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Jake Boxall-Legge

@jakeybl.bsky.social

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F1 Writer at Autosport. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.

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Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We all know how F1 drivers make it into the promised land, but what about engineers? Here's why you should join your university's Formula Student team. www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-...

The challenge ahead of F1's future engineering hopefuls

Ask any Formula 1 engineer how to get into racing, and they'll tell you Formula Student is the place to start. Here's how the next generation of engineers prepare to compete with their own self-design...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I reckon Fornaroli is a) mega, and b) undervalued, as he doesn't do flashy. Luckily, he's impressing the right people... www.autosport.com/f1/news/note...

Notebooks and no-nonsense: How "very interesting" Fornaroli impressed Stella in Barcelona

Reigning F2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli got behind the wheel of McLaren's MCL40 for the first time in Barcelona - and left Andrea Stella waxing lyrical about his approach

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The mythology of Adrian Newey, in meme form

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How to work out who's cool and who isn't: use the word "cromulent" in an article and check the reactions. A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Five back-to-back world championships won by a Belgian - @filipcleeren.bsky.social must be delighted!

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Last #F1 Friday of the year - and here's how it's all shaping up for Abu Dhabi. www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP

The three-way battle between Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri will conclude in Abu Dhabi, where the victor will be crowned as 2025's F1 champion. And, as practice shows, it's going to b...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Because I'm sure everyone was curious as to what noises I expose my ears...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Behind the scenes from #LasVegasGP FP2 of the marshal reporting a moving manhole cover:

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Rewatching Canada 2011, and this pops up during the two-hour-long rain delay. DC on comms: "He looks like he's got that guy backed into a corner" Gee I wonder who "that guy" is...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

REVEALED - Lando Norris' repercussions for his Singapore GP incident with Oscar Piastri:

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I googled "synonyms for wind": www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...

How Verstappen tamed the City of Winds to deliver a warning shot to McLaren

A display of utter dominance from Max Verstappen at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix led to his second F1 win on the bounce, as the McLaren drivers faltered. But could he factor in 2025's drivers' title race...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

My bit with Oscar is in this week's mag - with a tenuous comparison to a tennis great. Buy it at whatever WHSmith is called now, or your local newsagents (and feel free to put the other copies on the front row of the newsstands)

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

What is Oscar Piastri's approach to fighting for an #F1 title? How has he improved since joining the grid in 2023? All of this and more in an exclusive interview with the man himself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y1...

Oscar Piastri Exclusive: From Rookie to F1 Title Contender in His Own Words

YouTube video by Autosport

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I wish I could be half the interviewer that Roddick is - this is great.

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We've been discussing our favourite F1 seasons on our Retro podcast. Here's mine; you can listen to it during a variety of different situations: - In the car - While doing the washing up - Walking the dog - Audio testing at Glastonbury - Funerals - and more! audioboom.com/posts/873749...

My Favourite F1 Season - Jake Boxall-Legge's 1999

Welcome back to Episode 7 of "My Favourite F1 Season" on Autosport Retro, the series where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters from around the ...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Done a bit on Red Bull's Montreal appeal. As you can probably tell, it wound me up a bit: www.autosport.com/f1/news/red-...

Red Bull crying foul after Canadian GP underlined the need for bigger F1 protest fees

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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What we learned in Friday practice for the F1 Canadian GP

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Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

PSG cinq, Inter sank #UCLFinal

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I might be overthinking this but I genuinely don't know how to refer to Monaco's hairpin in copy. I think we need an arbitration board to decide if it's Station, Loews, Fairmont, Grand Hotel, Leclerc Corner, or Tighty Lefty Roundy-Round. #MonacoGP

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Crunched the numbers from #ImolaGP practice. Feel free to read it right now. Or whenever's convenient for you...maybe next year? www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...

What we learned from Friday practice at Imola

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Penned this week's Autosports cover feature on the situation at Red Bull - the Schrödinger's title contender this season. Pop down to your local papyrus merchant and trade a few mere gold coins for the latest edition ⬇️ #F1

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Verstappen was over a tenth down on his previous best in the opening seven corners of his #MiamiGP pole lap. Wanna know how he recovered to do the job, and where Lando Norris just missed out? This might help: www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...

How Verstappen recovered from Miami GP qualifying mis-step to claim pole

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"See the boy, five dollars - or call him 24 hours a day on KimiChat"

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Honestly believe Red Bull has a much better car than it says it does - but it's making Verstappen work harder to reach the extremities of its performance level. Here's a bit on that: www.autosport.com/f1/news/prob...

Problem child or mercurial genius? Red Bull's RB21 is flighty, but can be faster than the McLaren

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

No real long runs to go on after the #SaudiArabianGP red flag in FP2, but there's a few things we can read into it: www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...

What we learned in Friday practice for the 2025 Saudi Arabian GP

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Grumpy opinion: I genuinely believe people should only get to take one piece of hand luggage on board a plane - and it should only be backpack sized. The amount of time lost to people trying to stuff their little wheely suitcase into an already full overhead bin is wild...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

That won't buff out

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Can't believe they've not renamed it "Tsunoda Station" yet

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Could you tell I've been binge-watching House over the past few days? A bit on why Haas' VF-25 isn't going to plan: www.autosport.com/f1/news/insi...

Inside the aero problems that will keep Haas near the back of the F1 field

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Post-grand prix fun complete: hard not to have enjoyed that race. Start as you mean to go on; if that maxim is true, 2025 should be quite a lot of fun

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Some musings on Drive to Survive, Death in Paradise, and tales of the F2 paddock in 2018. (Don't ask why my name is in the headline, I didn't do it) www.autosport.com/f1/news/jake...

Jake Boxall-Legge: Drive to Survive has been brilliant for F1 - but I won't watch it

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Drop intro? Go on then. Why V10s can't be, for want of a better phrase, brought back... www.autosport.com/f1/news/why-...

Why suggestions that F1 should return to V10 engines simply won't work

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jaeggif1.bsky.social @jaeggif1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

For Autosport, I interviewed Calum Nicholas about the intense demands of being an F1 mechanic, why soft skills are crucial in such a high-pressure environment, and how having the option to take races off is essential to preventing burnout. #F1 www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...

What it takes to be an F1 mechanic

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Codders has excelled himself here - he's reviewed all 10 of the teams' presentations at last night's F1 75 event. A must read: www.autosport.com/f1/news/ever...

Every F1 team’s seven minutes at F175 ranked

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Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A bit on Larrousse's attempt to stave off death in the winter before the 1995 season - and how that year affected French motorsport interest: www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...

How Larrousse's demise 30 years ago foreshadowed dwindling French F1 involvement

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I bought a little drawing pad last year and never found a real use for it... ...thankfully, launch season has provided one! www.autosport.com/f1/news/anal...

Analysis: Williams may be focused on 2026, but FW47 shows hints of team's regeneration under Vowles

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Can you turn sewage into racecar fuel? Yes. And here's how: www.autosport.com/general/news...

Not bad for a number two driver? Inside the car powered by sewage

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

25 years ago, Jenson Button beat Bruno Junqueira to the vacant Williams seat in a shootout... ...yes, you've probably heard this one before, but maybe not from Bruno's point of view: www.autosport.com/f1/news/over...

Overruled engineers, written tests and confusion: How Williams picked its 2000 F1 line-up

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

First issue of the new monthly Autosport has landed! And boy it's got some heft - if you like paper, go get it (there's a pun in this that I'm very proud of - can you find it?)

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Yesterday's bit on Andy Cowell moving to a dual role at Aston Martin and the other pack-shuffling at Team Silverstone: www.autosport.com/f1/news/anot...

Another Aston Martin reshuffle: necessity, or change for the sake of it?

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Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

How did Jack Doohan get on during his #F1 debut? We've been through the onboards and the data available: www.autosport.com/f1/news/asse...

Assessing Doohan's slow-burn debut at F1's Abu Dhabi finale

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Filip Cleeren @filipcleeren.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Really good read, and the definitive Kevin Magnussen exit interview, from my colleague Oleg. #F1

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Classic fights on the undercard of an #F1 stewards' room bout, teams can win titles with a 26-year dry spell, and Sergio Perez still definitely has a contract for next year. Honest. Things we learned at the #AbuDhabiGP (spot the Simpsons reference...) www.autosport.com/f1/news/seve...

Seven things we learned from the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

So, who's watching the fight this weekend? #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

What this doesn't include is the sheer quantity of podcasts I've aurally imbibed over the past year...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Perez: "I wanted to open a gap with the people in front to go with clean air." Horner: "When the light goes out, you're supposed to go." An 'interesting' difference of opinion at Red Bull...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A bit about luck, and how the two protagonists at the #LasVegasGP made their own. www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-...

How Russell showed he can lead a Mercedes F1 title charge with Vegas victory

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We've done our usual number-crunching to analyse FP2's long runs at the #LasVegasGP. Mercedes strong so far on one-lap pace, but McLaren and Ferrari have the edge on the longer runs so far... www.autosport.com/f1/news/what...

What we learned from Thursday practice at the 2024 Las Vegas GP

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Over 1k followers after just five or six days is wild, so thanks! Not sure how you found me, but hopefully you'll stick around for the awful jokes/features on our weird little #F1 world...

Jake Boxall-Legge @jakeybl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It gets cold in the Mojave Desert at night - those in the paddock can layer up, but the cars can't. Here's how the night-time drop in temperatures can affect things during the #LasVegasGP: www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-...

The F1 tyre struggles expected in Las Vegas' low-temperature winter climate