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Interview - Bernie Ecclestone

The Grand Prix Ball in Melbourne on the Friday night before the Australian Grand Prix celebrated the 50th anniversary of Bernie Ecclestone's involvement in motor racing.Full Story

News Feature - Goodyear and Formula 1

The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne marked Bridgestone's first Formula 1 victory and the dominance of the McLaren-Mercedes team suggested that part of the reason for the team's breath-taking victory was the competitiveness of the Bridgestone tyres.Full Story

News Feature - Formula 1 Preview

Formula 1 Preview: 1998Full Story

Financial - Motor Racing's Silicon Valley

Have you ever wondered why Britain is the centre of the world's motor racing industry? It hasn't always been the case. France started out as the cradle of the sport, dating back to 1894 and the Paris-Rouen reliability trial. The Automobile Club de France (ACF) dates from November 1895 and all the great early racing events were organized from Paris to other European cities. The first international "Grand Prix" was organized by the ACF in 1906 and was won by a Renault, despite opposition from Fiat and Itala from Italy and Mercedes from Germany. In the early years of the sport it was the French automotive industry which dominated with great marques such as Lorraine-Dietrich, Renault, Salmson, Peugeot, Talbot-Darracq, Ballot, Bugatti, Delage and Delahaye.Full Story
Financial - Merchandising and Formula 1

Formula 1 merchandising is fragmented, but there is no doubt that it is a boom industry. A couple of years ago the sport had almost no serious merchandising at all, while American sports were turning over billions of dollars a year selling memorabilia to the fans. In 1995, for example, an estimated $11.1 billion was spent on US sport merchandise. Those involved in the National Football League (NFL) made an estimated $2.9 billion and college sports sold an incredible $1.7 billion with teams such as Note Dame and Michigan State taking a big slice of the income. The National Basketball Association (NBA) turned over $2.6 billion even ice hockey turned over more than $937m.Full Story

Technical - Williams FW20

The most dramatic thing about the latest Grand Prix car from Williams Grand Prix Engineering is its bright red livery. Every since Williams shot to prominence in Formula 1 in 1979 the team has adopted a conservative attitude to its colors schemes, with white and green followed by white and blue. The new FW20 in its red Winfield colours and white and yellow flashes presents a much more aggressive approach from the team.Full Story

News Feature - Mecachrome

Jean-Yves Houe is the Formula 1 manager of Mecachrome, the French precision engineering company which will be running engines in Grand Prix racing this year with Williams and Benetton.Full Story

Technical - Colin McRae and other Control Systems

Two recent experiences, both as a passenger, have set me thinking about the driver as a control system.Full Story

Interview - Max Mosley

FIA President Max Mosley spends most of his time dealing with matters of the moment. You can call it "fire-fighting" if you like. New problems come up all the time and each has to be solved. But what about the long-term future of Grand Prix racing? Much has been changed in recent years. We asked Mosley about the changes in Formula 1.Full Story

Technical - 1997 Formula 1 Technical Review

The 1997 Formula 1 season will be remembered for the controversy over the final race to determine the Drivers' World Championship. However, this will be to devalue the year as not only being one of the most competitive and exciting for some time, but also one full of technical interest, although much of it was well hidden.Full Story

News Feature - Review of the year 1997

What a year! Way back in March it looked as though Jacques Villeneuve would sweep all before him in the 1997 World Championship but it all went horribly wrong and for most of the season an inspired Michael Schumacher led the title race, scoring memorable and brilliant wins at Monaco and Spa.Full Story
News Feature - The plans and politics of Alain Prost

Alain Prost is a pocket-sized person, but as a racing driver he was a giant. Now 42, the twisty-nosed, curly-haired Frenchman has embarked on a new career as a Formula 1 team owner, his intention being to go on winning.Full Story

Technical - Wet Settings

The scene is familiar: 22 Formula1 cars are assembled on the grid and the Pit Lane is closed. The start of the race is 15 minutes away and after two days of practice the cars are set up as well as they are ever likely to be. Full Story

Interview - David Richards

The United Kingdom has a great tradition in Formula 1 racing. There have been plenty of Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irishmen Full Story

Technical - Quiter Revolution

Around the middle of this Formula1 season, there occurred a quiet revolution that has passed with little comment. Full Story

News Feature - Podium Ceremonies

All the podium ceremonies in Formula 1 are organized by French aristocrat Baron Gerald de Bar de la Garde de la Michardiere, who is employed by Paddy McNally's Allsport Management, which looks after many of the promotional activities on the periphery of Grand Prix racing.Full Story

Technical - How to become an Formula 1 Designer/Engineer

Of the many millions of people around the world who follow Formula 1 motor racing, a tiny percentage are sufficiently inspired by it to pursue their technical interests into a career in the engineering side.Full Story

News Feature - How to win F1 races

Every driver in Formula 1 is fast and yet only handful of them are ever able to win Grands Prix. Winning is not just about speed, it is something which requires a variety of different talents in a driver.Full Story
Interview - Damon Hill

Damon Hill still wants to win races and at the Hungarian Grand Prix he proved that he can do it - even if his second place result was ultimately a disappointment. The World Champion has not given up hope with Arrows. He led the race in dominant fashion and looked certain to win but then - with three laps to go - he suffered hydraulic problem which deprived him of control of the throttle and the gears. He was stuck in third. If it had been fifth he might still have won because he was half a minute ahead of Jacques Villeneuve, but in the end the French-Canadian was able to get ahead on the last lap.Full Story

Interview - Jarno Trulli

The really quick guys in Formula 1 never take long to be competitive. Jarno Trulli had to do only one race this year before he started to outqualify his Minardi team mate Ukyo Katayama - a veteran of 80 Grands Prix. The really quick guys in Formula 1 never take long to be competitive. Jarno Trulli had to do only one race this year before he started to outqualify his Minardi team mate Ukyo Katayama - a veteran of 80 Grands Prix.Full Story

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