By Kyle Cumbers The Monaco Grand Prix creates a great debate on The NR F1 Podcast every year, over whether it’s just a gimmick race or a classic grand prix essential to the Formula 1 calendar? Personally, I fall on the side that it is essential to F1 with the history the track provides and […]
By Kyle Cumbers We have been very lucky with the start of the season we’ve seen so far and the excitement is building for the battle ahead at the front between Ferrari and Mercedes. Although it is still very early in the 2017 season, Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen need a result soon to postpone […]
The F1 circus heads to the principality of Monaco for one of the most iconic motor races in the world. Some grands prix can be boring and it is nearly impossible to overtake on the Monte Carlo track – and yet Monaco is an amazing race and stunning weekend, a part of F1 history that should always remain on the […]
You may remember back in the autumn, I said I was running the 2016 London Marathon. We had a quiz night, cake sale, and it was grand… At the same time, my gorgeous wife was six months pregnant – and this is a pertinent point, given the expressions I used to get when telling people […]
The 2015 Formula One season is coming to an end and instead of talking about an exciting final race, everybody is already talking about next season. Will Nico Rosberg challenge Lewis Hamilton? Will Ferrari challenge Mercedes? Will McLaren improve and provide Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button with the equipment they deserve?! And what engines will […]
Good day all! So the big David Powles Quiz Night – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research – is rapidly approaching and we’re got a fair few teams on board already… If you’re wondering what this is all about, then have a look HERE – that should provide all the context and details you need. […]
Behold, before the month of November is out, Quizmaster Extraordinaire Mr David Powles Esquire off of the newspapers and stuff, will be hosting another of his memorable quiz nights! Expect questions on anything he can get his head around… Date: Friday, November 27 – 7pm Place: Number 12, Farmers Avenue, Norwich (NR1 3JX) I have […]
Admittedly I only made it clear I was running the 2016 London Marathon a week or so ago – but for once, I’d actually already started training. What’s more, it was going really well. It was… Maybe too well. After a fairly mile-heavy week, the pain on the inside of my left shin was becoming hard […]
Back in February 2015, my friend Luke Blake was preparing to begin his 250-mile, 18-month challenge with the Silverstone Half Marathon. I wanted to offer him moral support – so with barely four weeks of training, from nothing, we took on the Formula One track together. I was three minutes and 13 seconds off my […]
Hello and welcome to my blog. I’ve had this site for a while now and tend to change my mind on how best to use it – so hopefully, in its latest guise, I’ll get it right. The plan at the moment is to write a few work insights – be it from jobbing as a […]
