Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
CEO of Baku GP: It’s a modern circuit with a nod to F1’s past
Paddock Magazine is joined today by Executive Director of Baku City Circuit, Mr Arif Rahimov, who speaks about the prospects of this new, anticipated and much talked-about Formula 1 European Grand Prix. What will be “the face” of this Grand Prix…
Top 10 brands that left F1 in the past five years
Here is a list of the top 10 brands that have left Formula 1 in the past five years. To construct this list, I’ve used Forbes Global 2000, an annual ranking of top public companies in the world: Vodafone…
What Formula 1 can learn from other series
Formula 1 is now fully involved in the social media game with Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, but some other forms of motorsport are doing far more interesting things online. Here are a few examples that Formula 1 could easily learn from.…
A legacy of safety
By George Woods Baker | Ask almost anyone about what makes motor racing exciting to watch and they will inevitably tell you about the close calls between competitors on the track, often culminating in a spectacular crash. The more bits…
Aesthetics of racing
Let’s look at the recent changes of PR and promotion of motorsports and talk about what could be done to avoid certain mistakes while making the right decisions for Formula 1’s future. Moving on The most obvious change in terms of…
Paddock buzz: What lies ahead in 2016
While it might be a tad too early to make valid predictions about the 2016 Formula 1 season, still, let’s at least take a crack at inspecting a few relevant points that seem to be on everyone’s mind. With the pre-season test on February 22nd, the…
A quiet year in terms of sponsorship
In the championship, Lewis and Mercedes have done a great job again. The revelation this year has been at Toro Rosso, with Max and Carlos producing some of the more exciting moves of the year. Mention should also go to…
2015 Formula 1 Season Review
Like each year, we present our very own season review, hand-crafted by our Formula 1 hitlady Dessislava Jeleva. It’s a fresh team-by-team report of 2015, from the heights of Mercedes to pits of Manor, including all relevant shifts, tricks and twists in the travelling circus of…
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…
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…
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…
Gossip Grip: October
It’s that time of the year when the driver market is buzzing with rumours. But with many relevant cockpits confirmed for 2016, the engines are actually producing the most media smoke. “World’s most popular energy drink is seeking energy for…
