2018 The Definitive Guide for Formula One 1990 292018 by François-Michel GRÉGOIRE 2018 29 years of publication ON POLE IN GERMANY www.motorsport-magazin.com Multimedia format: online, print, mobile, video, social media Get in touch with German motorsport fans* 1,030,000 unique user in Germany* 1,691,461 unique user worldwide** Strong ability to mobilise opinion 405,000 Facebook fans*** 100% target group, 0% wastage rate, men & motors * AGOF internet facts 07-2017 ** Google Analytics 07-2017 *** https://www.facebook.com/motorsportmagazin 07-2017 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship SUMMARY TEAMS 19 DRIVERS 41 3RD - DEVELOPMENT - TEST DRIVERS 63 ENGINES 77 CARS 83 TEAM PRINCIPALS & CEO 95 ON POLE KEY PEOPLE 115 IN GERMANY SPONSORS & SUPPLIERS 409 www.motorsport-magazin.com MARKETING - PR - PRESS - EVENTS 497 JOURNALISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS 635 Multimedia format: online, print, mobile, video, social media Get in touch with German motorsport fans* 1,030,000 unique user in Germany* GRAND PRIX 709 1,691,461 unique user worldwide** Strong ability to mobilise opinion 405,000 Facebook fans*** FOM - FIA 735 100% target group, 0% wastage rate, men & motors * AGOF internet facts 07-2017 ** Google Analytics 07-2017 *** https://www.facebook.com/motorsportmagazin 07-2017 2018 F1 SCHEDULE 2018 F1 SCHEDULE 2018 FIA FORMULA ONE Round Grand Prix Date Location 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 25 March Albert Park - Melbourne 2 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 8 April Bahrain International Circuit 3 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 15 April Shanghai International Circuit 4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 29 April Baku City Circuit 5 Gran Premio de Espana 13 May Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya 6 Grand Prix de Monaco 27 May Monaco Street Circuit 7 Grand Prix du Canada 10 June Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 Grand Prix de France 24 June Circuit Paul Ricard 9 Grosser Preis von Österreich 1 July Red Bull Ring 10 Rolex British Grand Prix 8 July Silverstone Circuit 11 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 22 July Hockenheimring Baden - Württemberg 12 Magyar Nagydij 29 July Hungaroring 13 Belgian Grand Prix 29 August Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia 2 September Autodromo Nazionale Monza 15 Singapore Grand Prix 16 September Marina Bay Street Circuit 16 VTB Russian Grand Prix 30 September Sochi Autodrom 17 Japanese Grand Prix 7 October Suzuka International Racing Course 18 United States Grand Prix 21 October Circuit of the Americas 19 Gran Premio de Mexico 28 October Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 20 Grande Premio do Brasil 11 November Autodrómo José Carlos Pace 21 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 25 November Yas Marina Circuit 2018 F1 SCHEDULE 2018 F1 SCHEDULE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Round Grand Prix Date Location 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 25 March Albert Park - Melbourne 2 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 8 April Bahrain International Circuit 3 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 15 April Shanghai International Circuit 4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 29 April Baku City Circuit 5 Gran Premio de Espana 13 May Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya 6 Grand Prix de Monaco 27 May Monaco Street Circuit 7 Grand Prix du Canada 10 June Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 Grand Prix de France 24 June Circuit Paul Ricard 9 Grosser Preis von Österreich 1 July Red Bull Ring 10 Rolex British Grand Prix 8 July Silverstone Circuit 11 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 22 July Hockenheimring Baden - Württemberg 12 Magyar Nagydij 29 July Hungaroring 13 Belgian Grand Prix 29 August Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia 2 September Autodromo Nazionale Monza 15 Singapore Grand Prix 16 September Marina Bay Street Circuit 16 VTB Russian Grand Prix 30 September Sochi Autodrom 17 Japanese Grand Prix 7 October Suzuka International Racing Course 18 United States Grand Prix 21 October Circuit of the Americas 19 Gran Premio de Mexico 28 October Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 20 Grande Premio do Brasil 11 November Autodrómo José Carlos Pace 21 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 25 November Yas Marina Circuit Photo : Gregory Heirman Photo : Gregory Heirman TEAMS 44-77 MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS MOTORSPORT Operations Centre, Brackley NN13 7BD, Northamptonshire - UK (44) 1280 844 000 - [email protected] www.mercedesamgf1.com - @MercedesAMGF1 - MercedesAMGF1 History Having dominated Grand Prix racing in the 1930s, Mercedes returned to motorsport in the Formula One World Championship in 1954. Juan Manuel Fangio took the Drivers’ title with the team, before repeating the feat in 1955. Following a lengthy break, Mercedes rejoined the F1 grid as an engine supplier from 1994 onwards, but returned as a fully- fledged manufacturer team in 2010 with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg. The Silver Arrows finished the year P4 in the standings, doing so again in 2011 and finishing P5 in 2012. The following year saw Mercedes return to winning ways and finish runner-up in the Championship with Rosberg and new driver Lewis Hamilton. Major regulation changes took F1 in a new direction, with hybrid power units being brought in for 2014. Mercedes got the formula right and stormed to the Constructors’ title, with Lewis Hamilton taking his second Drivers’ Championship. The team’s dominance continued in 2015, with Lewis winning another title, before Rosberg secured his first Drivers’ Championship in 2016 and announced his retirement from F1 just a few days later. Valtteri Bottas was picked as Rosberg’s replacement and joined the team for 2017, a year that debuted drastically different aerodynamic regulations. However, Mercedes remained the team to beat, taking a fourth Constructors’ title - with Lewis scoring his fourth Drivers’ Championship too. 1954 - Drivers Championship (Juan Manuel Fangio), Constructors (N/A) 1955 - Drivers Championship (Juan Manuel Fangio), Constructors (N/A) 2010 - Constructors’ Standings, P4 2011 - Constructors’ Standings, P4 2012 - Constructors’ Standings, P5 2013 - Constructors’ Standings, P2 2014 - Drivers’ Championship (Lewis Hamilton), Constructors’ Championship 2015 - Drivers’ Championship (Lewis Hamilton), Constructors’ Championship 2016 - Drivers’ Championship (Nico Rosberg), Constructors’ Championship 2017 - Drivers’ Championship (Lewis Hamilton), Constructors’ Championship Drivers 44 Lewis HAMILTON 77 Valtteri BOTTAS 3rd & Reserve Driver George RUSSELL 3rd & Reserve Driver Pascal WEHRLEIN Team Personnel Team Principal & CEO : Toto WOLFF Non-Executive Chairman : Niki LAUDA Managing Director, Mercedes AMG HPP : Andy COWELL Technical Director : James ALLISON Chief Operating Officer : Rob THOMAS History Engineering Director : Aldo COSTA Performance Director : Mark ELLIS Dr. Digital Engineering Transformation : Geoffrey WILLIS Technology Director : Mike ELLIOT Chief Designer : John OWEN Chief Race Engineer : Andrew SHOVLIN Sporting Director : Ron MEADOWS Chief Strategist : James VOWLES Chief Design & Dev. Power Unit : Lorenzo SASSI Chief Engineer Trackside : Simon COLE Chief Mechanic & Head of Heritage : Matthew DEANE Sr Race Engineer (Car N°44) : Peter BONNINGTON N°1 Mechanic (Car N°44) : Nathan DIVEY Sr Race Engineer (Car N°77) : Tony ROSS N°1 Mechanic (Car N°77) : Robert MUSGRAVE Head of Media Relations : Felix SIGGEMANN Media Relations Officer : Rosa HERRERO VENEGAS Marketing Operations : Victoria VOWLES Commercial and Technical Sponsors Team Partners : UBS - QUALCOMM - EPSON - BOSE - TOMMY HILFIGER - IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN - WIHURI - MONSTER ENERGY - PURE STORAGE - TIBCO STARWOOD Team Suppliers : PUMA - EBM PAPST - TATA COMMUNICATIONS - NETJETS DB SCHENKER - RUBRIK - OMP - SPIES HECKER - ASSOS - OZ RACING ENDLESS - PIRELLI 21 5-7 SCUDERIA FERRARI SCUDERIA FERRARI Viale Enzo Ferrari 27, Maranello (MO) 41053 - ITALY (39) 0536 949 111 - [email protected] www.ferrari.com - @ScuderiaFerrari - ScuderiaFerrari History Ferrari is the only manufacturer to have competed in all editions of the World Drivers’ Championship (commonly known as the Formula 1 Drivers Championship) since its creation in 1950. For many years, it has also been the only team to build every part of its racing cars in house: chassis, engine, gearbox, suspension. At the end of 2017, Ferrari held 15 Drivers’ and 16 Constructors’ titles. It also holds the records for the greatest number of wins (229), pole position (2013) and number of fastest laps (244). A total of 74 drivers have raced officially for Ferrari in Formula 1, 38 of them have won at least one Grand Prix. It should be pointed out that the World Constructor’s title was only established in 1958. Had it been created in the same year as the Drivers’ title, Ferrari would have won it in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1956, too. Drivers 5 Sebastian VETTEL 7 Kimi RAIKKONNEN Test Driver Daniil KVYAT Team Personnel Chairman & CEO : Sergio MARCHIONNE Team Principal & Managing Director : Maurizio ARRIVABENE Chief Technical Officer : Mattia BINOTTO Chief Designer : Simone RESTA Sporting Director : Claudio ALBERTINI History Head of Aero Operations : Loic BIGOIS Head of Aero Development : Enrico CARDILE Head of Electronic Testing Activities : Andrea BENEVENTI Head of Power Unit Race Operations : Luigi FRABONI Chief of F1 Operations & General Services : Gino ROSATO Head of Race Activities : Jock CLEAR Chief Race Engineer : Matteo TOGNINALLI Race Engineer (Car N°5 ) : Riccardo ADAMI Race Engineer (car N°7) : Carlo SANTI Chief Mechanic (Car N°7) : Filippo MILLIANI Race Engineer (Kvyat) : Marco MATASSA Chief Brand Officer : Luca FUSO Commercial & Marketing Director : Lucia PENNESI Head of F1 Global Partnerships : Nick HAYES Head of Event Marketing : Valentina MANZO