Mike Fisherly

📍 ‘Big news: Le Mans Classic transforms from a biennial shrine to an annual endurance-car festival from 2–5 July 2026.’ ◼︎New format: The first of a two-part cycle — Le Mans Classic Legend — spotlights cars from 1975–2015. ◼︎ Alternating heritage: 2027 will return to earlier eras (1923–1974) under Le Mans Classic Heritage. ◼︎ Grids 6–10 define Legend’s […]

📍 Formula 1 Intelligence ◼︎ Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team engine compression interpretation sparks paddock unrest — rivals including Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Ferrari and Audi-linked interests rumoured to be urging FIA scrutiny over potential loophole exploitation. ◼︎ McLaren dismisses dispute as ‘typical F1 politics’ — Zak Brown downplays advantage narrative while acknowledging tension building behind

◼︎ FIA to investigate Mercedes’ 2026 power unit amid legality concerns — scrutiny intensifies over engine compression and potential performance edge. ◼︎ Anthropic enters F1 as Williams’ ‘Official Thinking Partner’ — AI integration trend grows in paddock. ◼︎ Adrian Newey warns rivals after Aston Martin’s ‘aggressive’ 2026 AMR26 reveal — new design philosophy sparks intrigue.

📍 ‘Formula 1 isn’t just a travelling circus of noise and ego — it’s a beautifully engineered revenue machine.’ Every overtake, sponsor logo, and hospitality suite feeds a business model as finely tuned as the cars themselves. Beneath the glamour sits a commercial ecosystem where broadcasting, race fees, and global branding convert speed into serious money.  

📍 ‘Once you’ve seen an Ascari Cars whizz past, it’s hard to forget — not least because there aren’t many to forget.’ Founded in Oxfordshire in 1995, the boutique supercar maker went bankrupt in 2010, but its cars and legacy still resonate with anyone who values low-volume ambition and high-revving engines. From the mid-engine Ecosse to the

📍 ‘HEADLINES’ ◼︎ Barcelona Testing: Mercedes & Ferrari Impress, Reliability Over Pace — First pre‑season shakedown under 2026 regs delivers solid mileage and data; Mercedes tops laps, Ferrari shows improved performance. ◼︎ Red Bull Rookie Crash and Strong Showing — Isack Hadjar crashes Red Bull but also posts a competitive day one time amid encouragement on performance. ◼︎

📍 ‘The P24 RS isn’t interested in luxury, screens, or social approval.‘It exists for one reason only: to feel faster than your brain can process. Brutal, beautiful, and proudly analogue. 👉 Full story below. ◼︎ The lineage: Donkervoort has spent decades quietly ignoring the rest of the industry. While others added mass and marketing, they refined a single obsession: lightness. ◼︎

‘So when it builds a road car, it looks suspiciously like a Formula One refugee with number plates.’ The RB17 isn’t a hypercar chasing luxury. It’s a lap time, bottled and sold to 50 people who truly understand why that matters.  Full story below.   The context: In a world where hypercars have become rolling jewellery, Red

📍 ‘Paris became a boardroom of chrome and capital, where history wore a price tag, and provenance mattered more than horsepower.’ Fifty years on, this was less about yesterday and more about why yesterday still pays. 👉 Full story below.  ◼︎ The setting: January in Paris. Grey skies, good tailoring, and Paris Expo Porte de Versailles humming