Paul Stoddart Exclusive Interview
1)You famously swore on live tv during the infamous Indy F1 event, do you feel that that race and the aborted USF1 project damaged the image of F1 past the point of no return in America? Yes I did swear on Dutch TV. However, simply put – I said what everyone else was feeling [...]
The Real Ron Dennis
Before I got involved in Formula One and joined McLaren, I knew very little about Mr Ron Dennis. I knew he was very wealthy, I knew he was very important in the sport and I knew he had very little hair. I imagined he must have a huge, futuristic office and sit in an enormous [...]
Singapore GP Review
“Everything is a little bit special here [in Singapore]. It’s a surprise in a way, because we haven’t been racing here for fifty years – Formula One hasn’t been racing here for fifty years – but it still feels like a real classic already.” Thus spoke Singapore Grand Prix victor Sebastian Vettel on Sunday evening, [...]
Paddock Life Monza Edition
Credit - McLaren Media Centre If one is so inclined, a life in Formula One is filled with opportunities to play as hard as you work. There are the party races, the home grands prix, and all the sponsored opportunities to crack open the wine and set out some canapés. As the last race [...]
Monza Review
Credit - McLaren Media Centre Monza review – Pitlane Magazine In Italy, motorsport is a religion. And in that religion Monza is a temple, testament to the glories of power and speed. For the motorsport fan, a trip to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza takes on something of the aura of a pilgrimage, of a quasi-spiritual [...]
F1 2012 – What’s gone, what’s still to come, and the seemingly never ending ‘silly season’.
Credit - Ferrari media As quickly as a new Formula 1 season seems to come, it is not long until drivers, teams and fans alike start to think about the coming season ahead. Take the 2011 season for example; Sebastian Vettel, driving for Red Bull Racing, won his second Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship at [...]
Safety In Formula 1 – What Our Sport Has Become
Formula 1, it is a sport that has become loved by petrol heads the world over. The pinnacle in everything Motorsport; from the technology, power, innovation and speed. For the past 63 years it has become the place where fans can marvel at the feats of engineering that have gone on to surpass what [...]
Hamilton to Mercedes AMG F1 – Career progression, or green tinted glasses?
On Friday, September 28th 2012, literally months of rumours, stories and speculation ended as Mercedes AMG F1 team made the announcement the entire F1 world was waiting for – Lewis Hamilton has signed with the team for 2013, replacing Michael Schumacher, who is retiring from F1 for the second time. Lewis Hamilton, who has driven [...]
Interview with Paul Hembery from Pirelli
Paul Hembery is the face of F1′s tyre manufacturer Pirelli, he afforded the time to answer some of my questions in relation to this year and beyond. With EBD being banned at the start of the season was it difficult initially for Pirelli to assess how much degradation to build into this year’s tyres? PH: [...]
Mika Hakkinen - Exclusive Interview With Pitlane Magazine
In an exclusive interview with Pitlane Magazine Mika talks about his life post racing, looks back at his F1 career and gives his thoughts on current motor racing. DC - What are you up to these days? MH - In my business life I am an ambassador for Mercedes Benz which takes up a [...]
Technical Roundup of the Season so far
Spa entertains the 12th F1 race of the season (31st August - 2nd September) which puts us just past the half way point in the season. So far we have been privy to some of the best racing F1 has produced in decades. The reasons have been talked about in the past at length but [...]
Kimi Raikkonen - The King Of Spa
Image Copyright - Lotus F1 Team The “King of Spa” Kimi Räikkönen and his return to Spa-Francorchamps after two year Formula 1 Hiatus The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium is a race-track steeped in motorsport history dating back to 1922. Its 4.352 mile, 20 turn track winds through the forest of Francorchamps allowing [...]
Michael Schumacher - 300 and Counting
Image Copyright - Mercedes AMG F1 Media Michael Schumacher – 300 and counting..! Schumacher, MSC, Schumi, Schuey, Schu, The Rain King, The Rain Master, Regenkönig and Regenmeister – these are just a few of the nicknames seven-time Formula 1 Drivers’ World Champion Michael Schumacher has obtained since his F1 career which started back [...]
Lewis Hamilton - Insight From Someone Who Worked With Him
Image Copyright - McLaren Sunday morning’s for F1 teams in 2006 were generally slow and tedious. With cars normally ready to go, other than a spot of pit stop practice we had nothing much other than GP2 action on the garage tv’s to keep us entertained before things got busy after lunch. At the [...]
Teams’ Half Way Report
Image Copyright - Red Bull Racing media - 2012 In some ways it’s just as well that this season features a five week summer break. For unpredictability and competitiveness it’s difficult to think of a previous F1 season that matches it. The mid-year moratorium is a good opportunity to take stock of who’s [...]
Why I’ll welcome Pat Symonds back to F1
If you have ever been to the annual Autosport Show in Birmingham you’ll be aware that a frequent feature is that various F1 luminaries do question and answer sessions for the gathered fans in attendance. It was while at one such event at this year’s show that I overheard the following exchange between two fans in [...]
Pirelli - 140 Years And Still In Control
Image Copyright - Pirelli Media There are many that don’t know much about the Italian tyre manufacturer known as Pirelli. Perhaps now is a good time to take a quick look back in time, as we flip through some of the pages of the early chapters of this company’s history. Chapter one sees the [...]
Sir Jackie Stewart Exclusive Interview
Sir Jackie Stewart on Safety in F1, the 2012 Season and More There are few individuals who have enjoyed an association with Formula One as lengthy as that which Sir Jackie Stewart can lay claim to. The personable Scot is one of the best known figures in motor racing, and is not afraid to [...]