets were `` autosport '' , plus `` autoweek '' in the usa and a retrospective column in `` motor sport '' .
at the end of 2007 he stopped writing his weekly articles for `` autosport '' magazine and website , to concentrate on his new position as editor-in-chief of `` motor sport '' magazine .
in 1982 roebuck drove a formula one renault turbo at circuit paul ricard in france .
roebuck was a commentator for the espn coverage of the 1988 canadian grand prix .
