APRIL 29, 2002
Copying F1
The Formula 1 engineers are always complaining that other teams are copying what they do (they never usually mention when they are copying someone else).
Formula 1's corporate hospitality is also being copied with news coming recently from New Zealand that the authorities in Auckland have given their formal approval for a VIP hospitality center for the America's Cup yacht racing next autumn. This is called The Base Club and is based on the model of F1's Paddock Club. It is being overseen by a Hamburg-based hospitality company called Travel & More, which is involved quietly, but in a fairy large way, in F1 hospitality activities, taking care of VIPs during race weekends and delivering them to the Paddock Club.