Author: Ian Hucklesby

Editor-in-Residence, JDC Promotions Media Centre
07 Jun 2020

COLIN CHAPMAN – A TRUE INNOVATOR

In our previous feature on ground effect last month we touched on the innovations of Team Lotus. For this month’s spotlight feature we focus on the man behind one of motorsports most famous teams, Colin Chapman. Colin Chapman was born in North London in 1928. He studied structural engineering at University College London, where he [...]
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07 Jun 2020

STIRLING MOSS – A TRIBUTE

In our March Spotlight Feature we paid tribute to Sir Stirling Moss, one world motorsport greatest ever drivers, who passed away in April this year. While he raced at the very highest level in Formula 1 for 10 years, he won 16 races out of 66 starts, and was a runner up in the world [...]
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05 Jun 2020

WILLIAMS – A MOTORSPORT INSTITUTION FOR SALE

If you ask many Formula 1 enthusiasts who is their favourite team a majority are likely to say Williams. If it’s not, its usually in their top 2 or 3 preferred teams. So why is there an affection for the Oxfordshire racers? Many inside and out of the paddock cite a certain ethos to racing [...]
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02 Jun 2020

F1 SEASON REBOOTS AS 8 RACES ANNOUNCED

Formula1 Management today announced the first 8 races of the revised 2020 F1 calendar. The season reboot will commence on 3rd July at The Red Bull Ring followed by a second race the following weekend at the Austrian circuit. A single round at The Hungaroring on the 19th July, will be followed by another doubleheader [...]
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01 Jun 2020

2020 BRITISH GRAND PRIX CAN GO AHEAD

Here at the JDC Media Centre we’ve been keeping a close eye on the possibility of a double-header British Grand Prix taking place behind closed doors in July 2020. It was today announced that the UK government has agreed exemptions to its planned quarantine on all arrivals from outside the UK for Formula 1 teams [...]
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01 Jun 2020

MCLAREN SUPPORTING VENTILATOR PRODUCTION

During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a lot of focus on how it will affect the racing, travel around the globe, and also how we will view motorsport and all other sports for the foreseeable future. McLaren recently let us see behind the scenes the other ways the CoronaVirus has impacted on their operations. [...]
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22 May 2020

A DATE WITH LECLERC

There's been a lot of buzz recently about the resurfacing in social media of the film created in August 1976 by French film maker Claude Lelouch. The 8 minute short which features a break-neck drive through Paris in what was rumoured to be a Ferrari 275GTB was filmed using the same equipment used by John [...]
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20 May 2020

SILVERSTONE 2020 NOW IN DOUBT

No sooner had we learned that Silverstone had agreed a double header of Formula1 at the Northamptonshire circuit, the news of a possible showstopper on the event surfaced. The UK Government is considering a 14 Day quarantine policy on all travel into the UK with exemptions only for those flying in from the Republic of [...]
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18 May 2020

ALONSO RETURNING TO F1

Flavio Briatore certainly knows how to throw the cat amongst the pigeons! On Monday 18th May he announced that the double world champion, and LeMans winner, Fernando Alonso, is "ready" to return to Formula 1 in 2021. Briatore claims that having taken a year out of the sport, Alonso is refreshed, calm, and has regained [...]
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13 May 2020

SAINZ TO TAKE VETTEL’S SEAT

Carlos Sainz Jr will replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari for the 2021 Formula 1 season, following an announcement on Thursday 14th May. Ferrari confirmed earlier this week that the four-time world champion would be leaving at the end of 2020 following a breakdown in contractual talks. Ferrari wasted no time in bagging his replacement, which [...]
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