Complete driver line-up for the 2016 F1 season
With Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto joining Manor F1 for the upcoming Formula 1 season, the driver line-up is finally complete. Pascal enters the sport from DTM, winning the title with the Mercedes-Benz team HWA AG in 2015, and in…

Tamara Ecclestone: “F1 speaks for itself”
Tamara Ecclestone is a daughter of Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of Formula One Group, and famous British-Croatian model Slavica, yet more and more people get to know her as a solid philanthropist, a television broadcaster or a persistent businesswoman. We…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Steve Madincea
Founder & Group Managing Director of PRISM, a respected international sports marketing, public relations and event management company that works with Formula 1 a lot, Mr Steve Madincea gives the Paddock magazine his exclusive and frankly quite extraordinary fantasy Formula…
Gossip Grip: February
By Kunal Shah and Mithila Mehta Renault’s choice of talent (Magnussen) over money (Maldonado) shocked not just Formula 1 fans, but also the team’s sponsors who were keen to exploit the excessive social media chatter that the sport’s iconic crasher…

The current image of Formula 1
By John Jacobs | The last century was marked by great innovations in every field of technology. But one of the most significant breakthroughs was the invention and development of the automobile. From steam base cars to gliding bullets on the…
Formula 1 and the American race fan
Although Formula 1 is the premiere form of racing in the world, it has yet to be embraced by the American race fan. There really is a simple way to go about this: the majority of local motorsport fans were…

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…
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. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! What will be…

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: Click here to…
Romain Grosjean: “Haas F1 is a fusion of American and European style”
Former Lotus driver Romain Grosjean is now ready to start the 2016 season as a member of the American Haas F1 Team. He sits down for a quick chat with the Paddock magazine about his transition. Click here to subscribe to…

2016 Formula 1 driver salaries
There has been a lot of talks recently about driver salaries for the 2016 Formula 1 season. Here’s our list with approximate numbers that show what racers will be making this year: Rank Driver Team Salary per year in [icon type=”circle” size=”small” name=”gbp”]…

The tide definitely did turn…
Towards the end of 2014, in my feature called “The Tide is Turning“, I looked at the issues facing many talented young single-seater racing drivers trying to make their way to Formula 1. Many of these drivers were feeling pretty…



