Paul Velasco, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Istanbul FP3: Shut-up and drive or delay the farce?

On Friday drivers, including Formula 1 World Champion elect Lewis Hamilton, complained about the slippery nature of the new tarmac laid out at Istanbul Park ahead of the return of the Turkish Grand Prix thi... Read More...

Inside Line: Will Newey be joining Vettel at Aston Martin?

Garry Sloan's latest column about Lawrence Stroll's investment in Formula 1, which will morph from Racing Point to Aston Martin next year, he ends by suggesting Adrian Newey may be departing Red Bull and, i... Read More...

Driver61: Why F1 Suspension Doesn’t Use Springs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNepYY7KxaA [Editor's Note: I discovered Scott Mansell's YouTube channel Driver 61 where the veteran of almost three decades in motorsport provides training videos and service... Read More...

Inside Line: Vettel-Ferrari might’ve been a great story

I, for one, am saddened to witness Sebastian Vettel's annus horribilis in his final year at Ferrari; driving like a rookie, incident-prone, out-of-his-depth confused and comprehensively trounced by a driver... Read More...

Wolff: It’s everything Lewis puts into the sport, passion, energy

If Lewis Hamilton is the King of modern Formula 1, then his boss Toto Wolff is the King-maker, he and his fabulous Mercedes team - the mightiest in the sport's history - have provided the great Englishman w... Read More...

Inside Line: Sir Jackie and Lewis please bury the hatchet

It is time for Sir Jackie Stewart and Lewis Hamilton to bury the hatchet in this whole GOAT debate that has kicked up controversy over opinions. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, Sir Jackie hails Ju... Read More...

Inside Line: What Eifel Grand Prix was Mika Hakkinen watching?

We have the good fortune every week, after a Grand Prix weekend, to have double Formula 1 world champion providing analysis for his Unibet column which we use to source his comments. It should be noted t... Read More...

Inside Line: We are duty bound to support RaceFans

It came to my attention today that RaceFans posted a call for subscribers to help them through the 2021 Formula 1 season, needing at least 3000 people to pay 12 quid for whatever privileges go with the subs... Read More...

Senna: I find it amazing for you to make such a question Stewart

This is an Inside Line... I read with amusement the latest comments by Sir Jackie Stewart regarding Lewis Hamilton's greatness and the headlines they inevitably grabbed this week which got the old memory ce... Read More...

What Eifel Grand Prix was Christian Horner watching?

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was at it again, like he did last time out after the Russian Grand Prix, donning his rose-tinted glasses in his assessment of Alex Albon's fruitless and woeful after... Read More...

Inside Line: F@ck off Honda and good riddance

The world of Formula 1 went into shock this past week when Honda announced they would be quitting the sport at the end of 2021, triggering a slew of doom and gloom reports about the future of our sport. ... Read More...

Inside Line: Valtteri needs Nico Rosberg in his corner now!

Finally, Valtteri Bottas broke Lewis Hamilton's stranglehold on the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship by winning Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. Its good news for the sport because we need someone to rattle... Read More...

Binotto: Small upgrades for Russia won’t change big picture

Mattia Binotto has all but thrown in the towel of surrender amid the worst season in the team's history in terms of results and warned that Ferrari's hopeless 2020 campaign won't get any better, hinting tha... Read More...

Brawn: Mugello is a fabulous track and it didn’t disappoint

Formula 1 motorsport chief Ross Brawn has given his stamp of approval to the Mugello race track while backing FIA Race Director Michael Masi and his team in the wake of an incident-packed Tuscan Grand Prix... Read More...

Inside Line: Indycar a sensible option for Perez

Sergio Perez is parting ways with Racing Point at the end of this season, bringing to a close a seven-year partnership that began in 2014 when Vijay Mallya salvaged the Mexican's career with a seat at Force... Read More...

The GPBox: Racing is in their blood too!

We would like to welcome The GPBox to our partner network, purveyors of fine Formula 1 and motorsport memorabilia - many of the products unique - produced and supplied by a network of artists and crafts-peo... Read More...

Inside Line: Service Unavailable etc

Our regular readers and others would have noticed that we were offline for several hours today with the following messages no doubt scaring many of you away: Cause: Overload on the site resources during... Read More...

Inside Line: Hulk and Mick at Alfa Romeo in 2021?

Overshadowed the hullabaloo of the Ferrari demise at the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix, is some interesting Silly Season stories emerged from the Spa-Francorchamps paddock of which some big changes at Alfa Romeo ... Read More...

Author Paul Velasco