F1 Insiders Est. 2012
For years the FIA has somewhat disingenuously heralded the road relevance of F1 cars. The manufacturers themselves put out various figures showing the marketing value their F1 teams generate for road car sales. We constantly hear the cliché, “win on Sunday – sell on Monday”. None of that, however, is really new. Car manufacturers have … Read more
As the summer break is upon us I thought it would be a good time to look at how three of F1’s main up and coming young drivers that are linked to each of the top three teams are doing in a slightly different way than is usually done. All three were funded through the … Read more
At the beginning of this season, after the “mass hysteria” of grid girls, Carmen Jorda and the incessant drumbeat from many of the English F1 press about why there were no female F1 drivers. I decided to write an article detailing the racing career of Tatiana Calderon, who had been championed by the English F1 press club as … Read more
The purpose of this article isn’t to do an engineering analysis of Liberty’s / FIA proposed new F1 2021 engine spec, but to present an overview of the main areas and then to look at whether the technical / business model really works, or is it yet another pipedream that changing to what appears at … Read more
A few months back I wrote an article for this website detailing the motor sport career of Susie Wolff and asking whether she really had the talent to competitively drive in F1, or was she simply a mediocre driver who received breaks, simply for being a women? I’ll let you the reader decide whether this … Read more
One of the most common and usually heated discussions in F1 is who or what, is or was the best. The best driver, car, engine or circuit provides endless debate. But sometimes who or what was the worst can actually be more interesting. And in this article I’m going to detail one of F1’s little … Read more
Ground Effects – F1’s Deadly Technology PART 2 (READ PART 1) But there was trouble on the horizon for ground effects. As teams understood the dynamics better and made more and more effective use of the technology, they started to see dangerously high corning speeds. And in 1980 there was an escalating number of accidents … Read more
Ground Effects – F1’s Deadly Technology PART 1 I don’t know how many times I’ve read, usually from a young F1 fan, of the technology issues that F1 has today and how they would fix it. The comment usually starts after a processional race and how DRS and aero has ruined racing, and then evolves … Read more
I believe a women's F1 championship would give us the chance to achieve our dreams and compete on an equal footing – as in other sports. https://t.co/icPOOEFu8R — Carmen Jorda (@CarmenJorda) October 12, 2017 That tweet ignited a minor F1 firestorm on Twitter. The usual suspects, like Jennie Gow, chimed in that gender was irrelevant … Read more
Before I start this article I’ll state one thing that should be made clear about Liberty Media. They don’t own F1 – they are the sports commercial rights holders. Their mandate is to maximise the revenue that the sport generates. It isn’t to introduce budget caps or determine technical specifications or licence drivers or teams … Read more
