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…
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…
Blast From The Past: Record-making Sweden
Sweden had only six Grand Prix races between 1973 and 1978 in Anderstorp at the Scandinavian Raceway, but most of them produced some sort of Formula 1 record. The first ever F1 Swedish Grand Prix was held in 1973. In…
The Abu Dhabi angle
Mark has been responsible for setting up and operating several of the newer race tracks in the emerging markets. Previously Operations Director in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and VP – Operations in India, Mark Hughes set up his own company, Mrk1…
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…
Best tweets from the US and Mexico GPs
These are our picks from the Formula 1 best tweets of the US and Mexico GPs. With two races left to know whether the World Champion will be Nico Rosberg or Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen is determined to steal the…
Tim Holmes: Distinct cars will stand out even if they have a poor race
Tim Holmes is a web and graphic designer by trade and has been interested in motorsport design ever since he was first introduced to live racing with the British Touring Cars in 2005 and due to his background in design aesthetics…
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…
