Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
2015 F1 Content Marketing Awards
December is always a period of reflection in Formula 1. A time to look back at what worked well and plan for the new season. Let’s praise and examine some of the best F1 content marketing of the year. Whilst the…
2015 F1 Social Media Awards
By Marti Tucci | 2015 was filled with amazing highs and some terrible lows, but it did not disappoint overall… well, I suppose that depends on who you were cheering for. Social media proved once again to be the best place…
Renault to return in 2016 as an F1 team
Ending all speculation about its exit from Formula 1 and its doubted future, Renault has announced that it will return to Formula 1 as a team in 2016. The French manufacturer was in talks with Lotus F1 Team and was…
Jo Ramirez: “Invest in the talents from the Americas”
By Rosa Elena Torres | We sit down for a chat with Jo Ramirez, a respected author and ex-employee of several sports car racing teams. From 1984 to 2001 he was coordinator of the McLaren Formula 1 team, and he finally…
How I Spend It: Zak Brown
We have a very strong businessman, a former professional race car driver, Founder of JMI and Chief Executive Officer of CSM Sport & Entertainment, mister Zak Brown to open his wallet for us this time. Enjoy! What was your first salary?…
D(r)iving into the abyss
As we are over the end of the Formula 1 season, some parts of Formula 1 are looking to wind down, but not the commercial teams. Whether they are in-house for a team or an agency brokering deals for brands and…
Abu Dhabi race check-up: What went down
Nico Rosberg won the 2015 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi race with an 8.2-second lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton. This was Rosberg’s 14th career win, 6th win of the season, and third in a row, making it the first hat-trick…
Securing a sponsorship deal: Finding out what’s important
Annually for the past three years, the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) has invited me to deliver a training course on the topic of sponsorship acquisition. The audience has mainly included drivers from the Club’s Superstar and Rising Star programmes,…
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…
Kicking and screaming
By George Woods Baker | Fans drive the numbers and never before has fan engagement been more critical to the life blood of Formula 1, a legacy sport playing catch-up in the fast-moving digital age we live in. Formula 1’s principal…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Zak Brown
An impressive businessman, racing expert, CEO of McLaren Racing, mister Zak Brown gives the Paddock magazine his fantasy Formula 1 set. The drivers As a marketer, my driver would be Tom Cruise. He’s a sponsor’s dream: fast, brave, exciting, and charismatic with…
Wings For Life!
Wings For Life! Infiniti Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo has signed and donated some very special racing helmets from his 2015 Formula 1 season alongside the racing legend Mark Webber, who has donated a signed 2014 race suit to raise…
