Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Force India’s COO: “It’s the fans that really make the difference”
By Ryan Werner | At the Gran Premio de Mexico, the Paddock magazine caught up with Otmar Szafnauer, Force India’s Chief Operating Officer at their paddock in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. On the business side, have the changes been…
Q&A with Eric Boullier, McLaren’s Racing Director
By Ryan Werner | The day before the race at Austin, the Paddock magazine had an opportunity to interview Eric Boullier, McLaren Formula 1’s Racing Director, who was brought on board in 2014, but has been closely involved in Formula…
Formula 1 in the USA and Mexico
By Ryan Werner | It all started when a Formula 1 specific track was built in Austin, Texas for the 2012 season, after five years of not having the world’s highest level of car racing competitions in the United States. COTA…
Five Ways To… enjoy sim racing
Mark Puc (aka Aussie Stig) is an avid sim racer, sim racing consultant, reviewer, tester and journalist. For the past fifteen years, Mark has been involved in globally promoting sim racing, eSports, VR (virtual reality) and also the link to…
Where Are They Now: Emerson Fittipaldi
BY ROSA ELENA TORRES | BRAZILIAN RACING LEGEND EMERSON FITTIPALDI HAS WON BOTH THE FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 TWICE EACH. AS FOR BUSINESS, HE HAS EXERCISED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS SINCE EARLY DAYS, THROUGH HIS WINNING CAREER IN MOTOR RACING…
The three P’s of Formula 1: Points, Penalties and Prizes
The 2017 Italian Grand Prix served to highlight once again that current Formula 1 regulations around grid penalties for exceeding allocated allowances of power unit components over a season are not fit for purpose. With drivers, teams, and the media…
Mika Salo: six races for the Prancing Horse
There are drivers in the history of Formula 1 who didn’t achieve a lot in terms of results – still, they are remembered for one or another reason. Mika Salo was called in as a substitution for Ferrari when Michael…
#MonzaGP2017: a brief recap
#MonzaGP2017: there were 185,000 spectators at Monza this year, so 32.8% more than in 2016. A real success, I’d say. And if we added that to the number of spectators present at the Historical Cars Parade organised by the Automobile…
Moving On Up: Katie Milner
We meet an enthusiastic young racer, Katie Milner. Look out for this one! What advice would you give now to someone who’s eager to start a career in motorsport? Most of my competitors started karting from a young age. However,…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Ercole Colombo
Ercole Colombo is one of the most well-known professional photographers of Formula 1, with a studio just a few hundred metres away from the Monza circuit. But, beyond everything, he watched and then photographed races, key moments, characters, technicians, drivers…
Luck is part of the game
Formula 1 is known to be a truly demanding sport, at least in a physical sense. However, in Baku this year we could see a good preparation to deal with tricky situations is crucial. And this season is testing the…
Counter-intuition
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “racing”? Speed, going fast, danger, recklessness and if you’re a bit cynical, maybe even death. For avid followers of motorsport, the speed, the looks of…
