F1 Insiders Est. 2012
On this day… 18th August 1985 For the modern day Formula One fan, the term ‘Crashtor’ immediately brings to mind the monobrow and crazed wide eyed look of a certain Venezualan ex-F1 driver. Yet Pastor Maldonado was only the latest incarnation of an F1 driver with a propensity to fender bend. The much loved and enigmatic … 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
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs On this day… 11th August 1938 & 1953 When I started compiling these stories it was not my intention to cover births (I can’t really get excited about celebrating what people have yet to accomplish…), nor deaths (which I usually find too upsetting to write…), nor even on/off … Read more
On this day in F1 – 16th May 1999 Michael Schumacher led a Ferrari one-two at the Monaco Grand Prix after pole-man Mika Hakkinen’s challenge fizzled out in the McLaren. Schumacher got a brilliant start from the grid, and after leading into the first corner, there was no stopping him. Hakkinen then found himself defending … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Grumpy Jackal 18th April – On this day 1971: Tyrrell’s first ever win. Like Enzo Ferrari – some generations before – Ken Tyrrell recognised his talents lay in management rather than driving and retired from driving in 1959. Within two years he was running the Cooper Formula Junior team and … Read more
On this Day in F1 – 2008 By all accounts Ralf revealed on this day in 2008 that he had lied. Not to the level that politicians lie to their respective countrymen but to the media about not staying in F1 for 2008. He had wanted a quiet end to his career and therefore lied … Read more
On this Day in F1 – 2006 Max Mosley faced much criticism after proposing a football league like promotion and relegation system in Formula One. “What ought to happen, and we are nowhere near sorting this out, is that we should have a feeder formula for Formula One, like a sort of F3000/GP2, but properly … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor The Grumpy Jackal On this Day in F1 1957 – Argentina celebrates as Fangio wins at home On this day, almost sixty years ago, one of the greatest artisans of Formula One opened his season with victory in his home race. The four time champion, Juan Manuel Fangio had left … Read more
On this day in F1 – 10th January 1971 Italian driver Ignazio Giunti died competing in the Buenos Aires 1000km race. Unsighted by another car, Giunti’s Ferrari crashed into the back of the Matra of Jean-Piere Beltoise which the driver was trying push along the track to the pits – it was only later that … Read more
