Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
A subtle and emotional roar
We caught up with Didier Kwak, Founder of Askja-Audio, a brand focusing on transcending music the way haute couture transcends fashion. Having identified similar patterns between air expulsion in a loudspeaker and air penetration of a race car at 300…
Rebellion: Combining two passions
Philippe Dubois, CEO of Rebellion Timepieces SA, shares his thoughts with the Paddock magazine on the changing watch market and on the company’s partnership with Manor Racing. How is the general luxury goods market doing today and what are…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Carlos Slim Domit
By Rosa Elena Torres | We at Paddock magazine are very proud to have an insightful businessman and member of the Senate of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Mr Carlos Slim Domit to share his own fantasy Formula 1…
Bell & Ross and Renault F1: behind the partnership
A producer and businessman Carlos A. Rosillo is the CEO and Co-founder of Bell & Ross, a watchmaking company passionate about the values of military history and now a proud partner of the Renault Formula 1 team. The watch brand…
Creating a memento
Memento Exclusives is a brand that many sports memorabilia specialists and admirers stand firmly behind, and we have Managing Director Barry Gough to write for the Paddock magazine his insights on this ever-changing market. Changes in the industry From…
New lives of history
John’s passion for creating art from racing car parts started back in 1989. 20 years later, Racing Gold was founded by John Haigh and William Hood, the company creates high quality products from historic components which started life in the world…
The open formula of Formula E
Any new business venture takes time to grow to any reasonable size. “Overnight success” is rarely overnight, it’s often the work of many years under the radar before a series of sudden incidents prompt rapid awareness growth and widespread recognition.…
Changing to race mode
I’m always a little suspicious when I find it impossible to speak to or communicate with the person at the helm of a business that I have dealings with. I recall being told on one occasion that the Head of…
Italian Grand Prix*: the asterisk we missed
The issue of a renewed agreement between FOM and ACI (Automobile Club d’Italia) for the Italian GP at Monza was grabbing a lot of attention recently. A few factors are relevant here, let’s take a glance. It was long-awaited news, both…
Five Ways To… build up or destroy your Twitter identity.
I often get asked the same question: “How can a person or a business successfully manage their Twitter page?” And while you might think that other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat are rising in popularity, Twitter actually remains one of the…
Top 5 factors to consider when investing in a superyacht
Erwin Bamps is the CEO of Gulf Craft, an award-winning innovative builder of luxury yachts and leisure boats. Being a strong supporter of flat management structures and CEO management-by-walking-around, Erwin tends to thrive in recession times, where bold calculated-risk decision…
Generating headlines
Generating headlines: if there’s one thing that Formula 1 doesn’t have a problem doing, it’s giving the world noteworthy headlines. We’ve had the action-packed season opener, a few dramatic races throughout 2016 and the shock of the news that there…
