Garry Sloan, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

In the Pit Lane: Place Your Bets

Back in the day when Formula 1 was run by the sport's ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone betting was a dirty word believing the gambling industry would tarnish his sport's image. How this squared with his love of ... Read More...

In the Pit Lane: Dmitry Mazepin’s next move

As the Formula 1 circus moves on to Sochi for the next round, Russian President Vladimir Putin will no doubt be pleased the Haas cars can circumvent the ban on drivers racing under the Russian flag with the a... Read More...

In the Pit Lane: Liberty Media spoiled for choice

As the global pandemic continues to create havoc with the 2021 race calendar Liberty Media continues to look forward. Liberty has an ambition to ultimately hold 25 races per season and to facilitate this the... Read More...

In the Pit Lane: Lando Norris bucks the trend

Lando Norris continued his impressive season with a podium in Austria, leaving his expensive teammate Daniel Ricciardo scratching his head. Norris owes much of his success to his father’s deep pockets. Formu... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Nicolas Todt plays the long game

The ‘who is going where’ silly season starts early with all sorts of speculation on Formula 1’s game of musical chairs. Heavily involved are the driver’s management teams and when it comes to driver manageme... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Amazon, Apple, and Disney have competition

The recently published Nielsen Sports report found interest in Formula 1 was driven by younger audiences galvanised by F1’s social media, Netflix’s Drive to Survive and Esports. The research found 77% of the... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Toto Wolff’s pack of cards

Toto Wolff, often described as one of the most powerful individuals in Formula 1, was given his power by former Daimler Chairman Dieter Zetsche. It was Zetsche who chose Wolff to represent Mercedes' interests,... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Keeping the F1 show on the road

The season continues with Imola providing a spectacle but Formula 1 remains vulnerable to the effects that COVID-19 may still inflict. Stefano Domenicali told Auto Motor und Sport, “While 2020 was all about su... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Is Lawrence Stroll cash strapped?

News broke last month that Lawrence Stroll was selling his Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant racetrack he owned since 2000, begging the question why is he unloading his toys? He has invested generously in the 2.65-m... Read More...

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In The Pit Lane: F1 bucking sponsorship trends?

In the COVID-19 world sports sponsorship has taken a pounding with a 23% contraction in the European sponsorship market. New research from the European Sponsorship Association and Nielsen Sport found the tot... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Optimism required during 2021 F1 season

The 2021 season gets underway with a cracker but with it, all the uncertainty off the track in the COVID-19 world remains. Liberty Media may well have had a rebrand introducing a new logo and Formula 1 theme... Read More...

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In The Pit Lane: The question remains who owns Williams?

Back in August 2020, the Formula 1 world learned that the historic and much-loved Williams team had been sold to American private investment company Dorilton Capital for £135 million, thus ending Sir Frank Wi... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Amazon on pole position in F1 content race

With the updated launch of F1 TV in 85 counties for the 2021 season recently announced the bidding war for Formula 1 content begins to take shape. Liberty Media’s long-term strategy is F1 TV which it hopes w... Read More...

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In The Pit Lane: Mateschitz makes the tough decisions

As Red Bull announces the formation of Red Bull Powertrains limited is all well in the Red Bull camp? Well on the engine front Helmut Marko summed it up when he told reporters in a video call, “the establish... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Toto Wolff on the road to billionaire status

As the dust settles on the Lewis Hamilton contract pantomime it is worth remembering there was a delay in the resigning of Toto Wolff as team principal and CEO. The three-year deal signed in December no doub... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Who is Dmitry Mazepin?

As Formula 1 digests the arrival of the Mazepin family the question remains, who is Dmitry Mazepin? Mazepin is often described as a Russian oligarch born in Belarus who made his fortune in the Russian chemic... Read More...

In The Pit Lane: Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Dilemma

So as speculation fills the vacuum that is Lewis Hamilton’s contract negotiations there may be one factor that has been overlooked. 2020 was the year Lewis decided to take a very vocal and public stand on so... Read More...

In the Pit Lane: Are big driver paydays history?

As the world of F1 awaits news of Lewis Hamilton’s contract signing speculation mounts over his alleged pay demands which has inevitably led to debates over driver’s salaries. When F1 finance monitor Busines... Read More...

Author Garry Sloan