Maserati 250F – A Commonplace Miracle
It was a miracle that Juan Manuel Fangio was even able to start the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix…
F1 History
On This Day in F1: December 26, 1959 – The Debut of Jim Clark and Ford-Cosworth
Four entwined exhaust pipes emerged in the wake of the front left wheel, melded themselves into one entity, and purposefully snaked their way along the side of the car.
To Beat Those Bloody Red Cars
Despite their position deep in enemy territory, three green aliens had captured the entire front row of the grid…
Alfa Romeo – Drunk on the Thought of Impending Return
We would go down to the fish market early to cleanse our vision: the fish were silver, and scarlet, and green, and the color of sea. The fish were lovelier than even the sea with its silvery scales. We thought of return. We thought of return the way a man thinks of morning after an … Read more
Honda’s “coffin on wheels”
For years the FIA has somewhat disingenuously heralded the road relevance of F1 cars. The manufacturers themselves put out various figures showing the marketing value their F1 teams generate for road car sales. We constantly hear the cliché, “win on Sunday – sell on Monday”. None of that, however, is really new. Car manufacturers have … Read more
Abu Dhabi GP: Something big is coming
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Alonso with an ‘electrifying’ offer from Nissan
Fernando Alonso will contest his last race in Formula 1 at Abu Dhabi this weekend, although the McLaren driver claims he’s not ruled out a return in 2020. Claims that it might be over for Alonso in F1 is a little hard to believe but equally should the unlikely scenario occur and an offer … Read more
Mexico: Epic Ferrari 1 – 2
The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix served up a wonderful race. The event had been dominated by the McLaren duo of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in 1988 and 1989, but for 1990 Prost was now driving for Ferrari after his acrimonious departure from McLaren. It was Senna’s McLaren teammate Gerhard Berger who took pole however, … Read more
Pirelli help shuffle the pack in the USGP
The first race of the 1990 F1 world championship was held on the streets of Phoenix. Back then the qualifying format had two days of qualifying, but with rain on the Saturday the times from Friday would decide the grid order. Gerhard Berger took pole position in his first race for McLaren after replacing Alain … Read more
McLaren huge gain in tyre battle at the US Grand Prix
The last US Grand Prix West was held at Long Beach in 1983. The front row was locked out by the Goodyear shod Ferrari’s of Patrick Tambay (1st) and Rene Arnoux (2nd), with an all Williams second row, Keke Rosberg (3rd) and Jacques Laffite (4th) utilising their Goodyear’s to good effect. Pirelli had the honour of … Read more
