Garry Sloan

Last week Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean learned their services are no longer required by the Haas team. Grosjean told L’Equipe that team boss Guenther Steiner informed him that financially Haas needs two pay drivers. With that news, the rumour mill went into full speed with Sergio Perez, Mick Schumacher, Continue Reading

The much-anticipated cancellation of the Vietnam 2020 race has struck another Covid-19 blow to Liberty Media’s finances. In an interview with the New York Times in 2018 after announcing Vietnam as a new race Chloe Targett-Adams, the sport’s global director of promoters and business relations (boy do they love their Continue Reading

The news broke last week amid controversy that F1 will move from Interlagos in Sao Paulo to a new purpose-built track on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The construction of the new circuit would require the deforestation of the Camboatoa region with the felling of 200,000 trees something the Continue Reading

Both Daimler and Toto Wolff continue to issue statements proclaiming their respective commitments to the Mercedes F1 team. Daimler recently said, “Speculation regarding a potential withdrawal from Formula 1 continues to be unfounded and irresponsible. “The sport has taken the right measures to address the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

It has now been officially confirmed Chase Carey will leave his role as chairman and CEO of F1 with former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali replacing him at the helm. So, how has Carey performed in his role? Well, Liberty Media purchased F1 from CVC capital partners back in 2017 outbidding Continue Reading

The F1 circus arrives this week in Sochi to complete the seven-year deal agreed back in 2010 between ex F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and President Vladimir Putin. For decades like a dog with a bone, Ecclestone relentlessly tried and came close several times to a deal with Moscow. In early Continue Reading

With the US acting as an intermediary Israel and the UAE agreed back in August to work towards “normalisation”. This would make the UAE the third Arab nation to have full relations with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan. Two weeks ago, we witnessed an El Al plane taking off from Continue Reading

After a long wait Ferrari owned circuit Mugello will host a F1 race, The Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Della Toscana Ferrari 1000. For Ferrari to celebrate their 1000 race in F1 at their own track is a marketing and PR dream or well it was until their season descended into Continue Reading

With the F1 season now in full swing, tyre supplier Pirelli is feeling the heat after tyre failures at the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is on Pirelli’s case when pre-season he said, “Pirelli must produce better tyres for the 2021 season.” Interestingly he added, “We just need to make Continue Reading

F1 discovered William’s fate when it was announced last Friday the team had been sold to the relatively small American private equity firm Dorilton Capital. The deal according to Williams valued the team at €152m which after repayment of debt and fees equates to €112m. For the Williams family, it Continue Reading