Garry Sloan, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

In The Pitlane: Safety doesn’t happen by accident

In Bahrain, the F1 community witnessed the horrific crash of Romain Grosjean and at the same time what only can be described as some sort of miracle as Grosjean appeared from the flames into the brave hands... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Are Liberty Media on the right track?

The pandemic has taken its toll on Liberty Media’s finances with the announcement of a loss of $104m in the third quarter of 2020. In a statement, the company blamed the pandemic and also noted its payme... Read More...

In the Pitlane: AlphaTauri and the road ahead

Last week’s column looked at the possibility of Dietrich Mateschitz selling the Red Bull team, leaving the question: what about the Scuderia AlphaTauri team? The team was originally purchased in late 200... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Mr Dietrich Mateschitz will decide

Dr Helmet Marko and Christian Horner are always quoted as saying Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz will make the final decisions on all important issues regarding the teams. So, the first item in the 76... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Lawrence Stroll F1’s rainmaker

Lawrence Stroll once again proves to be the consummate dealmaker with the announcement last week that Mercedes-AMG was involved in a new £1.3-billion refinancing package for Aston Martin. Lawrence who ha... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Haas desperate enough to go with two rookies?

Last week Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean learned their services are no longer required by the Haas team. Grosjean told L’Equipe that team boss Guenther Steiner informed him that financially Haas needs ... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Good night Vietnam

The long-expected cancellation of the Vietnam 2020 race has struck another COVID-19 blow to Liberty Media’s finances. In an interview with the New York Times in 2018 after announcing Vietnam as a new rac... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Liberty Media takes back control in Brazil

The news again broke last week amid controversy that Formula 1 will move from Interlagos in Sao Paulo to a new purpose-built track on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The construction of the new circuit ... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s master plan

Both Daimler and Toto Wolff continue to issue statements proclaiming their respective commitments to the Mercedes F1 team and a future in the sport at the highest level. The German auto giant recently sa... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Chase Carey’s F1 Report Card

It has now been officially confirmed Chase Carey will leave his role as chairman and CEO of F1 with former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali replacing him at the helm. So, how has Carey performed... Read More...

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In the Pitlane: From Russia with Love

The Formula 1 circus arrives this week in the Olympic city of Sochi to complete the seven-year deal agreed back in 2010 between ex-ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and President Vladimir Putin. For decades l... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Is Israel an option for Formula 1?

With the US acting as an intermediary, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed back in August to work towards “normalisation” making it the third Arab nation to have full relations with Israel, after Egy... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Ferrari dream turning into a nightmare

After a long wait Ferrari owned circuit Mugello will host a Formula 1 race, the 2020 Pirelli Gran Premio Della Toscana Ferrari 1000. For the Scuderia to celebrate their 1000the race in F1 at their own tr... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Pirelli under pressure

With the Formula 1 season now in full swing, tyre supplier Pirelli is feeling the heat in the aftermath of tyre failure saga at the British Grand Prix, and now they are under-fire for dulling the show in Be... Read More...

Who are new Williams owners Dorilton Capital?

Formula 1 discovered William's fate when it was announced last Friday the team had been sold to the relatively small American private equity firm Dorilton Capital. The deal according to Williams valued t... Read More...

In The Pitlane: Lawrence Stroll gets very angry

Lawrence Stroll, a man who rarely makes a public comment, stood in front of the camera at Silverstone and gave a performance that almost scared the living daylights out of the paddock - in a nutshell: the C... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Formula E Unplugged

Following a five-month lockdown Formula E returned with six races in nine days at Berlin’s Tempelhof track. So, should Formula 1 be worried about Formula E? Well, the short answer is yes and no. Formu... Read More...

In the Pitlane: Zak Brown, deal-maker

In the week McLaren announced Gulf Oil as a new sponsor the team also came in for criticism for its deal with British American Tobacco and their “a better tomorrow” campaign. Well, with the deal being wo... Read More...

Author Garry Sloan