The 2023 magazines

Our latest issue #345 2023 Saudi Arabian GP
  • F1 & F2 QUALIFYING and RACE REPORTS
  • Bahrain shakes F1
  • The Mercedes sidepod problem
  • F1 and China
  • Button goes to NASCAR
  • The 1956 French GP
  • Book review
  • Character ref. Sacha Woodward Hill
See below to read what we think

What we think

As much as we would like to be able to say that stories published last weekabout a Grand Prix in London are true, the sad fact is that the whole story is acomplete fabrication. There was once a project, probably five years ago, to look into the potential of a race in the dockland area. The idea was to build the circuit infrastructure into a new office development which was being planned at the time on the north side of the Royal Albert Dock. In the end the construction went ahead without an F1 track. The story about floating modules is wonderful - but daft. The costs in trying toretrofit the idea would be astronomical. This happens each year with street races in Monaco, Albert Park, Baku and Singapore, which are all temporary tracks. The one thing that they have in common is that they are all government-funded. In London, there is no public money available. There was also no mention of who would pay the race promotion fee thatFormula 1 requires each year from races around the world. A project such as
London would require a fee of at least $25 million a year, in addition to the costs to prepare the circuit. Formula 1 made no official comment on the story, not wishing to add fuel to thefire, but quietly pointed out that there have been no proposals and no discussions with anyone involved. It looks, on reflection, like someone trying to use the sport to create momentum to help fund a floating modular waterside park.
Silverstone is now doing very well and F1 seems content to stay there in the long term - which is something that we support wholeheartedly.
As to a London Grand Prix, perhaps the best quote is one that came from someone high up in the Formula 1 group. The only way we will see an F1 race in London, they said, “is if it goes past the gates of Buckingham Palace”.
And that’s not going to happen any time soon...

Our 2023 issues

343 Season preview
  • Interview: Lewis Hamilton
  • A new structure at the FIA
  • GM and Ford coming to F1
  • Peter Nygaard exhibition in Balcarce
  • The tangled history of Alpine and Renault
  • Book reviews
  • Character ref. Matt Dennington (McLaren)
344 Bahrain GP
  • F1, F2, F3 qualifying and race reports
  • F1's finance
  • Interview: Oscar Piastri
  • Mark Webber's F1 debut
  • The FIA acts against online toxiciy
  • Character ref. Lionel Froissart
345 Saudi Arabian GP
  • F1 & F2 qualifying and race reports
  • Bahrain shakes F1
  • The Mercedes sidepod problem
  • F1 and China
  • Button goes to NASCAR
  • The 1956 French GP
  • Book review
  • Character ref. Sacha Woodward Hill
346 Australian GP
  • Will be published on April 2
347 Azerbaijan GP
  • Will be published on April 30
348 Miami GP
  • Will be published on May 7
349 Emilia Romagna GP
  • Will be published on May 21
350 Monaco GP
  • Will be published on May 28
351 Spanish GP
  • Will be published on June 4
352 Canadian GP
  • Will be published on June 18
353 Austrian GP
  • Will be published on July 2
354 British GP
  • Will be published on July 9
355 Hungarian GP
  • Will be published on July 23
356 Belgian GP
  • Will be published on July 30
357 Dutch GP
  • Will be published on August 27
358 Italian GP
  • Will be published on September 3
359 Singapore GP
  • Will be published on September 17
360 Japanese GP
  • Will be published on September 24
361 Qatar GP
  • Will be published on October 8
362 US GP
  • Will be published on October 22
363 Mesican GP
  • Will be published on October 29
364 Brazilian GP
  • Will be published on November 5
365 Las Vegas GP
  • Will be published on November 19
366 Abu Dhabi GP
  • Will be published on November 26
367 Season Review
  • Will be published in December

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