Thomas Spink

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Thomas Spink

Thomas Spink

Being a determined voyager, travel blogger, hospitality expert and professional champagne sipper, Thomas uses his talents to delve into the challenging world of Formula 1 and provide unique insights about the circus.

Changing the face of race circuits

Race tracks haven’t really evolved too much in the hundred or so years they have been around, right? We have the traditional “road courses” as race tracks are often referred to, in America, we have the US favourite, the ovals, and the street circuits created around existing towns and…

Reserved for motorsport passion 

Reserved for motorsport passion: a motorsport management agency named Red River Sport, created and run by professional racing driver Johnny Mowlem, is unique for managing the racing activities of amateur “gentleman drivers”, and it currently works with Deutsche Bank’s former…

Formula 1 is on fumes

In the earliest days of Formula 1 during the 1950s and 1960s, launching, funding and running a team was largely within the reach of anyone with the gumption to take it on. Drivers were literally putting their lives on the line…

Digital Corner: SKB Team Manager

This time we look at SBK Team Manager, the first 3D World Superbike management simulation. At the outset, you get to choose your favourite model from competition bikes available from seven manufacturers competing in the 2018 Superbike World Championship (Aprilia,…

Hyper-design

Philip Harris, CEO of F1 Design is here to chat to us about the products he’s working on, the whole market for luxury goods and how one should approach getting into this industry. Click here to subscribe to our print edition!…

Limitless potential

A newly-formed unit of QuintEvents, America’s industry-leading travel/event/experience company, QuintEvents International houses the company’s Formula 1 business, and Keith Bruce, a veteran of the sports and event industry, is leading the Formula One Experiences organisation serving all 20 Formula 1…

Embracing social media. Finally.

In engineering terms, Formula 1 is the pioneer at the forefront of technical innovation in motorsport. The great irony is that in some areas the sport remains so far behind other forms of sport it borders on embarrassing. One such…

Date with Destiny

Bernard Charles Ecclestone turned 86 in October. For more than 40 years he has been at the top of Formula 1; calling the shots, single-handedly negotiating some very difficult patches that would have no doubt defeated others decades younger and…

If I Ran F1: George Woods Baker

If you had a chance to run Formula 1, what would you change to improve it? That is a question that has been posed and answered by dozens in and out of the sport. For months now the chorus of…

The future of women in Formula 1

With Susie Wolff making the decision to retire from racing towards the end of 2015, I couldn’t help but notice there are very few women in Formula 1 that receive proper media coverage, if any at all. Susie is one of…

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