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Back in August 2020, the F1 world learned that the historic and much-loved Williams F1 Team had been sold to American private investment company Dorilton Capital for £135m thus ending Sir Frank Williams 43 years at the helm. Click here to subscribe to our print edition!
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 Canadian billionaire was not happy. In fact, Stroll senior was seriously aggrieved, releasing what can be described as [...]
F1's troubles in Brazil continued with the announcement that the new deal to host the Brazilian race at the Interlagos circuit had been according to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo suspended by a judge. The deal in question was not Liberty Media's contract with the new promoter MC Brazil Motorsport but the contract between the city of Sao Paulo and MC Brazil.
As F1 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 chemical and fertilizer industries through his ownership of Uralchem and potash fertilizer company Uralkali.
With the updated launch of F1 TV in 85 counties for the 2021 season recently announced, the bidding war for F1's content begins to take shape. Liberty Media's long-term strategy is F1 TV, which it hopes will provide a cash cow and justify its investment in F1.
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 Egypt and Jordan. Two weeks ago, we witnessed an El Al plane taking off from Israel carrying a high-ranking American and [...]