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THE racing driver of Turkey – it’s fair to refer to Cem Bolukbasi like that. The former sim racer and F1 Esports driver made his debut in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, which is often the last step before one makes it into Formula 1.

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What was your very first experience of motor racing?

At the end of 2019, I was invited to race in the GT4 European Series at Paul Ricard. The first time in a race car and on a Formula 1 track was simply breathtaking. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. As for the results, I qualified 3rd and finished in P5 with the team Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport.

What advice would you give now to someone eager to start racing?

Introduction

Max Verstappen won the inaugural 2022 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, having pried the leadoff Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc early in the race, and defended it in an enthralling late-race battle.

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Red Bull’s reigning champion took P2 off Carlos Sainz into Turn 1 at the start and soon began to close in on Leclerc. The Ferrari driver lost the lead to his rival on the main straight at the start of Lap 9 of 57 and pitted from mediums to hards on Lap 24, causing Verstappen to react with his stop two laps later. It seemed that Verstappen would cruise to victory in front of Miami Gardens’ marina…

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen and Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda went head-to-head in 900 horsepower V8 machines however, instead of duelling in F1, they travelled to the Florida Everglades for a unique hit of the swamp buggy racing. Here is all you need to know:

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This weekend’s Miami Grand Prix is the first F1 race to ever be held in the American city with Dutchman Verstappen and Japanese driver Tsunoda heading two hours west to the city of Naples before the fifth stop of the 2022 season to enjoy a different form of high-octane competition.

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Since 1949, the Florida Everglades has been home to swamp buggy racing with the F1 duo racing head-to-head in 900 horsepower V8 buggies with 68-inch wheels around a track submerged in standing water.

Formula 1 is delighted to announce the renewal and expansion of its strategic partnership with Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources.

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The multi-year extension will see Workday now become a Regional Partner of F1 – reaching the sport’s huge fan base across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The expanded partnership also includes the delivery of Workday content across F1 channels, including prominent trackside branding at the European Grands Prix.

In addition, as Formula 1 continues to identify ways to digitally accelerate, it has selected Workday’s Human Capital Management (HCM) to supercharge its internal business processes and harness the full power of its talent for a changing world.

The combination of this expanded strategic partnership and selection of the Workday HCM system underscores the existing synergies between Workday and F1, where access to real-time information, the agility to respond quickly, and the ability to make informed decisions under pressure are vital to success.

Alpine F1 Team is proud to announce a partnership with Berluti. The Parisian Maison is thus established as Alpine Elegance Partner. This is the latest instance in Berluti’s history of exceptional collaborations, which have long been part of the Maison’s DNA.

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With a history dating back to 1955 when Jean Rédélé, a young man passionate about competition, formed an automotive brand before going on to design the legendary A110 car seven years later, the company has evolved into Alpine F1 Team in 2021, which took victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix the same year.

As it embarks on its second Formula 1 season, Alpine’s core values of passion, innovation and excellence meet Berluti’s focus on craftsmanship, know-how and cutting-edge technique in a new partnership in which Berluti will provide elegance kits to the BWT Alpine F1 Team drivers and executive team. An emblem of masculine elegance, Berluti provides a complete, head-to-toe wardrobe for modern men.

To celebrate the first ever F1 Grand Prix in Miami, AlphaTauri and Scuderia AlphaTauri collaborated with artist and visionary Remote (aka Jay Bellicchi), part of the eclectic art collective ARTPLUG, for a special project at the amazing MetroWrapz facility to embrace local art, culture and fashion, while raising money for charity. Here is all you need to know:

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Remote has been given the opportunity to apply a unique graffiti design directly on a Formula One car, inspired by the vibrant colours of the AlphaTauri Fashion Spring/Summer collection. The colourful and stylish Showcar will be on display at the completely new and bespoke Red Bull Energy Station, which has been designed and built, especially for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix in Florida.

Before the race weekend, drivers Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda met up with Remote to discover more about graffiti culture, the Miami art scene and to have a first look at the repainted F1 car. In homage to this art project, the same graffiti design will also be featured on the headrest of both AT03 cars raced in Miami while Remote surprised Tsunoda with a special helmet paint job too.

Japanese pilot Tsunoda, 21, revealed:

I am super grateful for the special helmet design that Jay made for me. I had not seen it live before today and it looks super cool. I cannot wait to wear it on track.

Haas F1 Team is pleased to announce a new partnership with a financial technology company, Lunar. Founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2015, Lunar is a regulated and independent licensed bank with over 500,000 users across Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Established for individuals and businesses, Lunar – a 100% digital platform, has been designed to give customers complete control of their finances in a single app.

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The relationship between Haas F1 Team and Lunar will see the company’s brand logo sported on both Haas F1 Team VF-22 entries and on Kevin Magnussen’s race suit.

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal of Haas F1 Team stated:

I’m proud to welcome Lunar to our partner portfolio. “We share a lot of common traits between our two brands – primarily we’re both non-traditional in our respective industries, we’re not afraid to do things differently, be innovative in our approaches and shake things up a bit. The company also shares our love of speed, they want to make banking more accessible and faster for their customers. In Kevin Magnussen we obviously have one of the Nordic region’s leading sports personalities – his return to Haas F1 Team and his on-track performances in 2022 have naturally proved appealing to brands such as Lunar.

Ken Villum Klausen, founder and CEO of Lunar said:

We’re thrilled to join forces with Haas F1 Team as they play a key role in making F1 a mainstream sport and entertainment platform for everyone. Just like Lunar is making banking, payments and investments more accessible, faster and smarter for everyone in the Nordics. At Lunar we’re beyond excited to also support Kevin Magnussen, a Nordic comeback kid with a mindset we are truly inspired by.

Ahead of this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, IWC Schaffhausen invited sporting legends, including seven-time American Football World Champion Tom Brady and seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, to compete in an entertaining golf challenge.

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Following ‘The Big Pilot Challenge’ event at the Miami Beach Golf Club on Wednesday, the four IWC watches worn by the players are being auctioned online by international auction house Bonhams. The proceeds will be used by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation to support Miami-based nonprofits such as Dibia Dream, which supports young people through education and the power of sport.

As the inaugural Miami Grand Prix brings the excitement of Formula One to South Florida, IWC Schaffhausen united some of the world’s greatest sporting legends to raise money for social programs in the Miami area. Relaxed and fun, ‘The Big Pilot Challenge’ took place at the Miami Beach Golf Club, an 18-hole golf course located in the heart of South Beach. Former F1 star David Coulthard hosted the event alongside American actor and passionate golf player Kathryn Newton. Mixing Scottish humour with in-depth golfing knowledge, they presented the teams and guided them through the challenge.

FOUR TITAN S CLASH ON THE GREEN

Team ‘Mojave Desert’ brought together two of IWC’s most accomplished brand ambassadors: seven-time American Football World Champion Tom Brady and seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton. The other team ‘Lake Tahoe’ comprised retired American Football running back, Marcus Allen, and Dibia DREAM founder and CEO Brandon Okpalobi. The first self-explanatory challenge, called ‘The Longest Drive’, was followed by ‘Closest to Pin’. Here, the objective was to put the ball close to a digit on the dial of a gigantic Big Pilot’s Watch painted onto the green.

For its first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami, Alpine unveils an exclusive South Beach Miami colour pack on the Alpine A110 in its Bleu Azur and Rose Bruyère colours. Exclusively available on the A110 version, this customization pack developed especially for the occasion, includes exterior and interior elements.

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AN EXCLUSIVE PACK WITH MIAMI COLOURS

For the first time, the Alpine A110 will set its foot on Florida soil, celebrating its presence at the inaugural F1 Grand Prix of Miami. For this premiere, the A110 will pay tribute to this very special destination with a unique set of colours and customizations from the Alpine Atelier.

Inspired by the neon lights of Ocean Drive, the art deco buildings overlooking Miami, the colourful sunsets and the city’s vibrant music scene, the A110 South Beach Colorway will be available in two liveries, blue or pink. Highlighted by 18-inch white Serac wheels, this exclusive package will distinguish this unique theme, extending to the vehicle’s interior: the “South Beach” floor mats will be embroidered in the colours of the liveries, and the blue and pink flags will adorn both the exterior and interior of the A110. Light grey stitching will finish the seats and the leather of the central console.

A WIDE RANGE OF CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS WITH ATELIER ALPINE

Despite its pop-art and disruptive appearance, the South Beach Colorway fits perfectly into Alpine’s identity, with Bleu Azur and Rose Bruyère being two of the brand’s historic colours. Transforming this retro-looking edition into a unique contemporary icon, made to enjoy every turn of the road. These two colours are taken from the colours made available by the Atelier Alpine customization program. With 20 colours inspired by the brand’s famous heritage colours, the Atelier Alpine also offers multiple additional customization choices: with a variety of wheel finishes available and an extensive brake calliper colour catalogue, each A110 can now be as unique as its owner.

McLaren Racing today announced a major multi-year partnership with OKX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, as a Primary Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team and McLaren Shadow esports Team from 2022.

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The relationship with OKX will support the team’s global fan experience, providing fans with exciting opportunities and product innovations to bring fans closer to the action.

The partnership unites two global brands who value innovation and accessibility, with McLaren’s fan engagement programme always evolving to bring people closer to the team.

From the 2022 Miami Grand Prix, the company’s branding will be carried on the McLaren MCL36 F1 cars, on the helmets of McLaren F1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and on the McLaren F1 Team kit and McLaren Shadow Team kit.

After almost four years of intensive research, Red Bull Advanced Technology and cutting-edge Swiss bike manufacturer BMC present the results of a joint project to develop the world’s fastest race bike.

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Red Bull Advanced Technology, the high-tech performance division of Red Bull Technology, first entered into a partnership with Tour de France winning manufacturer BMC Switzerland in 2018, with the aim of bringing tools developed to boost performance in Formula One to bear and the design and development of high-performance bikes.

Utilising its advanced simulation and modelling capability Red Bull Advanced Technology’s aerodynamics team developed tools to provide detailed simulations of bike behaviour based on data from CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) models. And with access to accurately modelled performance characteristics, the company’s engineers were able to assist BMC with design decisions that optimise power, speed and ride quality.

The project was also aided by human expertise in the shape of Olympic medallist, multiple Tour De France stage winner and BMC ambassador Fabian Cancellara. The time trial legend was involved at every stage of the development, providing invaluable feedback on ride and performance through development and prototyping. The result of the research is an aerodynamic design philosophy that pushes the boundaries of performance in every aspect.

Double-headers, triple-headers, a record-breaking 23 race-calendar – the 2022 Formula 1 season is about to challenge the Formula 1 teams’ logistics departments like never before. As a consequence of the newly implemented cost cap, reducing costs and working as cost-effective as possible became vital in the world of Formula 1. Let’s dive into what CEVA Logistics, a new partner of the sport, has in store for high-end motorsports.

The deal

At the end of January, CEVA Logistics announced a new global, multi-year partnership with Ferrari to support their racing activities as an Official Logistics Partner. CEVA will also serve as a Team Partner of Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team ever in Formula 1.

CEVA Logistics will provide all logistics support services for the Scuderia Ferrari cars and equipment for Grand Prix events, as well as for the GT racing series and other Ferrari Challenge events.

The company

A world leader in third-party logistics, CEVA provides and operates transportation and supply-chain solutions for large- or medium-size national and global companies. CEVA Logistics boasts a broad range of services in both Contract Logistics and Freight Management thanks to its approximately 78,000 employees and 1,000 facilities in more than 160 countries.

The company’s experienced specialists focus on seamlessly designing end-to-end customized solutions to meet the complex and rapidly evolving supply chain needs, whatever the business sector. CEVA is part of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics and its goal is to become one of the top 5 logistics players in the world.

Mark Webber is an Australian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for 12 years: from 2002 to 2013. He raced for four teams: Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, and Red Bull.

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During this time, he became the winner of a Grand Prix nine times; it is noteworthy that Webber won twice in Monaco and Silverstone. He accumulated an impressive tally of 42 podium finishes and 13 pole positions. Mark took third place at the end of the championship in the seasons of 2010 and 2011, and the final one in his F1 career, 2013. Many years have passed since then, so let’s see what the racer does and where Mark Webber is now.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Already in the middle of the 2013 season, while still competing in Formula 1, Mark Webber said that he would leave the championship at the end of the year. The Aussie announced that he would have driven for Porsche in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP1 class in 2014. In the first season, he got on the podium three times, but in the end, the racer was able to finish the year only in ninth place. 2015 turned out to be much luckier for the Australian driver: he climbed the podium six times and won the WEC championship that year, scoring 166 points! 2016 saw Mark finishing in fourth place, scoring 31.5 points less than last season. Webber decided the time was right for him to retire from racing at the end of the 2016 WEC season.

During Mark’s career in the WEC championship, he took part in The 24 Hours of Le Mans three times. In 2015, Mark Webber and his crew, which also included Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, managed to take second place. By the way, the racer took part in this legendary race back in 1998 and 1999, before joining Formula 1. In 1999, an aerodynamic error on his Mercedes car forced Webber to literally take off from the track in qualifying on race day, which compelled him to drop out of it.

The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is excited to launch a special series of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), to enable us to engage with our fans in new ways. Developed alongside our trusted partner FTX, one of the world’s most innovative cryptocurrency exchanges, the Team will be collaborating with a series of artists over the 2022 race calendar, inviting them to create race-inspired artwork which fans can collect, trade and own.

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The Team and FTX will release free-to-claim NFT “Ticket Stubs” – artistic interpretations of a Mercedes-AMG Petronas race ticket – as well as unique and rare NFTs throughout the year, created by some of the world’s leading artists which will be available for auction at various points during the 2022 season, starting in Miami.

The series of NFT Ticket Stub drops will create an opportunity for fans to build, trade and collect their own NFT Ticket Stub collection over the season, providing fans even more ways to engage with each other; building a new community of collectors and traders, all with a shared passion for racing and digital art. There will be 2,500 free-to-claim NFT Ticket Stubs at most races, and 1,000 limited edition NFT Ticket Stubs at up to five races throughout the season, created in collaboration with different artists.

The 2022 F1 Miami race weekend will also see the unveiling of several unique NFTs produced in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Mad Dog Jones, the first of the limited edition NFT collections that will be designed by a range of artists across the season. In a world-first, two special NFTs will feature the 2022 Miami cars raced by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, with both drivers running rear wing endplates during the race featuring the Mad Dog artwork. The rear wings, fresh off the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 in Miami, will be auctioned together with their corresponding Mad Dog NFT.

HJC Helmets will become the official supplier of pit crew head protection for Oracle Red Bull Racing.

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Oracle Red Bull Racing and HJC Helmets are pleased to announce a multi-year partnership that will see the Korean manufacturer become the official supplier of pit crew head protection, providing the record-breaking and award-winning Team with helmets from their state-of-the-art range.

HJC Helmets has been a leader in head protection technology for five decades. Their lightweight, high-protection helmets are the choice of elite athletes everywhere, from the Tour de France to the Baja 1000. This partnership extends the Team’s existing connection with HJC, to keep their expertise onboard, in the form of a long-term relationship.

The Oracle Red Bull Racing pit crew are holders of the World Record for fastest pitstop and have been winners of the DHL Fastest Pitstop Award, for the past four years. Staying at the top, against the extremely motivated competition, only comes from paying attention to every single detail: the correct practice, the correct procedures, and the correct kit. The Team’s pit crew will be equipped with a lightweight, modular RPHA90 helmet and fibreglass F70 helmets; the latter has an ultrawide field of view, giving the Team the edge, like that extra split second to track the car or being the quickest on the wheel gun.