Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
The toothless ruler?
The toothless ruler: FIA President Jean Todt has an impressive record in motorsport to his name. However, he seems powerless in his battle for saving Formula 1. Jean Todt was born a doctor’s son in France’s Auvergne region in…
Radio silence
I have been following Formula 1 for the better part of the last two decades and I am still surprised by the speed with which the pit radio rules in the sport were amended. In the weeks between the Italian…
My Race Day: Will Courtenay
Head of Race Strategy at Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Will Courtenay, shares his typical Formula 1 race day with us. 7:00am – I wake up, get straight out of bed and into the shower. We normally have breakfast at the…
The four faces of a Formula 1 conflict
At the end of June, the FIA introduced its regulation changes plans for the 2015 Formula 1 season. The new rules spanned a number of areas (e.g. no pre-season testing outside Europe), but the change that got the most attention…
A transitional phase
A transitional phase: Formula One, geography doesn’t have much of an impact on sponsorship. F1 truly is a global sport with common fan characteristics around the world. I’ll speak about that more in a moment. I also don’t believe…
So close or so far?
Tim Scott, Commercial Director of Status Grand Prix, updates us on the valuable shifts in other series around the pinnacle of motorsport – GP2, GP3, DTM, GT and so forth. The point The concept of series like GP2 and…
Formula 1 on the road
Formula 1 is the haute couture of automotive engineering. It is so alien to other aspects of car R&D that some fans claim F1 technology has more application in the aerospace industry than on the road. While this might be…
Accelerating ticket prices
Formula One is not known for being cheap for fans. Last year, the sport’s cheapest ticket prices were US$28 for an uncovered space of grass under the Malaysian sun to watch the country’s Grand Prix. The prices rose up to…
