Joe Saward cut his teeth in motor racing while still a student, travelling from race to race around Europe, living in a tent before joining Autosport magazine in London. He continued to travelled constantly and
was soon writing the celebrated "Globetrotter" column. He was able to experience a wide variety of
different events, including the Paris-Dakar Rally, the Indianapolis 500, the Le
Mans 24 Hours, the Bathurst 1000, and NASCAR at Daytona. His wide-ranging experience resulted in the commission to write "The World Atlas of Motor Racing".
He became the Grand Prix Editor of Autosport, reporting all the races, while also pioneering the use of electronic communication techniques in motor racing. This led to the decision to settle in France, from where he launched the award-winning Business of
Motorsport e-newsletter in 1994. This was followed by
www.grandprix.com. Joe's ability to find the news and to think outside the F1 box, plus an in-depth
knowledge of the sport, made the site one of the most popular in F1.
Trained as an historian, is also an acknowledged expert on the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which ran secret operations in Occupied Europe during World War II. In 2007 he published "The Grand Prix Saboteurs", the untold story of Grand Prix drivers who became SOE agents. Joe was named Renault UK Author of the Year by the Guild of
Motoring Writers for the book. This will soon be made into a film. He continues to work on non-F1 book projects, including a second SOE book and the biography of Captain Henry Kendall, a sea captain.
