Sean Stevens, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Parc Ferme: Putting the capitals into the F.I.A.

As the FIA continues to clamp down on drivers' jewellery and underpants, one can't help but feel that the governing body is flexing its muscles for a change. In December 2021 Jean Todt’s premiership of the F... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Why Mercedes need Rosberg!

Mercedes are struggling this year to decipher the code of their radical W13, but to understand their latest creation, maybe they should look no further than a Rosberg. Acknowledged by Lewis Hamilton and George... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Some insights into Miami Drive

The 2022 Miami Grand Prix represents another great unknown for the Formula 1 teams as they resume their struggle to understand the tyres together with ground effect aero away from the wind tunnel and/or compu... Read More...

Parc Ferme: How Imola’s perfect storm brewed

Racing at Imola might not have been thrilling, but a combination of new for 2022 Formula 1 regulations and some unpredicted weather created the perfect storm at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. When the racing... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Sainz or Leclerc at Imola? And other musings…

Listening to some of the pundits, there seems little point in watching the next 18 rounds, the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship is already over: Charles Leclerc is anointed Champion and Ferrari sit top of th... Read More...

PARC FERME: Vettel and the power of self-delusion

Sebastian Vettel is having a torrid time at Aston Martin yet again this year, with the 2022 Australian Grand Prix being the latest episode of misery for the German. What is going on with the German? To be th... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Time to see if Mick Schumacher is the real deal?

It is almost two weeks ago that Mick Schumacher had the biggest shunt of his racing career, losing it big time at Turn 12 at the Jeddah circuit in Saudi. How will he respond, starting with the first day of t... Read More...

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 27: A general view over the grid preparations showing Pole position qualifier Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing preparing to start the race during the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 27, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Parc Ferme: Desert Heat, Sucker Punch and other Saudi stories

Apart from the snoozy mid-race laps, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix went on to score a credible seven out of ten on my Formula 1 ‘drama-momitor’ last Sunday. While the unplanned pyrotechnic display arranged by... Read More...

Parc Ferme: War of blah is over, real one has begun

The 2022 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix is over, and so are all the smokescreens and speculations. The war of words is over, the one on track commenced. We speculated, pontificated, and cogitated for well over... Read More...

PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - MAY 02: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W12 and Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Red Bull Racing RB16B Honda battle for position during the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on May 02, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Parc Ferme: F1’s lost art of overtaking and pre-Bahrain thoughts

There are only a few more days to go before we will know who’s who and what’s what in terms of the competitive pecking order for the teams and drivers, entered into the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. Whi... Read More...

Parce Ferme: With FIA’s VAR what do Stewards do now after lunch?

Broken record… Really? it just won’t go away. Like a tune that keeps on repeating in your head. Toto Wolff bullied Michael Masi the fall guy, supposedly hypnotised by some ‘Svengali’ figure at Red Bull. Denn... Read More...

Parc Ferme: What makes the grass grow greener in Texas?

Bullshit of course! But last week it was enriching the soil in faraway Spain, specifically, the paddock of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the first Formula 1 three-day test of the 2022 season. It ... Read More...

Parce Ferme: Thrivers, Survivors and Sliders

I ended last week’s Parc Ferme column rather cryptically, suggesting I would attempt to speculate on the fortunes of the drivers in this year's Formula 1 World Championships based on the new 2022 technical re... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Drivability and the 2022 Formula 1 regulations

Much has been said about the all-new 2022 Formula 1 regulations from a technical perspective: more underfloor downforce, less from the wings, reduced dirty air behind the car etc. But, little has been written... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Track limits must be set and respected

At some point this week, Formula 1 drivers will meet (or met) with representatives of the FIA, the primary topic being feedback from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, specifically Michael Masi’s partial application o... Read More...

Parc Ferme: Another Final Word on the Masi affair

It was always going to be a tough act to follow for Michael Masi, after all, Charlie Whiting had been Formula 1’s undisputed Race Director for almost 22 years. With his “institution” like status and vast exp... Read More...

Author Sean Stevens