This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Daniel Ricciardo slammed into the back of Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen near the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sunday. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner left the pit wall fuming. The cars were running fourth and fifth but ended with no…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. This year’s ESPN Formula One telecasts aren’t just different from those on NBC. The first one Saturday night was a giant step backwards. ESPN took the races from NBC this season and, instead of doing their own show using the international feed from…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. A couple weeks ago we talked about the Formula One TV package landing on ESPN through Sky Sports for the next two years. Now we learn that the ESPN deal may become a test bed for what’s called Over the Top services that…
IMSA/F1 Driver Felipe Nasr is one of several international drivers who are leaving F1 and FIA sports car racing to come to the United States and race in IMSA full-time. For years they’d come to the Rolex 24 at Daytona when nothing else was going on globally. But now they’re coming to race here full…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I come from a generation that believes Formula One is the pinnacle of all motor racing worldwide. But that’s changing. Immensely! Some examples: Ferrari went to partner team Haas Racing about firing one of its drivers to make room for a driver Ferrari…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Several drivers started Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix like their hair was on fire. Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen were on the front row when the green flag fell. Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen were in row two. Vettel, Verstappen and Raikkonen launched toward…
Formula One’s annual visit to America at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas ended Sunday with a reported successful promotion. There were reports Sunday that some 250,000 people attended the race weekend including 80,000 at a Taylor Swift concert Saturday night. These numbers are critical. Attendance fell last year for several reasons including rainy…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. A lot of meat in Sunday’s Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. Maybe the biggest headline was points leader Lewis Hamilton’s drive from the back of the pack to the podium in third. But, it was necessary to keep his points lead.…
NBC Formula One Broadcaster Leigh Diffey made his second trip into The Freak Nation Sunday night. He took us places in the World of F1 that we seldom get to hear or see. And that includes some background on what’s happening with his broadcast buddies David Hobbs, Steve Matchet and Will Buxton. Diffey also had…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Equal time was once important in my career and it may be needed now. Last week I implied three-time World Driving Champion Lewis Hamilton might be experiencing some punishment from Mercedes after an accident last year driving an Italian Supercar instead of a…
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