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Ancillary F1 - Series 1 Omnibus

• Length: 24:13 
• Size: 22.3 MB 
• File: ancillaryomnibus1.mp3 
• Transcript: ancillaryomnibus1.pdf 
• Torrent: Coming soon 

The omnibus edition of the Ancillary F1 series, looking closer at companies that help Formula 1 operate but never get any of the glory.

Here are the links to the individual show notes:

1. Bridgestone
2. McLaren Electronic Systems
3. Tilke Engineering
4. Mercedes Support Vehicles
5. Météo-France
6. Philips Lighting
7. RTV

This is the first series of Ancillary F1, I hope you enjoyed it. If you have any suggestions for future companies or feedback about the ones covered above, I’d love to hear from you.

Written on October 9th, 2008 at 10:59 pm by Christine.
Posted in Mini Series | No Comments
Tags: Bridgestone, Business, Circuit, Companies, ECU, F1, F1 Video, Mercedes, Mini Series, Night Race, RTV, Safety Car, Singapore, Support, Tilke Engineering

Ancillary F1 - McLaren Electronic Systems

• Length: 3:25 
• Size: 3.3 MB 
• File: ancillary2.mp3 
• Transcript: ancillary2.pdf 
• Torrent: ancillary2.torrent 

This is Ancillary F1, a mini series brought to you by Sidepodcast, focusing on those companies that contribute to the sport, but don’t compete for the title. Yesterday we looked at tyre manufacturer Bridgestone, and today we’ll be taking a look at McLaren Electronic Systems.

The McLaren Group of Companies includes McLaren Racing, McLaren Cars and McLaren Electronic Systems. The Group started out as Ron Dennis expanded his Formula 1 team to encompass more and more activities. Dennis is the Chairman and CEO of the company, while Martin Whitmarsh is the COO.

McLaren Racing is obviously known for it’s Formula 1 success, McLaren cars are an elite and popular road sportscar, but we need to look at McLaren Electronic Systems.

The official blurb of the company says: “It is a leading exponent of the group’s technical prowess and design philosophy. Its goal is to provide the automotive electronics customer with a complete range of products which are reliable, yet at the very limits of technology.” That’s as clear as mud, obviously.

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Written on October 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 pm by Christine.
Posted in Mini Series | 3 Comments
Tags: Companies, ECU, F1, Formula 1, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren Electronic Systems, McLaren Racing, Ron Dennis, SECU, Support

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