TV News: Weekend TV Ratings
–Analysis by Mark Cipolloni– TV Rating Analysis NASCAR: As F1 continues to suck the lifeblood out of all other forms of motorsports, Fox earned a 1.81 rating and 3.129 million … Read More
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IndyCar: McLaren Racing Engage adds Path to the Pits as partner
–Press Release– McLaren Racing Engage launches its first North American partnership with Path to the Pits for the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Path to the Pits, a budding charitable … Read More
F1: Williams Racing and Kraken Announce Global Crypto Partnership
–Press Release– Ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Williams Racing and Kraken announce a major new global partnership, with the world-leading and trusted crypto platform becoming the … Read More
F1: Why Women Have Fallen in Love with Formula 1 (Update)
–by Mark Cipolloni– Amid the super-cute bromances, violent crashes, and incredible skill, the thing that really makes women love Drive to Survive, and now F1, is the pettiness. There are many … Read More
Video: F1 Car vs Outback | Daniel Ricciardo’s Great Aussie Road Trip
Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo makes a thrilling return to Oracle Red Bull Racing dusting off the RB7 and tearing from beaches to outback across some of … Read More
F1: No thoughts of quitting over Mercedes crisis – Wolff (Update)
“I think the lag is probably between six and 12 months because that’s the time it really took for us to figure out what was actually happening with the [2022] … Read More
F1: McLaren using big money to poach key design staff from top teams
–by Mark Cipolloni– F1 teams are scrambling after getting their lunch eaten by Red Bull in 2022 and now in 2023. Staff are being fired, still others are quitting and … Read More
F1: Many parallels between F1’s two greatest designers
–by Mark Cipolloni– A lot of parallels can be drawn between the two greatest F1 car designers in history – Aldo Costa and Adrian Newey. The main thing – they … Read More
Rumor: Saudi Arabia eyes F1 team, driver (2nd Update)
Craig Pollock claims that if his EDI team gains entry into F1, it would be the first team in the sport that’s 50% men and 50% women, he says, with … Read More
F1: Mercedes was more dominant than Red Bull – Lowe
(GMM) Mercedes should stop being “ashamed” of its earlier utter dominance of Formula 1. That is the view of Paddy Lowe, a top engineering executive at the German team for … Read More
F1: Hamilton/Pitt movie should take F1 to another level – Domenicali
Excitement is ramping up for the F1 film, which will star Brad Pitt and is being made by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton’s production company, Dawn Apollo Films. Hamilton has spoken to … Read More
F1: Perez, Sainz, ‘too inconsistent’ for F1 title – Massa
(GMM) Charles Leclerc currently stands out as the only top Formula 1 driver on back-to-back world champion Max Verstappen’s level. That is the view of former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, … Read More
F1: Lavazza coffee to sponsor Australian Grand Prix
–Press Release– For its first year, leaders in Italian coffee, Lavazza, has announced it will join the 2023 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix as official coffee partner. Kicking off … Read More
F1: Domenicali hints at adding Sprint Races to all events in 2024 (Update)
(GMM) If two familiar Formula 1 faces had their way, free practice sessions would be scrapped. Haas boss Gunther Steiner told the Daily Mail that the sport would be more … Read More
Automotive: Ford CEO reveals EV reality
–by Mark Cipolloni– Ford lost $2.1 billion on electric vehicles in 2022 and expects to lose $3 billion this year. GM CEO Mary Barra said her company will lose billions … Read More
NASCAR: “I need to be replaced” – Bubba Wallace (Update)
Kenny Wallace thinks Bubba needs a head shrink to help him with these thoughts. –by Mark Cipolloni– Not all bad drivers are ‘man’ enough to admit their team needs … Read More
Automotive: Kia Soul Goes Airborne After Smashing Into Runaway Wheel
A freak accident was recorded by a Tesla dashcam on the 118 Freeway near Los Angeles in California last Friday. The driver of a first-generation Kia Soul was minding their … Read More
F1: Miami GP ticket sales strong
–by Mark Cipolloni– With a little over 1 month to go before the 2nd annual Miami GP Formula 1 race the weekend of May 5th, a check on the official … Read More
IndyCar: Series extends entitlement partnership with NTT
–Press Release– Entitlement extension for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES officially commences in 2024 after completion of the current agreement. NTT and NTT DATA continue as the Official Technology Partner of … Read More
NASCAR: Purposely hitting your opponents a real eye-opener for Button
–by Mark Cipolloni– Ex F1 driver Jenson Button grew up racing in Europe where drivers use their skill to win races, not give opponents body slams or crash them out … Read More
F1: With his 5-year plan failing, what’s Zak Brown’s next move?
–by Mark Cipolloni– We are now in the fifth year since McLaren’s newly appointed CEO, Brown, laid out a five-year plan to take the sport’s second most successful F1 team … Read More
Rumor: Red Bull can run F1 car lower than rivals – Wurz
(GMM) Alex Wurz says Red Bull’s dominance this year is about more than just a highly-efficient DRS. So dominant is the energy drink-owned team that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits … Read More
F1: Ricciardo reminds F1 world ‘I’m still here’
(GMM) Daniel Ricciardo says he wants to remind the Formula 1 world that he’s “still here”. The Australian, who lost his McLaren seat for 2023 season, did not attend the … Read More
F1: Alonso denies making bad F1 career choices
(GMM) Fernando Alonso has hit back at suggestions that he sabotaged his own Formula 1 career by chasing “money” rather than success. Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan says the … Read More
MotoGP: Marquez to miss Argentina GP
–Press Release– After surgery to repair the broken first metacarpal in his right hand, Marc Marquez will miss the second round of the 2023 MotoGP World Championship. Upon returning to … Read More