Matt Bishop

3 weeks ago | therockrevival.com | Matt Bishop

The band kicked off a European tour on March 22 with Larkin and Rambola notably absentOn March 22, hard rock heavyweights Godsmack kicked off their European tour. When the group took the stage, half of the band was noticeably absent. Longtime members Shannon Larkin (drums) and Tony Rombola (guitar) were not in their usual spots.

3 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Paul Fearnley |Matt Bishop

Malaysia is a beautiful country, and Sepang is in a beautiful part of that beautiful country, the state of Selangor, on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia, its beaches lapped by the South China Sea. Most F1 folk used to stay at hotels near Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which is not actually in Kuala Lumpur at all – any more than London Gatwick or London Stansted or London Luton are in London – but is actually very near Sepang, and therefore very convenient for the Sepang circuit.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Matt Bishop

We marched in silence, fast, and in step, and we ducked through the FIA scrutineering garage into the pit lane instead of braving the paddock, which was already thronged with TV crews and journalists awaiting the hooning miscreant’s appearance. When we arrived at the McLaren garage we darted through it and out into the paddock, where the crowd of media folk ready to enjoy their feeding frenzy was dense and excitable.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Matt Bishop |Damien Smith |Chris Medland

Nobody really talks about the team that replaced Jordan Grand Prix. After Eddie Jordan finally sold up at the start of 2005, it became Midland F1 12 months later, and I’ll admit I really wanted to make it my favourite outfit. Nothing overly deep, it was just one letter away from my own name, and in that way it was so close to that dream so many of us had as children (or still harbour as big kids) – our own F1 team. And Midland was taking over something so cool.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Damien Smith |James Elson |Matt Bishop |Mark Hughes

“Would you rather be in a room full of Ron Dennises, or a room full of Eddie Jordans?”It’s that weighty philosophical question which GP winner John Watson – the first man to drive a Jordan F1 car – uses to sum up the highly emotional reaction to the recent passing of Eddie Jordan, a team boss whose world championship enterprise caught the imagination like no other.