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 […]
Category Archives: F1 History
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 […]
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 […]
The strange relationship of USA and F1 explained
Formula One and the United States have had a strange relationship over the years, with neither one every seeming to fully embrace the other, for a variety of reasons. The […]
Hamilton better than Vettel at Austin
With horrendous weather conditions predicted for this weekend, similar to that of 2015 when Hamilton took the drives championship away from teammate Nico Rosberg, TJ13 looks back at another memorable […]
Alfa Romeo 158 – Weathering the Storm
I have weathered the storm,
I have beaten out my exile.
~The Rest – Ezra Pound~
1983 Spirit-Honda: Breathing Dreams like Air
On the fifth lap, the car gasped and collapsed breathless at the side of the track, failure of a turbo seal resulting in Stefan Johansson’s immediate relegation from racer to spectator.
Flying Closer to the Ground – The Advent of Aerodynamics
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
The Teutonic Transcendence of 1938
“Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results”
Speed Costs Money – How Fast Do You Want to Go?
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”