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The right time to retire?
Mark Webber’s decision to end his Formula 1 career last year shocked many fans but there might be a few other surprises coming along soon. With Formula 1 bosses being grasped by the madness to hire ever-younger drivers (Max Verstappen…
If I Ran F1: Jonny Dodge
Events & travel entrepreneur, investor, CEO of GP Management and part-time adventurer Jonny Dodge gives us his take on how things would be different if he had the steering wheel of the whole sport. Click here to subscribe to our print…
Where Are They Now: Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is not your ‘typical Italian’: he arrives early for appointments; does not care for football, claiming he did not even support Italy in World Cups; and he even has a Finnish name – he is called Jarno after…
The Strategy Behind… travelling as an F1 team
For most Formula 1 people, the race calendar is a pulsing reminder of the various Grand Prix destinations they have to visit every year. Franco Massaro, Race Team Co-Ordinator at Sahara Force India, shows us just how complicated and carefully…
My Race Day: Zak Brown
A powerful motorsport marketer, founder of JMI, former CEO of CSM Sport & Entertainment and the current CEO of McLaren Racing, mister Zak Brown shows us what his typical race day looks like. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! The night before.…
Moving On Up: Lyubov Andreyeva
Lyubov Andreyeva – Paddock magazine catches a young rising star, a very promising Kazakhstani Formula 3 racing driver. Name: Lyubov Andreyeva Date of birth: November 21, 1996 Place of birth: Almaty, Kazakhstan Team: Kazakhstan Motorsport Team Click here to subscribe to…
Marketing on the grid
Having grid girls at motorsport events is as traditional as rain in an English summer. Grid girls have been the face of motorsport teams for more than 40 years but over the years the role of the girls has changed…
Motormen and motorwomen
We had some very interesting discussions lately about women taking over key positions in motorsports. This time, one of the most solid businesswomen in the racing industry that we know, Elisabeth Hake, opens her mind on these matters. Click here to subscribe…
The benchmark race
Singapore was the 29th country to hold a Formula 1 Grand Prix and it has turned out to be a success story ever since. When the Singapore Grand Prix was first introduced to the Formula 1 calendar for the 2008…
The auto dentist
In an overnight move, Colin Kolles and a Swiss-Arabian consortium have taken over Caterham F1 from unlucky team boss and airline owner Tony Fernandes. Here’s the story behind all that. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! If you have a…
The Strategy Behind… celebrity endorsements!
Over a 15-year period, Dominic Reilly generated over £250m in sponsorship revenues whilst working first for sports agencies and then as Head of Marketing at the Williams F1 Team. This time Dominic gives us his take on celebrity endorsements. Click…
THE END or another start?
By Claire Jane Earley Formula 1 is a notoriously prickly sport. Fans and followers alike will know that whilst teams, drivers, truckies and anybody who is anybody in F1 engage regularly with fans on social media (sometimes too regularly, as…
