F1 Insiders Est. 2012
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.
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Charlie White On this day… August 28th 2008 On this day in 2008, Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula-1 World Champion died at his home in California. Phil earned the title in 1961 for the factory Ferrari team driving one of the lovely Ferrari shark-nose race cars. However, the American was deprived … Read more
On this day… 22st August 1954 Juan Manuel Fangio won what was to be the final Swiss Grand Prix for Mercedes-Benz at Bermgarten in Berne. The Mercedes domination continued as Fangio led from start to finish. Stirling Moss attempted to make a race of it as he quickly overtook the Ferrari of Gonzalez after the race … Read more
On this day…. 21st August 1988 In July 1988 Johnny Herbert signed to drive for the Benetton Formula 1 team. He was competing in Formula 3000 at the time and this was his big chance. A few days later Johnny was involved in a huge multi-car accident during the F3000 race at Brands Hatch. He … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor OddBall On this day… 20th August 2009 2009 saw the introduction into F1 of KERS (Kenetic Energy Recovery System) and the four teams using the systems -Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and BMW Sauber – hit numerous problems early doors. Meanwhile the Mercedes V8 engine combined with the simple and stunning chassis … Read more
On this day…. 16th August 1992 Today is the day Nigel Mansell finally won the world driver’s championship at the Hungarian Grand Prix after finishing second in the race to Ayrton Senna’s McLaren. Mansell came oh so close to winning the title in 1986, when he narrowly lost out to Alain Prost due to the now iconic … Read more
Manfred von Brauchitsch at Donnington in 1937 On this day… August 15th 1905 Manfred von Brauchitsch, who died aged 97, was the nearest thing to royalty in the legendary Mercedes-Benz grand prix racing team of the 1930s. His death severed the final link to an epic period in the sport’s history, and one when the German … Read more
On this day… August 14th 1977 We recently looked at the most unlikely F1 win which almost occurred – Damon Hill in his 1997 Arrows at the Hungaroring. Well on this day in 1977, there was an unlikely F1 win as the Shadown team broke their duck. Shadow Racing, Italian financed but built in Northampton, gave … Read more
On this day… August 13th 1978 Along with Sir Stirling Moss, Ronnie Peterson is considered one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship, and he won his last race on August 13th 1978. The race was held at the Osterreichring – old style. The circuit had been constructed to replace the rather dull … Read more
On this day…. August 10th 1997 In the history of Formula One there have been some highly unlikely race victories. The only championship upset – similar to the 2016 Leicester City minnows winning the Premier League story – was in 2009 when Brawn GP beat the hundreds of millions spent by the big boys. In terms … Read more
