For the second in our series of great drives in Formula 1, we focus on Jensen Button and his epic drive at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2011. For Round 7 of the 2011 World Championship, the Formula 1 circus headed for Monteal, Canada. Button, driving for McLaren Mercedes, went into the race off the [...]
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It gives us great pleasure to introduce the first in our new "live" Q&A series "Torque Shop" which will take place on Sunday 2nd August and broadcast on Youtube and Facebook Live. We are super excited to announce that our first guest in the series is a pretty big hitter in the world of F1. [...]
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As part of the build-up to our eagerly anticipated Q&A called “Torque Shop”, which will be broadcast live on 2nd August, we are delighted to focus this month’s Media Centre Spotlight Feature on our very first special guest and current Formula 1 Head of Performance Engineering and Analytics, Rob Smedley. Since his first Formula 1 [...]
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Formula 1 Management today announced 2 additional races to the revised 2020 F1 calendar with the addition of Mugello and Sochi scheduled for September. The full calendar of 10 races is now as follows: Round 1 Formula 1 Rolex Grosser Preis von Osterreich, The Red Bull Ring, Austria - July 3-5 Round 2 Formula 1 [...]
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Today we launch the first in a regular series of features focusing on some of the great drives in Formula 1. It seems fitting as we restart the 2020 season that we focus on arguably the greatest ever driver to sit in a modern formula 1 car, Ayrton Senna. In 1993 Donnington Park played host [...]
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To get to the pinnacle of any professional sport needs total commitment with no guarantee of success. Unlike most sports though, Formula 1 has an additional barrier to entry, its phenomenal cost. Unlike other sports like football where a player can practice their skills with nothing more than a ball and jumpers for goals posts, [...]
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Gilles Villeneuve was taken from the world of Formula 1 all too soon in an horrific crash at the Belgian Grand Prix held at Zolder in May 1982. Had he lived he would have been celebrating his 70th birthday this year. His competitive career started with racing his road going Mustang on local tracks and [...]
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Handling and traction have always been two of the most sort after characteristics of any Formula 1 car. Straight line speed is largely reliant upon a slippery aerodynamics package and power train capability. Handling however is a different matter. While cornering at high speed in an F1 car still requires good down force provided by [...]
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As Formula 1 looks to grow its global audience, more races away from Europe are being placed on the calendar. In 2000 70% of races were held in Europe, now it’s less than 50%. The consequence of this is more race circuits losing their place on the F1 calendar and either closing or falling into [...]
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So with the Formula 1 season currently in a state of stasis as we await the delayed start, here at the JDC Media Centre we thought it would be good to bring you up to date as to who are the custodians of the sport we love. Between 1996 and 2016, following a transfer of [...]
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