Category: PAST FEATURES

With 5 races under our belts in the 2020 Formula 1 season one issue is still puzzling many. Where has Ferrari’s 2019 pace gone? Everyone outside Marinello is scratching their collective heads as the Italian icons continue to make a far from exemplary start to the 2020 season. The P2 finish from Charles Leclerc in [...]

For the second in our series of great drives in Formula 1, we focus on Jensen Button and his epic drive at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2011. For Round 7 of the 2011 World Championship, the Formula 1 circus headed for Monteal, Canada. Button, driving for McLaren Mercedes, went into the race off the [...]

Back in May before we had the all clear to go racing, we reported that Fernando Alonso may be returning to Formula 1. Last week it was confirmed that the double World Champion has signed a multi-year deal with the Renault Formula 1 team. The signing with the team that brought him his two titles [...]

As part of the build-up to our eagerly anticipated Q&A called “Torque Shop”, which will be broadcast live on 2nd August, we are delighted to focus this month’s Media Centre Spotlight Feature on our very first special guest and current Formula 1 Head of Performance Engineering and Analytics, Rob Smedley. Since his first Formula 1 [...]

Race day at the Red Bull Ring came with a far from perfect start for Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes team as he was handed a three-place grid penalty just 41 minutes before the start of the race due to a reversal of an earlier appeal. With the verdict on the incident in question having [...]

Today we launch the first in a regular series of features focusing on some of the great drives in Formula 1. It seems fitting as we restart the 2020 season that we focus on arguably the greatest ever driver to sit in a modern formula 1 car, Ayrton Senna. In 1993 Donnington Park played host [...]

To get to the pinnacle of any professional sport needs total commitment with no guarantee of success. Unlike most sports though, Formula 1 has an additional barrier to entry, its phenomenal cost. Unlike other sports like football where a player can practice their skills with nothing more than a ball and jumpers for goals posts, [...]

Handling and traction have always been two of the most sort after characteristics of any Formula 1 car. Straight line speed is largely reliant upon a slippery aerodynamics package and power train capability. Handling however is a different matter. While cornering at high speed in an F1 car still requires good down force provided by [...]

As Formula 1 looks to grow its global audience, more races away from Europe are being placed on the calendar. In 2000 70% of races were held in Europe, now it’s less than 50%. The consequence of this is more race circuits losing their place on the F1 calendar and either closing or falling into [...]

So with the Formula 1 season currently in a state of stasis as we await the delayed start, here at the JDC Media Centre we thought it would be good to bring you up to date as to who are the custodians of the sport we love. Between 1996 and 2016, following a transfer of [...]