Amputee racing driver Billy Monger’s return to competition last month highlighted the challenges faced by racing drivers with disabilities.
Dieter Rencken's articles on RaceFans
Dieter Rencken has held full FIA Formula 1 media accreditation since 2000, during which period he has reported from over 300 grands prix, plus other categories such as World Rally Championship, MotoGP, World Endurance Championship, World RallyCross Championship and Formula E for a variety of media outlets. He joined racefans.net as special contributor in 2018. Dieter is recognised as an authority on global motorsport politics and economics. He writes the annual 'What F1 Teams Spend' and F1 earnings guides and his weekly columns provide behind-the-scenes analysis of the sport. In 2012 he first unpicked F1’s previously opaque financial and governance structures, and has been credited with bringing much-needed transparency to F1. He has 'scooped' several of the sport’s biggest news stories, including the Aston Martin/Red Bull Valkyrie project, Haas F1’s formation, Carlos Sainz Jnr's shock move to Toro Rosso, Fernando Alonso’s Daytona and Dakar entries, and, more recently, Canadian Lawrence Stroll’s acquisition of Force India (Racing Point) and his subsequent take-over of Aston Martin.
Williams exclusive: ‘It’s not what you have, it’s how you spend it’
RacingLines
Posted onSpeaking exclusively to RaceFans, Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams explains why the changes coming to F1 in 2021 are vital for this historic team.
No fuel flow limit, higher revs: F1 plans spectacular 2021 engines
2021 F1 season
Posted onRestrictions on F1 engine performance including rev and fuel flow limits will be relaxed under further proposals for changes to the formula from 2021.
Paddock Diary: Chinese Grand Prix day four
Paddock Diary
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley shared a joke about Toro Rosso drivers’ collision which helped Ricciardo to victory. Read the last of Dieter Rencken’s China Paddock Diaries.
Paddock Diary: Chinese Grand Prix day three
Paddock Diary
Posted onPaddock intrigue with Toto, a joke with Fernando but frowns at Toro Rosso. Here’s Dieter’s day three in Shanghai.
Paddock Diary: Chinese Grand Prix day two
Paddock Diary
Posted onA loose wheel is a problem that can be solved but what to do about a driver unlucky enough to splat two birds in a week?
Why World Rallycross is thriving as it begins fifth season
World Rallycross Championship
Posted onAs the World Rallycross Championship begins its fifth season this weekend, Dieter Rencken looks at what’s next for the thriving series.
Paddock Diary: Chinese Grand Prix day one
Paddock Diary
Posted onOn a quiet media day in Shanghai, Dieter Rencken notes how rapidly China is changing as it prepares to his its 15th world championship race.
F1 2021: Liberty’s masterplan for Formula One’s future uncovered
RacingLines
Posted onRaceFans has learned how Liberty Media intends to shake up F1 in 2021. Dieter Rencken explains what’s on the table and considers how teams will react.
Revealed: The winners and losers under Liberty’s 2021 F1 prize money plan
2018 F1 season
Posted onFerrari and Mercedes will receive a much smaller share of F1’s prize money from 2021 under new plans for how the near-$1 billion fund will be shared out.
Paddock Diary: Bahrain Grand Prix day four
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onAn old face returned on the final day of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend. Dieter Rencken reports from the paddock.
Paddock Diary: Bahrain Grand Prix day three
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onFollowing Friday’s political intrigue, on Saturday the action in Bahrain was all on the track – mostly. Dieter Rencken reports from the paddock.
Paddock Diary: Bahrain Grand Prix day two
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onWhile the teams limbered up on the track, the paddock chatter was all about 2021, as F1’s owners presented its vision for the future.
‘Fangio said he was the greatest ever’: Jim Clark remembered, 50 years on
Interview
Posted onJim Clark’s mechanic Cedric Selzer, who fettled his 1963 championship-winning Lotus, recalls the motor racing giant we lost on this day 50 years ago.
Paddock Diary: Bahrain Grand Prix day one
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onIn the first of a new series of articles running throughout the race weekend Dieter Rencken brings his insight from the F1 paddock.
Gasly explains Ocon rift: “I started to beat him, he didn’t like it”
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onPierre Gasly says his friendship with Esteban Ocon ended because he started to beat his rival. The French pair were karting rivals earlier in their careers.
The Brawn ultimatum? Why F1’s future hangs on Friday’s crunch meeting
RacingLines
Posted onAs Ross Brawn prepares to reveal his vision for F1 post-2020, Dieter Rencken says getting the 10 teams behind it will be his toughest test yet.
Hamilton’s plea for diversity is a noble goal which faces practical problems
RacingLines
Posted onLewis Hamilton highlighted F1’s lack of diversity last week. In his new column for RaceFans Dieter Rencken considers why this global sport remains so Euro-centric.
What Mekies’ hiring tells us about the future of Ferrari
RacingLines
Posted onAt a time when Ferrari’s F1 future is in doubt its hiring of Laurent Mekies is significant, says Dieter Rencken in his latest column for RaceFans.
‘This is new to F1, it’s not new to sport’: Full F1 TV Q&A
2018 F1 season
Posted onFormula One’s official live streaming service F1 TV arrives soon. What can fans expect from the new service? FOM explained all to the media in Spain.
