Mike Fisherly

🏁 Gossip & Paddock Headlines ◼︎ Red Bull unveils RB22 2026 car; Verstappen calls new rules ‘step into the unknown.’ ◼︎ Red Bull & Racing Bulls launch 2026 liveries with Ford power unit partnership debut. ◼︎ Ferrari shakes up Lewis Hamilton’s engineering crew with race engineer reassignment. ◼︎ Alpine and Jack Doohan part ways; Doohan exits the team ahead […]

📍 ‘Between 1962 and 1964, Ferrari built what is now widely regarded as the holy grail of classic cars: the 250 GTO.’ Not a styling exercise. Not a luxury statement. But a racing machine built with absolute clarity of purpose. ◼︎ Only 36 examples were produced, each handcrafted for competition. Aluminium bodywork was shaped by eye, not algorithm. The 3.0-litre

📍 ‘Porsche has never been shy of reinvention, but the transformation now underway may be its most consequential yet.’ The company faces an uncomfortable reality: to return to the profitability levels expected of a modern luxury manufacturer, it must cut costs by several billion euros. For a brand long associated with engineering indulgence and enviable margins, that

📍 ‘Christian Horner, American Capital, and a Very Aston Martin Twist.’ For over 20 years, Christian Horner was Formula 1’s great constant. Eight Drivers’ Championships. A Red Bull empire. A team principal so embedded in the paddock furniture that imagining F1 without him felt faintly absurd. ◼︎ And then he was gone. Since Horner’s abrupt exit from Red Bull

◼︎ Sky Sports F1 channel resurfaces after offseason shuffle — dedicated coverage returns just over a month before pre-season tests kick off in Bahrain (Australia season start March 8). ◼︎ Mercedes announces launch date for the W17 car — adding fuel to chatter about Ferrari’s own allegedly ‘revolutionary’ 2026 design as teams gear up for

📍 ‘Why the next regulation reset changes everything.’ ⏱ 4-minute read Smaller, lighter cars. Active aerodynamics. Drivers handed more control — and more responsibility. Add a contract market on the brink, and 2026 starts to look decisive. Formula 1 doesn’t often reinvent itself. In 2026, it does precisely that. Smaller, lighter cars. Active aerodynamics. Drivers handed more control — and

📍 ‘Monaco, movie stars, and a rookie’s education.’ ⏱ 3-minute read A young Formula 1 driver. A Hollywood film crew. A handful of diamonds that vanished on the streets of Monaco — and a lesson learned rather earlier than planned. Before he was spraying champagne, he was losing diamonds in Monaco. Formula 1’s most glamorous paddock has always attracted movie

📍 ‘What’s really moving while nothing appears to be.’ ⏱ 3-minute read No racing. No headlines. Plenty of quiet positioning. Winter in Formula 1 is where intentions form — long before confirmations arrive. Winter in Formula 1 doesn’t mean silence. It just means quieter conversations. The cars are parked. The drivers are skiing, training, or quietly positioning themselves. Behind closed doors,