Garry Sloan

Following a five-month lockdown Formula E returned with six races in nine days at Berlin’s Tempelhor track. So, should Formula 1 be worried about Formula-E? Well, the short answer is yes and no. Formula-E was the inspiration of Jean Todt the FIA president and ex Ferrari team principal. In 2011 Continue Reading

In the week McLaren announced Gulf Oil as a new sponsor the team also came in for criticism for its deal with British American Tobacco and their “a better tomorrow” campaign. Well with the deal being worth an estimated $40m it is not surprising McLaren has decided to pocket the Continue Reading

In his ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement, Lewis Hamilton has declared his desire for a race in Africa. In an interview with Mercedes sponsor Petronas when asked where he would like F1 to race he commented, “I think bringing firstly the attention back into Continue Reading

The tension mounts at Racing Point as the world of F1 waits with bated breath to find out if Vettel will sign for the team and who will walk the plank. Will Stroll Snr do the unthinkable and sack his son and retain Perez for the 2021 season? Well, most Continue Reading

One of the unanswered questions of Fernando Alonso returning to F1 is how much will Renault pay him? Cash strapped Renault and Alonso are now living in the new world of Covid-19 and its economic consequences. Alonso may well have boxed clever and structured a deal that allows his fashion Continue Reading

The show eventually got on the road with the first race of the season held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Behind the scenes, there has been frantic lobbying by Helmut Marko head of Red Bull’s driver development program of the Austrian government to make the race a reality. Continue Reading

It all starts when the Williams F1 team announced that it was ending its partnership with sponsors ROKiT with immediate effect, although no specific reason was given at the time. “I can’t go into detail on the ins and outs,” deputy team principal Claire Williams said about the split in Continue Reading

So as Covid-19 leaves a trail of human misery and economic ruin in its path an awful lot of people are getting upset that Lewis Hamilton is telling the world his opinion on everything from the environment, racism, and the price of baked beans. Some argue Lewis should only comment Continue Reading

With the driver’s silly season in full swing one name has emerged as a possible Renault driver for 2021. Step forward the Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou, who currently drives in F2 for the UNI-Virtuosi team. After four years with the Ferrari Driver Academy Zhou signed up with the Renault Sport Continue Reading

Formula 1 seems to have become involved in a long-running and acrimonious battle between sports channels operating out of the Middle East. On one side we have beIN Sports, a global network of sports channels that currently operates in the Middle East & throughout the world. The other protagonist is Continue Reading