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Reflections on the Monaco forum

The 2009 Monaco Motor Sport Business Forum is over and I’m writing this on a wobbly table in the work-in-progress that is Nice airport. There’s been a lot to take in: hours of recorded speech which will take a few weeks to sift through. It’s been a fascinating couple of days – although when the lady [ READ MORE ]

Websites, TV rights – and the fly in the ointment

  • December 10th, 2009
  • Posted in F1 Media

There’s been a lot of talk over the past couple of days at the Motor Sport Business Forum about how Formula 1 needs to embrace the latest media advances. The final panel is underway as I write: Ben Gallop from the BBC, Jonathan Noble from AUTOSPORT, TV producer Jaime Brito, Haymarket Motorsport Commercial Director Ian [ READ MORE ]

Enter the Frystarter

  • December 10th, 2009
  • Posted in F1 Media

Nick Fry is always good for a soundbite, so it was no surprise that after his eagerly awaited appearance at the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco he was beseiged by the hunter-gatherers of the fourth estate. From where I was sitting it was an alarming scene. One second he was there, the next he’d disappeared [ READ MORE ]

“Motorsport has its issues,” says Eurosport executive

Jacques Reynaud, the vice chairman of Eurosport, gave the keynote address at the Motor Sport Business Forum this morning. He enlivened what had been for the most part a fairly plodding presentation by launching into a demi-rant as he reached his conclusion. Manufacturers, teams and drivers have to be more consistent about their involvement. Sponsors must [ READ MORE ]

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