Fascinating video of 1955 Belgian Grand Prix

Thanks to a tip from Nigel Roebuck at Motorsport Magazine, race fans are discovering a fascinating 30-minute documentary on the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix that takes viewers back to a much simpler time when speed and safety were completely different goals. 

You'll want to watch the entire clip -- which Shell funded at great expense given the number of cameramen and crew -- to see legends like Fangio and Moss muscle their way around the grandest of racing circuits, Spa Francochamps. It's scary to see how close cars at high speed get to nonchalant pit crews and observers.  

If you thought your boss was bad ...

... you'll want to listen to this funny Motorsport Magazine podcast in which Deputy Editor Gordon Cruickshank bravely bares "family secrets" in describing the incompetence, arrogance and nastiness at the hands of the magazine's longtime owners. 

Cruickshank has since escaped the shackles of his cranky old boss, Wesley J Tee, and now works for progressive and tolerable bosses. He unleashes a lot of pent-up venom in the first segment of this podcast but it's in a fun way. 

Anyone who's ever worked in the business of journalism will find themselves smiling, and sometimes nodding in agreement.