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.
Category Archives: F1 History
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
