Hi everyone,

what an exhausting, yet very satisfying experience it was, producing the first issue of P1Mag in real time. After working non-stop form Friday to Tuesday, apart a couple hours of sleep, to compile issue no. 1, finally posting the title page here on the blog with an embedded link, I just fell into bed for a good long an refreshing sleep. Got up late, had a really nice breakfast and then got out to enjoy the sunshine. Two days of recharging the batteries for issue no. 2

Sadly I found out this morning that the link apparently did not work. And as I had been too tired to think about adding a text line with the URL beneath, some of you probably were left in the dark. Shame on me. Sorry for that!!!

Now I think I’ve made it pretty obvious with the pic above, but let me post the link as well, just to be on the save side this time… : http://p1mag.de

You will find our prototype issue there, the one we did as an internal exercise for the team, plus, of course, the current issue no. 1.

Looking forward to your comments

Greetings
Mario

I don’t know if following the unrevelling of my magazine ist more exciting to you than watching the Monaco Grand Prix on TV. However, those with special love for detail will already have spotted the name of the soon to be launched magazine within the shot above. Have you? No? Keep looking closely.

By the way: I hear fans of US motorsports seem a bit worried because I didn’t mention Sprint Cup, nor Nationwide Series, nor Camping World Series, nor IndyCar. Trust me, with 70 pages to fill every week, you wont miss a thing…

Hi there,

I promised to update you on what’s happening behind the scene. So here we go:

- A weekly, 70 pages strong magazine covering international motor sport;

- Aside the obvious Formula 1 coverage, most monoposto series will be covered;

- Also: Touring cars, GTs, rallies and motorbike racing, too.

Well? Do I have your attention now? Tomorrow I’ll tell you some more facts.

My dear friends,

what you see is a first (partial) impression of the new project to be launched soon and that will be a refreshing way for readers to consume weekly motorsport coverage.

There’s already been rumours about who’s funding the project. I will say this much: In times of a World economy crisis, the worst thing one can do is stuff tons of money in a new project, overload it with overheads. I got a crystal clear vision and the enormous benefit of an enthusiastic group of people, working hard with me to make this happen. Not only am I very optimistic with our progress, it’s been a very long time since I last had so much fun heading such a project.

Tomorrow I’ll be able to reveal a bit more.

Have a nice Weekend!

Hi everyone,

being used to the customary daily updates, you might be wondering what’s going on with the blog. Well, there’s a good reason for the momentary stand still: I’m working with my team of contributors towards the launch of – you probably guessed that bit already – a weekly motor sport mag, debuting at the end of the month.

Bit by bit I’ll tell you abou the progress. Today I’ll reveal as much as this: We won’t transform a whole landscape of trees into paper to print our publication onto. That’s so 20th century and – given the daramtic climatic situation our planet is going through – our approach to publisihing weekly news is a modern and environment friendly method of publishing. I’ll keep you posted.

Best regards

Mario

14th of May – Remember the birdie? Yep, I’m well aware that some of you thought it was an april’s fool post. Far from it.

I wasn’t joking at all!

Oh, about that price: That was true as well. ZERO Euros (or Swiss Francs, if you prefer) is what you have to fork out every week! Tough, eh?

13th of May- While Rubens Barrichello is heading to Monaco for his 277th Grand Prix start, Juan Manuel Fangio established the record of most GP starts in 1956 with his 47th participation! In that race Fangio did something that is impossible nowadays. You know what I mean?

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12th of May – At the 1974 Belgian Grand Prix at Nivelles the Ray Jessop designed Token RJ02 had its race debut, with funding coming from Tony Vlassopoulo and Ken Grob. Formula 3 front-runner Tom Pryce was given the opportunity to make his F1 debut, and it was later driven by David Purley and Ian Ashley. However, after four Grands Prix Token was finished, the car was sold and later resurfaced as the Safir. Again without success. But for whom had the car originally been commisioned?

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11/5/1965, Stefano Domenicali is born in Imola, Italy

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Stefano Domenicali joined Ferrari in 1991, after working in Italian business and commerce, working in the company’s main administration. He then moved to the administration of the racing team and the development of the team’s Mugello test track. In 1995, he was appointed head of personnel in Ferrari’s sporting department and was also involved with sponsorship liaison, before being promoted to Team Manager in December 1996. After a brief stint as Logistics Manager, he became the team’s Sporting Director in 2002.
On November 12, 2007 Ferrari have announced Stefano Domenicali will take on the role of Director of the Ferrari Formula One team, a position previously held by Jean Todt.