Formula One
OK, so the 2019 F1 launch “season” is upon us. Three teams have revealed the look of their 2019 challengers. It’s a time to announce new sponsorships and a chance to introduce new driver pairings....
By James Broughton
February 12, 2019
Ayrton Senna, 1990, at the Belgium Grand Prix. The late British F1 writer and reporter, Alan Henry, sat down with Ayrton Senna to discuss F1. As a youngster, my recollection of Ayrton Senna was watching...
By James Broughton
February 9, 2019
Not very much happens during the so-called F1 winter season. The period between November and February is when F1 pundits have very little to write about other than saying this driver is the greatest of...
By James Broughton
February 4, 2019
In the manicured, PR driven world of the modern day sports business having your own thought or saying something (anything spontaneously) is frowned upon. The modern-day F1 driver is trained to use polite sentences so...
By James Broughton
December 19, 2018
Red Bull F1, puppet masters of Torro Rosso, gave Brendon Hartley a final bitch slap of a half-hearted thank you for his contribution to Torro Rosso. Brendon Hartley is an example of a driver who was...
By James Broughton
December 3, 2018
Red Bull, the puppet masters of Torro Rosso, have finally shafted and shifted Brendon Hartley out of Torro Rosso and therefore out of Formula One. Brendon Hartley had inadvertently become an F1 squatter. Torro Rosso vis-a-vie Red...
By James Broughton
November 27, 2018