Paddock Life
The paddock is the inner sanctum at a Formula 1 race, where the teams carry out their business in elaborate motor homes and the deals are made and the stories and politics break out. Step inside the paddock for recent gossip and to find out about the visiting celebrities, movie stars, sports people and others who congregate in the exclusive team area during a race weekend.
Formula 1 And The Celebrities
Formula 1 races have always attracted celebrities and stars. The 2008 season was no different. The stars particularly enjoy visiting the starting grid in the minutes before a race starts. There they can get close to the cars and drivers.
Formula 1 races have always attracted celebrities and stars. The 2008 season was no different. The stars particularly enjoy visiting the starting grid in the minutes before a race starts. There they can get close to the cars and drivers.
A Great Chess Player Visits the Formula 1 Paddock
Zoltan Almasi, one of the world's greatest chess players, visited the Formula 1 paddock at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Almasi is a fan of motor racing, and his visit was an excellent opportunity to compare the two sports. Formula 1 is one of the fastest sports in the world, while chess is one of the slowest. But they both require strategy and tactics.
Zoltan Almasi, one of the world's greatest chess players, visited the Formula 1 paddock at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Almasi is a fan of motor racing, and his visit was an excellent opportunity to compare the two sports. Formula 1 is one of the fastest sports in the world, while chess is one of the slowest. But they both require strategy and tactics.
Paddock Life at the Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix is the most glamorous motor racing event in the world. Each year it attracts the stars from up the coast at the Cannes Film Festival and beyond. Taking place in the narrow streets of the principality in the south of France, the race has a completely different atmosphere to any other race in its paddock and the harbor next to the paddock and track. These photos of the Monaco race week show how the whole thing is bathed in an aura of glamour.
The Monaco Grand Prix is the most glamorous motor racing event in the world. Each year it attracts the stars from up the coast at the Cannes Film Festival and beyond. Taking place in the narrow streets of the principality in the south of France, the race has a completely different atmosphere to any other race in its paddock and the harbor next to the paddock and track. These photos of the Monaco race week show how the whole thing is bathed in an aura of glamour.
The Motor Homes of the World's Most Luxurious Paddock
At the European races on the Formula 1 calendar the teams all bring their own elaborate motor home to each race. In these elaborate traveling hospitality areas, the teams carry out their relations with the press and sponsors. They also use the motor homes as a dining area to feed the members of the team. Each season sees a new motor home or an addition to an old one, as the paddock evolves.
At the European races on the Formula 1 calendar the teams all bring their own elaborate motor home to each race. In these elaborate traveling hospitality areas, the teams carry out their relations with the press and sponsors. They also use the motor homes as a dining area to feed the members of the team. Each season sees a new motor home or an addition to an old one, as the paddock evolves.
Red Bulletin: The Almost Independent Paddock Newspaper
Whether you are at the track or at home, one of the best places to find the gossip of paddock life is in the Red Bulletin newspaper. Written, assembled and printed in the paddock at each race, the newspaper calls itself "almost independent," since it does have as its proprietor the Red Bull energy drink company, which also owns a couple of the teams.
Whether you are at the track or at home, one of the best places to find the gossip of paddock life is in the Red Bulletin newspaper. Written, assembled and printed in the paddock at each race, the newspaper calls itself "almost independent," since it does have as its proprietor the Red Bull energy drink company, which also owns a couple of the teams.