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Max Noble
20/10/2020
In this crazy year of tortured humanity and the ego-monkeys taking over the asylum, it was a rare, genuine moment of a literal passing of the baton from one giant, legend of the sport to another. And Mick and Lewis both knew it.
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Max Noble
14/10/2020
So. Honda bows out with honour, again, having won the bet with Jenson. Bernie sees another of his ideas to "spice up the show" perfectly executed, and Christian Horner has something new to complain about.
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Max Noble
23/08/2020
"As usual, the FIA has issued tablets of stone that stifle innovation, fail to improve the racing, and continue to ensure you can find more advanced technology on road cars," writes Max Noble.
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Max Noble
04/08/2020
When Zak Brown recently noted that Formula One needed to trim the luxuries to ensure ongoing good health, it was inevitable that Max Noble would recall the words of a Jethro Tull song.
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Max Noble
05/05/2020
It is a remarkable shame the coronavirus, which does not differentiate on wealth, colour, creed or intellect, is not listening to a single word Chase and Ross are saying.
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Max Noble
24/03/2020
Piloti, che gente (Drivers, what men), wrote Enzo Ferrari, and in his latest feature Max Noble joins Il Commendatore in paying tribute to the heroes that comprise the Avenue of Champions.
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Max Noble
17/03/2020
In his latest meander down Formula One's boulevard of champions, Max Noble looks at the 1970s and '80s.
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Max Noble
06/03/2020
Having elected to draw his own 'modern era' line at the 1989 season in a previous article, Max Noble now looks further back in time to the sport's champions of the 50s, 60s and early 70s.
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Max Noble
23/02/2020
"How do you like them apples, or rather bananas," asks Max Noble, as he looks ahead to 2020, 2021 and way, way beyond.
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Max Noble
25/01/2020
Lawrence Stroll is reportedly about to walk right in and possibly save Aston Martin for only the... fifth time in the past ninety years or so. But why?
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BIOGRAPHY
Max is an engineer heavily influenced by the entire Apollo space programme. Man landing on the Moon still strikes him as the most remarkable human and engineering feat ever achieved. This early love of technical brilliance, balanced with calculated risk taking, led Max to study engineering at University, and to embrace Formula One with a passion.
Max has his mother to thank for the moment that sealed his love of Formula One. This sweet lady cheerfully distracting what we could loosely call security (it was the 1970s) as a young Max clambered into the seat of James Hunt's championship winning McLaren M23, grasped the steering wheel in his young hands, and was promptly stuck by the fact that anyone willing to exceed 50 kph in this thing was far braver than they looked… or nuts. Or more likely, both.
In quiet moments the quality of the welds still plays in Max's mind (for the record they were very even, but looked a little thicker than they needed to be, possibly adding a touch too much weight).
Since that fateful moment of true love, Max has been fortunate enough to indulge his love of speed on several continents. However, he now finds it far safer, and a more informed role model for his children, to leave the speed to the experts while watching from the comfort of his arm chair, where his biggest danger is being bitten by the cat when flying into a fit at the latest FIA rule change.
After a career spent delivering complex systems in defence and aerospace Max continues to work in programme management while writing in both the fiction, and business domains. His latest musings are considered articles on Pitpass which, while they might not solve any of the issues currently flying around Formula One, do aid in speedy, hearty, yet safe, debate.
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