Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2018 i AUTOSPORT

Formula 1 without Ferrari: pasta without sauce; pizza without topping. Each as unthinkable and unappetising as the other. Bernie Ecclestone knew it, hence the financial and regulatory indulgences he was prepared to grant the Scuderia. Enzo knew it too, understanding the allure and mystique of his brand and the magic spell his racers could cast upon millions across the globe. Of course the scarlet cars needed an arena in which to perform and Formula 1 has served that purpose admirably since 1950. Arm-in-arm they’ve flourished, these two paramours, one to become among the world’s largest sports franchises; the other regularly noted as the world’s most valuable brand. Could either really do without the other? Because that’s what’s being contemplated in F1’s corridors of power as Liberty Media seek to re-frame…

“THE VISUAL PROBLEM WITH THE HALO IS NOT THAT IT’S THERE; THE PROBLEM IS WHAT WE’RE NO LONGER SEEING: TO WIT, THE ANGLE OF THE DRIVER’S HEAD AS HE TURNS INTO A CORNER” HIDING AWAY: BODY LANGUAGE AND THE HALO Having banged on about the need for forward-facing cockpit protection ever since my mate Vittorio Brambilla was knocked unconscious by a flying wheel at Monza in 1978, I am of course pro-halo. As good as it feels to talk about F1 drivers being wimps, reality is different when someone gets hurt. And I’ve been to enough racing drivers’ funerals in my time – 15 before I turned 30 – not to want to attend another. So whenever I feel the urge to join the clamour and resist the halo I…

CV Age 52 2011 Parts company with Virgin 2009 Designs the Virgin VR-01, the first CFD-only designed F1 car, for 2010 2009 Appointed technical director of Manor Motorsport 2005 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2003 Founds Wirth Research 2001 RoboScience launches RoboDog, the world’s first robot labrador 1999 Founds RoboScience 1996-1999 Chief designer at Benetton 1995 Winds up Simtek GP and Simtek Research 1993 Forms Simtek Grand Prix to enter 1994 F1 season 1989 Starts Simtek Research with Max Mosley 1987 Starts at March as an aerodynamicist 1987 Graduates from University College London with a first in Mechanical Engineering F1 Racing : Virtual engineering is the common thread in your activities. How did you become so committed to it? Nick Wirth: For 15 years with…

Brabham Founded in 1960 by Jack Brabham and his Australian compatriot Ron Tauranac, Brabham won four drivers’ championships and two constructors’ titles during their 30 years in F1. Brabham won the title himself in 1966, with team-mate Denny Hulme winning the following year. In 1972 Brabham was bought by Bernie Ecclestone, and with renowned designer Gordon Murray the team took two more championships with Nelson Piquet (1981 and 1983). In total, Brabham started 394 GPs, winning 35 before dropping out of F1 at the end of 1992. Lotus Aside from Ferrari, McLaren and Williams, no team have started as many F1 races as Lotus. Colin Chapman’s car firm entered F1 in 1952 and went on to dominate F1 at various points over the 1960s and ’70s. In total, Lotus won…

SEBASTIAN VETTEL WOULD PROPERLY CHERISH A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WON IN A FERRARI. Of all the drivers racing on the 2018 grid, he’d get it more than any of them. To join the canon; to add to his Red Bull haul with F1’s greatest team and equal Fangio’s title tally of five; to follow in the wheel tracks of his friend and countryman Michael Schumacher; and to achieve what Fernando Alonso failed to pull off in five seasons. How satisfying for a man who carries the Prancing Horse shield into battle with heartfelt pride. He’d wear that title well. But the big question must dwell somewhere in his psyche: like Alonso, the man fêted by so many (and surely to Vettel’s annoyance) as the most complete F1 driver of the modern…

Louder lauding Liberty should be lauded for their blueprint over the future of F1. It is clear about the need to make the sport sustainable going forward, in turn keeping existing teams in business and hopefully encouraging new ones to join. However, if anything, the Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix showed that we don’t always need the introduction of cost cutting and/or standardised parts in order to mix up the action and provide an exciting race. It is pure performance and variations on strategy which do that alone, and that is what separates the best from the rest. The whole essence of F1 is the challenge of man and machine against their rivals in a bid to be the quickest. It is the job of others to catch up and…

WHY VISIT? The German Grand Prix makes a welcome return to the Formula 1 calendar this year after a season ‘on hiatus’. Once hosted on alternate years at the Nürburgring and Hockenheim, it has become a biennial event owing to the owners of the Nürburgring being unable to strike an affordable deal with the sport’s rights holders. That’s a shame because the rise of Max Verstappen has prompted a surge in travelling fans from Holland, creating an atmosphere to rival that of the glory days of Michael Schumacher, when German fans packed these venues to the rafters. Expect the ‘Orange Army’ to be in full voice at Hockenheim this summer. The circuit is a short journey south from Frankfurt and its major international airport, and for visiting fans is a…

It’s such a long time ago that I don’t really remember how the design came to me. It was just something I drew myself. As a kid I played a lot of tennis, and my parents sent me to America to be coached and learn English. That also helped when I started in motor racing, because I worked at the Brazilian Grand Prix as a translator, and it was through that I met a lot of people. My parents didn’t want me to do motor racing so instead of racing under my own name [Souto Maior] I raced under my mother’s [maiden] name and wrote it as ‘Piket’. The shapes on the helmet are a bit like those on a tennis ball and it was only the sponsors and some…

PINO ALLIEVI As the Formula 1 doyenne of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Pino has the inside scoop on all things Ferrari; see his cover feature on p36 DAMIEN SMITH Our series covering Ferrari’s history has been a big hit, but all good things come to an end. Turn to p80 as ‘Damo’ wraps it up ALISTER THORPE A regular contributor from our early days, Alister went to racing’s ‘Silicon Valley’ this month to photograph Nick Wirth (p30) JAMES MANN McLaren’s MP4/8 comes under James’s studio lights this month (p92). James is the coauthor of The Art Of The Formula 1 Race Car…

30.03.18 Silverstone bosses predict laptime boost after resurfacing 04.04.18 All F1 teams apart from Ferrari commit to new eSports series 06.04.18 Liberty Media reveal six-point plan for post-2021 future 07.04.18 Russian GP promoter demands return of ‘grid girls’ 10.04.18 Zak Brown becomes McLaren Racing CEO in management reshuffle 17.04.18 FIA announce 2019 changes including more fuel for ‘full power’ racing 17.04.18 Teams to assist in finding aerodynamic solutions to improve racing 24.04.18 New clampdown on exhaust blowing announced 26.04.18 Tim Goss removed from chief technical officer (chassis) position at McLaren…

A BLUEPRINT FOR FORMULA 1’S UTOPIAN FUTURE It’s often said that the Friday of a grand prix weekend brings little of interest to the fans, and that it serves merely as a platform for teams to tune their machines towards nirvana in splendid semi-isolation. You wouldn’t place the Friday of the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix in that category, since before a single car turned a wheel Formula 1, the group formerly known as Formula One Management, outlined to the teams their vision for the future of the sport. While only the teams were party to the full details of the plan that weekend, the press release from Formula 1 gives an insight into how 2021 will become a watershed for the sport. By examining the key strategic initiatives announced that…

Renault, Ligier. Matra, Elf, Talbot and Michelin. Paul Ricard. Magny-Cours. Reims. Then Behra, Beltoise, Cevert, Laffite, Tambay, Pironi, Arnoux and Prost, to name but a few. The French contribution to Formula 1 is rich and deep – indeed the very first grand prix was the French race, in 1906, and it was won by Renault. Latterly there has been a renaissance of French interest in F1, thanks largely to the full works involvement of the Renault team, but also due to a new generation of fresh French talent. There are now five Francophone drivers with F1 seats: Romain Grosjean (Haas), Esteban Ocon (Force India), Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso), Charles Leclerc (Sauber) and Lance Stroll (Williams). Only the first three, however, race under the Tricolore: Leclerc is Monegasque, while Stroll is…

Like many cultured Europeans of a certain age, Mario Isola, 48, exudes urbane charm: think grey cashmere sweater and neat coiffure. The man responsible for Pirelli’s F1 operations invites us into the sanctuary of the tyre supplier’s motorhome and orders an espresso, keen to explain his work not only in Formula 1, but also on the streets of his home city. He’s been with Pirelli for 22 years – his whole working life – which has taken him from designing tyres for road cars to a role in the FIA World Rally Championship. Then, at the beginning of last season, he took over from Paul Hembery and now handles Pirelli’s day-to-day trackside operations in F1. Isola’s passion for racing began when he was just 11 years old. He spotted an…

May 11: The Monaco Sales (Bonhams) May 11-13: Grand Prix de Monaco Historique May 12: Monaco Auction (RM Southeby’s) May 12: Legende et Passion Monaco Auction (Coys) May 25-27: Historic Grand Prix Cars Association races, Charade (France) May 26-27: Masters FIA Historic F1 Championship, Brands Hatch June 5: Classics and Motor Sport Hall of Fame Auction (H&H) June 22-24: Masters FIA Historic F1 Championship, Most (Czech Republic) June 30-July 1: Historic GP Cars Association races, Brands Hatch July 5-8: Historic F1 races at British Grand Prix, Silverstone July 11-13: Goodwood Festival of Speed July 19: Silverstone Classic Race Car Sale (Silverstone Auctions) July 19: BRDC Benevolent Fund Memorabilia (Silverstone Auctions) July 21-22: Silverstone Classic Sale (Silverstone Auctions) July 20-22: Masters FIA Historic F1 Championship, Silverstone Classic July 20-22: Historic Grand…

YOUR BOOKING INCLUDES: • A great choice of hotel accommodation with daily breakfast • Race day (Sunday) return circuit transfers • Friday night drinks reception • Weekend ticket for South Grandstand Middle • Thomas Cook Sport staff there to help • Merchandise pack including ticket wallet, lanyard, poncho, sun cream, pen and bag • Service charges and taxes Optional extras (at a fee): • Ticket upgrades • Qualifying day (Saturday) return circuit transfers WHERE TO STAY NH Heidelberg Set in the peaceful district of Bergheim, minutes from the centre of Heidelberg, the four-star NH Heidelberg is a great option. This former brewery offers stand-out accommodation with an on-site spa, gym, restaurant and bar – perfect if you don’t want to stray too far from the hotel. Holiday Inn Express Heidelberg…

Three-in-one There’s always one thing you can guarantee at the Bahrain Grand Prix, that as the cars head towards Turn 1, their titanium skid blocks will strike the Tarmac and create huge streaks of sparks – which are accentuated in the darkness. I shot the start of the race from the exit of Turn 2 and was able to head to the inside of Turn 1 when the Virtual Safety Car was deployed for Daniel Ricciardo’s stricken Red Bull. Knowing that Lewis Hamilton was out of position, I was expecting him to perform some overtakes with DRS and he delivered, passing three cars in one move in this image. Where Sakhir, Bahrain When 7.36pm, Sunday 8 April 2018 Details Canon EOS-1DX MkII, 85mm lens, 1/20th @ F20 Lovely jubbly At…

Q1 Who is the most recent winner of a GP: Fernando Alonso or Kimi Räikkönen? Q2 How many championship races has the Italian circuit of Imola held? Q3 Two current drivers were born in Belgium: Stoffel Vandoorne and who else? Q4 Lewis Hamilton finished on the podium in Australia in 2018, but when was the last time he didn’t finish in the top three in Melbourne? Q5 Apart from Dan Gurney, what other fact links Porsche and Weslake in Formula 1 terms? Q6 In which hotel car park were two GPs run in 1981 and 1982? Q7 Which year had a slightly different points system for drivers and constructors: 1960, 1961 or 1962? Q8 Which Australian has scored the most points in the Australian Grand Prix up to and including…

NO REWARD WITHOUT RISK Formula 1 teams know all about the balance of risk vs reward. The drivers weigh up every overtake in those terms; Verstappen’s judgement veered slightly toward the ‘optimistic’ when he put himself in a vulnerable position going around the outside of Lewis Hamilton at the Chinese GP. The race strategists weigh up the dynamic when plotting a strategy switch. A perfect example was Red Bull pitting both drivers under the Safety Car in China – a bold, winning move. Mercedes and Ferrari were cautious, preferring track position, but they lost their chance of victory. And when you are building up a business like F1, there’s a sweet spot of shared risk and reward to be struck between all the stakeholders. This seems to be off centre…

Who are they? Gandys are a flip-flop fashion line founded by two brothers who tragically lost both parents in the tsunami that struck southeast Asia in 2004. Gandys introduced full menswear and womenswear collections in 2016. 10 per cent of the company’s profits are donated to the Orphans For Orphans charitable foundation. Where are they? Gandys achieved a scoop when they became the first sponsor to appear on the new-for-2018 halos – and in their case on the McLaren for the Australian Grand Prix.…

Sergio Marchionne means business? What if he really is thinking of leaving F1, given that in his opinion (but also that of Mercedes, Renault and perhaps Honda) neither Liberty Media nor the FIA understand that the end goal of racing at the highest level isn’t just about making and selling a show, but is also about creating technology linked to the cars we drive every day? We have to start taking this question seriously. It was in Bahrain that Liberty presented their manifesto for a post-2020 F1 to the teams behind closed doors, then outlined the bare bones of the proposals to the public via a press release (left). Maranello’s response was telling. There was no comment: the advice given by Marchionne to Maurizio Arrivabene and the other Ferrari directors…

Known to be a man of few wasted words, but also one in whom the passion for motor racing burns brightly, Robert Kubica cuts a faintly enigmatic figure in the Melbourne paddock. He wears the trappings of the partially off-duty Formula 1 driver – team kit, not fireproofs – and yet he still remains tantalisingly outside the circle of F1’s elite, in spite of the sheer focus that’s gone into his rehabilitation from the accident that nearly cost him his hand – and his life. Robert was once a keen poker player (although not any more… read on), and whatever thwarted ambitions he carries with him do not manifest themselves on his face. F1 Racing passes him the cards – it’s a chunky pack; only Kimi Räikkönen would generate such…

IT ALL STARTS WITH TITANIUM – and plenty of it. “We had to buy about ten tonnes of high-strength titanium within one-and-a-half months, and receive it all in time and in perfect condition,” says Steffen Zacharias of Germany’s CP Autosport, one of the three manufacturers chosen by the FIA to be official suppliers of the new halo safety device. ‘High strength’ means Grade 5 titanium, which is used extensively in the aerospace industry owing to its near-optimal balance between structural stiffness and weight. But this comes at a cost, and not just in terms of expenditure on raw materials: titanium is a difficult and demanding material with which to work, which is why so few manufacturers made it through the tendering process. “We have a long history in motorsport, having…

Jenson Button will follow the lead of David Coulthard by going historic racing this summer and will race at both the Le Mans Classic in July and the Goodwood Revival in September. In an arrangement with leading historic race team JD Classics, Button will race a Group C Jaguar XJR-9 at Le Mans and a 1960s sports car at Goodwood. A seat in the team’s lightweight Jaguar E-type for the two-driver TT race at Goodwood seems probable. The XJR-9 is chassis 688, a car built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing in 1988 to replace that year’s Le Mans-winning car. In July of that season chassis 688 finished third at Brno, driven by Johnny Dumfries and Jan Lammers, and in September was second in the Spa 1000km with Dumfries, Lammers and Martin…

JIM CLARK THE BEST OF THE BEST Author David Tremayne Price £80 www.evropublishing.com As Dario Franchitti writes in the foreword, the fact it is now several generations since two-time world champion Jim Clark died only adds to the mysticism surrounding him. So David Tremayne’s success in capturing the sheer diversity and achievements of Clark’s career means Jim Clark: The Best of the Best leads the way in ensuring his reputation lives on. When the book tackles his fatal crash, the abiding sentiment is just how numb people were to learn of Clark’s death – making for a chilling few pages. But for the remainder, the accident is only peripheral which makes for an immersive, upbeat read. Above all, it’s a celebration of a much-loved and world-beating icon. LAST CORNER PRINTS…