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South African Grand Prix: 25 years of silence
From 1962, the South African GP was a stable point in the early months of the Formula 1 season. The last Grand Prix race there was run 25 years ago – and there is almost no chance of a return.…
Respecting a circuit: Q&A with the head of the Canadian Grand Prix
We had the pleasure to catch up with the President and CEO of the Canadian Grand Prix, Mr François Dumontier. Mr Dumontier, what’s your personal relationship with the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix and the circuit? Well, I started working…
Q&A with Manish Pandey, producer of Amazon Prime’s Grand Prix Driver
Ahead of the launch of Amazon Prime documentary series Grand Prix Driver, a four-part series following McLaren Honda as they embark on the 2017 Formula 1 Season, Jon Wilde caught up with series producer Manish Pandey to discuss how the…
Top 5 circuits Formula 1 could visit
Formula 1 treks the world over to some very special places, but often there’s a feel like something is missing when it comes to circuits on the calendar which don’t fully capture the essence of the sport for one reason…
Force India’s COO: “It’s the fans that really make the difference”
By Ryan Werner | At the Gran Premio de Mexico, the Paddock magazine caught up with Otmar Szafnauer, Force India’s Chief Operating Officer at their paddock in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! On the…
Q&A with Eric Boullier, McLaren’s Racing Director
By Ryan Werner | The day before the race at Austin, the Paddock magazine had an opportunity to interview Eric Boullier, McLaren Formula 1’s Racing Director, who was brought on board in 2014, but has been closely involved in Formula…
Formula 1 in the USA and Mexico
By Ryan Werner | It all started when a Formula 1 specific track was built in Austin, Texas for the 2012 season, after five years of not having the world’s highest level of car racing competitions in the United States. COTA…
Where Are They Now: Emerson Fittipaldi
BY ROSA ELENA TORRES | BRAZILIAN RACING LEGEND EMERSON FITTIPALDI HAS WON BOTH THE FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 TWICE EACH. AS FOR BUSINESS, HE HAS EXERCISED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS SINCE EARLY DAYS, THROUGH HIS WINNING CAREER IN MOTOR RACING…
The BLU side of Formula 1
The entertainment and design of the Austin Formula 1 party in BLU is always new and fresh each year. With regard to change, marketing efforts in general across all of the Formula 1-related industries here will be increased since Austin…
My Race Day: Kate Walker
Kate Walker, a respected freelance journalist (New York Times, Financial Times, ESPN and motorsport.com) is here today to share her typical Formula 1 Sunday with the Paddock magazine. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! 7am. I usually either make…
#MonzaGP2017: a brief recap
#MonzaGP2017: there were 185,000 spectators at Monza this year, so 32.8% more than in 2016. A real success, I’d say. And if we added that to the number of spectators present at the Historical Cars Parade organised by the Automobile…
Top 5 reasons why Formula 1 would miss Fernando Alonso
By Kunal Shah and Mithila Mehta | By the time you read this column, Fernando Alonso would’ve probably made up his mind about his future in Formula 1. It’s strange that the sport’s most complete driver, also the sport’s unluckiest…
