F1 Insiders Est. 2012
In recent years the cost of a general admission ticket for the British GP has become amongst the most expensive of all venues on the F1 calendar. Though despite this the Silverstone F1 race weekend attendances have bucked the declining trends seen in Barcelona, Monza and Germany. The circuit management was changed last year and … Read more
Renault Sport F1’s CEO, Cyril Abiteboul, came out swinging following Christian Horner and Helmut Marko’s violent criticism of Renault in Melbourne. We reported first in English last Wednesday that Renault had been forced to allow Red Bull to use an engine for the Australian GP which had not been properly cycled through Renault’s regular tests. … Read more
Formula One is losing race venues as quickly as it can sign up new ones. Gone are India, South Korea and now Germany for 2015. As the teams touch down in Kuala Lumpa, there is a question over the future of the Malaysian GP, now in its 17th year. 2015 is the final year of … Read more
The new long term relationship between Formula One and TV is yet to be defined properly. Global viewing audiences have fallen from peak in 2008 of 600m to 425m in 2014. Many reasons have been proposed for this, a currently present one of them is the quality of the racing (or lack thereof) with one … Read more
TJ13 has documented the troubles between Renault and Red Bull, and as yet is the only English site to report that Renault were forced by Red Bull to run an engine in Australia that the French manufacturer was not happy had been bench tested properly. The public rhetoric between the parties is becoming increasingly confrontational … Read more
“Cut off one head and two more will take its place” In Greek mythology, this was said of the Lernaean Hydra – an ancient serpent-like water monster with reptilian traits. It had poisonous breath and blood that was so virulent that even its tracks were deadly In more ways than one, Modern Formula One bears … Read more
If you thought the Australian GP was dull, unfortunately it may be a sign of things to come for the rest of the season. And this has nothing to do with Mercedes. On their return to the sport, Pirelli were given a mandate from the FIA to develop tyres that would produce races with between … Read more
Christian Horner has come out fighting following the nigh on universal condemnation of his threats that Red Bull could leave Formula One. The Red Bull team principal called for regulation changes to prevent Mercedes AMG F1’s dominance whilst his colleague, Helmut Marko added, the current rules were ‘killing the sport’. Much of the reaction to … Read more
Today the final announcements came surrounding the dispute between Giedo Van Der Garde and the Sauber F1 team. The Dutchman had won a string of rulings enforcing his contract to drive for the Swiss team during the 2015 season. Giedo issued a statement on Facebook where he reveals it was money from his sponsors, which … Read more
The retiring promoter of the Australian Grand Prix saw his final event go with off with a veritable bang. A new deal now sees the Australians control the schedule of track action other than for Formula One. So with no GP2 and GP3 in town, there was plenty of other racing for the fans to … Read more
