17 – 30 Aug Being on holiday stops you blogging, who knew!:-) Anyway, I will catch up, but I’m doing it monthly for the rest of the year. Doing: The main event was my prize trip to the Belgium Formula 1 GP, that I had won earlier in the summer from Shell. I’ve already written […]
Race Day at the Belgian GP with Shell Motorsports
Our final day at the track! Surprisingly the trip in on the morning was pretty much the same as on the previous days. We hit traffic at the same place and got to the track around 10 again. Before we left, our instructions for the end of the day were made plain – bags to […]
Saturday at the Belgian GP with Shell Motorsports
It’s supposed to rain at Spa. A day at the track without full waterproofs in the bag is pushing your luck, you’re bound to get wet. Except, it seems, in 2015. So far, sun. And even more sun. It is very, very warm, so much so that I left the coat and brolly behind today […]
A trip to the Belgian GP, day 1
In the previous post, you’ll have read that I managed to win a lovely VIP trip to the Belgian GP, through a competition organised by Shell Motorsports. Finally, after a few email exchanges, that the day arrived and we were off to SPA. Sofia and I were travelling by Eurostar, as were a number of […]
The Hunt by Shell Motorsport
It was a lovely day in London yesterday. It was made even better by Shell who ran an event – follow the clues, find the Ferrari, answer a question and see if you’re quick enough to get there first and win a trip to the Belgian GP. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll have […]
A review of 2014
Before I look ahead, surely it’s time to take a quick look back, even if just for a reminder for myself. For the first time in a few years, I did not set any new year ambitions for 2014. I’d been made redundant and really, was not in the mood! I was focusing on finding […]
An F1 Pit Lane walk
Canada is one of the few F1 circuits that offer access on the Thursday before the race meet starts. You don’t even need to have a race ticket to access the track. So off we went to hang around the pitlane for 3 hours – along with a lot of other people! But it was […]
Japan Day 9: Race Day at Suzuka
Today was the day of the Japanese Grand Prix. The 15th race of the season. A race where Vettel could win the championship. My second GP of the year. And the reason why Sofia and I are in Japan. But this isn’t a race report. These blog posts are more about my travels in Japan. […]
2013 Week 8
A quick follow up to catch up the weeks. Reading Fitbit talks about tracking and privacy. I’m using a Fitbit and I love it. Just wearing it makes me think about being more active, to climb the stairs instead of the escalator. As mentioned in the article, the ecosystem is great and I hope increased […]
Motorsports Business Forum Austin: Sponsorships
The Motorsports Business Forum holds regular events around the business of Motorsports (unsurprisingly). The latest edition was held in Austin, where there were 200+ attendees, most of them local. I went along to listen to teams and sponsors talk the business of F1, rather than the sport, which was the topic of the previous day’s […]
Motorsports Business Forum Austin: Nick Fry
The Motorsports Business Forum holds regular events around the business of Motorsports (unsurprisingly). The latest edition was held in Austin, where there were 200+ attendees, most of them local. I went along to listen to teams and sponsors talk the business of F1, rather than the sport, which was the topic of the previous day’s […]
Fan Ambassadors
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been having fun making and promoting this video, to enter a competition fun by James Allen on F1 for a trip to Abu Dhabi as part of the Shell (and Ferrari F1) Fan Ambassadors programme. I find out whether I’ve won next week – if you like what you […]
Linking, TOS and Copyright
Yesterday and today, I’ve been having a fairly passionate debate over Twitter about the rights and wrongs on linking to resources on websites. As Twitter is not the place to set out arguments properly, I thought I’d write it up here. Craig Scarborough (scarbsf1 on Twitter) writes a very good blog looking at the technology […]
Photo Exhibition
Thanks to F1 Fanatic, I got a couple of tickets to the preview showing of a photo exhibit of Rainer Schlegelmilch’s FQ photos. Called the Golden Age of Formula 1, it has 44 prints from the early 60s through to 2003. Some gorgeous images there, showing how the sport has changed. Well worth a visit […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum
You may have noticed a stream of blog posts live-blogging the F1 FOTA Fan Forum last Thursday. This was the first event of its kind for the sport, coming out of blog comments on James Allen’s website. It was first come, first served for places and 150 of them were taken up within 24 hours. […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – New Teams and Driver Skill
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 4/7: added video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta ?? How are the new teams? TF: we […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Environment
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 3/7 with video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta JA: FOTA announced about cut in carbon emissions, […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Cost vs Innovation
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: Video added Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Joe Cardoza: So McLaren with Fduct, then copied, […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – The Overtaking Question
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Christopher Nolan: F1 has reached a […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Fan Experience and Show
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video from the event Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Q: Daniel Hughes. […]