Phil Oakley

@phil.ontheapex.com

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Living for Jesus Christ, my Saviour. FIA-accredited sportscar journalist @ontheapex.com. Content designer for UK government projects.

"Content Design" by Sarah Winters and Rachel Edwards
A desk with a small sound desk unit, and three monitors showing various sound feeds, faders, and camera views.
The Le Mans paddock area, emptying after the 24 Hours have finished over 4 hours ago.
A shot of the Le Mans pitlane, with cars queuing up to exit for warm up before the Le Mans 24 Hours. Shot from inside the media centre.
A video of cars going through Dunlop Curve at Le Mans.
British extension cable with 3 sockets plugged in.
My Media centre desk at Le Mans. Surface Pro, portable monitor, MacBook Pro laptop on a stand with keyboard and mouse. Also a portable kettle because I'm British and need tea to survive.
Ben Keating in TF Sport Corvette garage, arms folded, AirPods in ears, smiling at the camera
Ferrari 499P during a pitstop at Le Mans
The two Genesis GMR-001s in a photoshoot at Le Mans, with an unfocused blue and yellow kerb in the foreground, with the cars, in their orange 'Magma' livery focused in the background.
Text reads: Toyota's Floury, meanwhile, believes a cost cap would be incredibly hard to regulate fairly. 'I think it could be definitely a consideration,' said the Frenchman. 'How do you consider the costs accordingly? It's going to be very difficult. So far the cost caps have been applied in championships where manufacturers have the same number of cars in the championship and they race only in a single championship. 'But when you have manufacturers operating with external teams, such as BMW with WRT, Alpine with Signatech, Cadillac with JOTA, I guess it makes it even more difficult to compare this kind of organisation with an organisation such as us where everything is integrated. 'I see quite some challenges to apply this to endurance racing.'
A sleeping tabby cat, all curled up with his tail partially covering the bottom of his face, on a small cat tree platform. The cat's name is Pippin.
A visual lap chart from the 2026 WEC 6 Hours of Spa, with different colours for different teams and different visual markers for cars on the same team.
The new 2027 McLaren MCL-HY in retro test livery, with the classic M8D behind it.
A black cat and a tabby cat on a cat walk shelf.
The #17 and #19 Genesis GMR-001s in Le Mans livery, orange-red front-back gradient with 'Magma' in Korean alphabet livery.
A data visualisation of the 2026 IMSA Detroit race, showing how the #31 Cadillac won through a gap evolution visualisation. Text reads: How #31 Cadillac came out on top in Detroit chaos The #31 Action Express Cadillac of Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber started on pole and controlled the race on the Detroit street circuit to take victory.
Chaos at Monza T1 with at least 4 cars in the grass heavily damaged at GTWC Europe
Winning #3 Corvette on the streets of Detroit, in the shadow of the GM Renaissance Centre
#31 Action Express Cadillac on the street of Detroit, on course to take victory
Jack Aitken celebrating his race win in Detroit, standing on his car in the middle of the crowd, with the GM Renaissance Centre in the background
#31 Action Express Cadillac at Detroit street circuit in qualifying
Earl Bamber after taking IMSA pole at Detroit, holding the IMSA Motul Pole Award banner, next to his red #31 Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R/
Grello Manthey #911 in the garage at Daytona International Speedway, 2026
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Logo for my new sportscar racing website/newsletter. Designed by a friend of mine.
2023 JDC Miller LMP3 car at Daytona. Yellow sidepod with "My other car is a Porsche" decal on it, referring to the then-soon delivery of their brand new Porsche 963.
1:18 scale Porsche 917K, winner of Le Mans overall in 1970. Front 3/4 shot
Alex Lynn, driver of the #12 JOTA Cadillac in WEC, alongside his car having taken pole at the 6 Hours of Fuji in 2025.
Patrick Gibson and the video game version of James Bond that he portrays in 007: First Light.
The #8 Toyota crew on the podium after winning the 2026 6 Hours of Imola. Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa are smiling. Seb Buemi... isn't.
Benetton B191, as driven by Michael Schumacher and Nelson Piquet in the 1991 F1 world championship. Front 3/4 view in RAC lobby in London
Izzy Hammond's crashed Lola-Yamaha Formula E car at Jeddah during the Formula E Evo sessions for online influencers.
The start of the 4 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, part of the European Le Mans Series, in 2026, with the LMP2 field heading into La Source