Michael Oliver in Oxfordshire Limited Edition December 2009

Giving up a glamorous and lucrative job travelling the world as chief mechanic of a Formula 1 team to become a sculptor is, at first glance, quite an unusual move... click for full article

PRESS RELEASE: Chelsea Art Fair 2009

Alastair Gibson is one of an elite group of sculptures, specialising in works using carbon fibre. He will be debuting a new sculpture... click for full article

Duncan Phillips In Art Of England

A life-size sculpture of a Mako shark made from the chassis of a Formula 1 Honda Grand Prix racing car will be one of the many show-stopping exhibits at The 14th Annual Chelsea Art Fair... click for full article

Lisa Markwell in The Independent

One would imagine that down-and-dirty Formula One car pits and arty private views rarely overlap, but one engineer-turned-artist disagrees... click for full article

The Daily Telegraph Market News - Colin Gleadell

All the latest market news from the art world. This week: a sculpture of a shark made from Jenson Button's Formula 1 racing car... click for full article

Culture Minute - The Daily Telegraph

Article featured in The Daily Telegraph newspaper during the Chelsea Art Fair Tuesday 21 April 2009 click for full article

Piers Ward In Top Gear Magazine

Alastair Gibson used to be an engineer at Honda. Now he designs carbon-fibre fish. So how did that happen?... click for full article

Lynn Parr in Artists & Illustrators Magazine

SCULPTOR ALASTAIR GIBSON builds fish. But these are not just any old fish. These sharks, mackerel and piranhas are modelled from high-tech carbon fibre and come equipped with fins, eyes and other fittings made of special motor racing components – they are, in fact, marine Grand Prix cars... click for full article

Kevin Eason in The Times

And so The Insider navigates another week through sport’s trickier waters, in which some sink … but some swim to lovelier shores. Such as Alastair Gibson, until recently Honda’s chief mechanic, who made Jenson Button’s Formula One car go. He has given all that up to make sculptures, rather successfully, out of some carbon fibre that goes into Button’s car, with a display in Chelsea. See, a happy ending.

Chelsea Art Fair

23 April 2008 Sculptor Alastair Gibson will exhibit two unique pieces with the Russell Gallery at this year’s Chelsea Art Fair, the first time that his Formula One motor racing inspired carbon fibre sculptures have been seen at this prestigious event... click for full article

Move over Rodin, here comes Gibson - Grand Prix Magazine

Alastair Gibson, the chief mechanic of the Honda Formula 1 team for the last 10 years, has decided to retire from the sport. His new goal is to become the world’s leading carbon fibre sculptor... click for full article

IS THERE A LIFE AFTER FORMULA 1? - CAR Magazine

Could there ever be life after Formula 1? Surely a question asked by many enthusiasts of the world’s most expensive and highly visible sport.

From the outside looking in life with a F1 race team represents utopia. One of indulgence visiting a stunning list of exotic locations around the globe, the constant attention of F1 groupies, and an almost constant adrenalin high as the season progresses through as many as 18 races... click for full article