Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
A Mexican standoff
The final stretch of the 2015 Formula 1 season is here and the two Red Bull teams are still without a confirmed engine supplier. Predicting how this debacle would end is difficult, but we can at least analyse the actions…
Too fast to fold
Too fast to fold. Consider the following: A modern Formula 1 car has nearly 80.000 components. Its power unit – the most sophisticated part – consists of around 5.000 components. Its complex electronics require more than one kilometre of cables…
Emirates takes a Red Bull turn with jetman ad
Emirates is a company that’s very close to Formula 1 business-wise, yet it was only pretty recently that it turned full-throttle mode on its advertising, with two most interesting video ads featuring annoyingly rich Jennifer Aniston and a few jetmen…
How social media can solve F1’s problems
Formula 1 has finally embraced social media this year, but the sport still has a long way to go. What did Juan Manuel Fangio eat for breakfast? Did Ayrton Senna sing in his car? It’s questions like this that no…
F1 teams left behind
F1 Teams left behind. The past months have been tough on Formula 1’s reputation. It seemed every piece of news about the sport included some mention of a ‘crisis’. The reality is that the sport isn’t in a crisis, but…
Red Bull and VW
The rumours surrounding just what is going to happen to some of the teams on the Formula 1 grid hit fever pitch after the coverage surrounding the Singapore Grand Prix proved it in spades. No, I’m not talking about the…
Formula 1 Grand Prix – who’s who?
Apart from the adrenaline rush and thrill of the sport, Formula 1 is not just a sporting event – It has also made it to the personal calendars of A-listers, VIPs, VVIPs and famous celebrities worldwide. Being one of the…
The battle with the words
It is common knowledge that the media play an integral part in promoting almost any sport and are consequently the target of PR representatives when it comes to putting a spotlight on their teams, sponsors and technological solutions with well-aimed…
Seb 2.0?
It’s the summer of 2013 – Sebastian Vettel has just won the Italian Grand Prix where he faced another round of boos. Booing Vettel for winning is one fad; accusing him of ‘destroying the sport’ is another. The German is…
Baku on the map
Baku: the Formula 1 calendar of 2016 was an issue that triggered a lot of discussions. Now that it’s all clear about the venues, we examine one of them – Baku, Azerbaijan – with the help of Mark Hughes, who…
Status Quo… great on stage, not in motorsport!
I was pleased to receive a very positive response to my recent Money, Egos & Speed feature named “Are we brave enough for a new approach?” You may recall that in the article I put forward a few ideas, some…
Sponsorship acquisition – what’s going wrong?
Here we are already over the halfway point of the season. Thankfully, the Hungarian Grand Prix provided a glimpse of what Formula 1 is capable of delivering when everything comes together. Let’s just hope for the same degree of unpredictability…
