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Business, Formula One

Why Daniel Ricciardo’s $21m Contract Buyout is a Bargain for McLaren

August 15, 2022 No Comments
Daniel Ricciardo

A few weeks ago, I was watching a video on Instagram of a guy who took his McLaren through a drive-thru car wash and was filming water leaking into his car. While it was entertaining, it was also kind of shocking considering the base price for the 540C is $184,900. Perhaps, this video was a […]

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Formula One Must be Economically Adaptive to Weather Inflation

June 20, 2022 1 Comment
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Since the start of the 2022 Formula One season, there’s been quite a bit of chatter about how inflation could have serious consequences in the final stretch for many teams. The budget cap was intended to create a level playing field between the top three teams in Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari and the teams […]

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For Formula 1 to have a ‘golden era’ in the United States, we need to step up

June 6, 2022 No Comments

In the United States, Formula 1 is still a relatively foreign sport and concept. This is in large part due to the popularity of NASCAR, and the fact that F1 conflicts with Major League Baseball and the National Football League–which fills up the entire scheduling lineup of most major sports networks on Sundays in the […]

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Elon Musk: It’s misguided to boycott Tesla, Twitter over politics

May 22, 2022 1 Comment
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Throughout the last couple of weeks, Elon Musk has emerged as one of the most polarizing people in the United States. He’s become heavily invested in freedom of speech, and recently, he denounced the Democratic Party, to which he previously felt aligned the most with his beliefs. And while it’s not uncommon for wealthy CEO’s […]

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American Fashion Brands: Why have we let them fail?

July 12, 2020 No Comments
American Fashion

When I was a child, my late father had the entire Polo Ralph Lauren spectrum of Polo shirts in his closet. The only other items he wore, were custom suits, cotton shorts, and sneakers–New Balance, to be specific. He liked what he liked, and if it wasn’t by an American fashion designer or company, he […]

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ABOUT VF

VF Castro is the Chief Communications Officer for PLUGD Electric. Prior to this role, VF was a veteran sports journalist, where she covered Texas Tech and the Big 12 for various different outlets. VF is a proud graduate from the Harvard University Extension School, cum laude, where Government was her concentration.

After a brief stint in politics as the policy director and strategist on a congressional campaign, VF saw an intersection between Formula One and government and politics, and THE AVANT IVY started taking shape.

This is primarily used as a page to showcase VF's writing portfolio.

VF has a podcast called The VF1 Show with her co-host, Vincenzo Landino--where they discuss the business and political aspects of Formula One. New episodes are released every Friday!

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