Editorial

Pit Lane founder Andrew Marriott commenced his motorsports career as a journalist and is still to be found pounding the word processor when he is not holding a microphone. He has also developed a skill in book rescues.

In 2011 Andrew edited and also provided additional material for Driven by Desire - Alan Wilson's book about his wife Desire Wilson, published by Veloce Press. He has also completed an autobiography “Hobbo” about the veteran US racer turned broadcaster David Hobbs, after another author left the project uncompleted. Published by Evro, it was launched at the Amelia Island Concours in the Spring of 2018. The book has sold exceptionally well and been nominated for the RAC's 2018 Motoring Book of the Year Award.

Andrew also contributes to the BRDC Bulletin and his articles written in a humorous vein about his experiences over the years have been appreciated by the members including the late Murray Walker. He has now re-written them, and together with some autobiographical chapters, they form a new book “Is There Much More of This?” to be published later this year by Performance Publishing Ltd.

Over the years Andrew has written for everything from the Sun and the Daily Express where he was variously the Formula 1 and Motorcycle correspondent - to Motor Sport and Autosport magazines. He still contributes occasionally to the latter two publications as well as the monthly Magneto magazine.