F1 Insiders Est. 2012
On this day… 21st July 2002 For those who think F1 became predictable with the advent of the V6 turbo engines, there was a time not so long ago when others felt the same. And maybe with just cause. On this day in 2002, Michael Schumacher took his 3rd consecutive Formula One world drivers’ championship, … Read more
On this day in F1… 20th July 2003 Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs London introduced the Congestion Charge; Columbia was the last mission of the Space Shuttle; Netscape died as Mozilla was born; Serbia and Montenegro were officially founded; worldwide protests against the Iraq war; the last ‘real’ VW Beetle was manufactured, in Mexico; … Read more
On this day in F1… 19th July 1975 Fittpaldi wins British GP. Hardly a breakthrough headline, I grant you, he was after all the reigning World Champion driving for Mclaren. Maybe of more significance were the facts that it would be his last F1 win, a Welshman qualified on pole, Graham Hill chose to retire … Read more
On this day in 1982…. 18th July I was woken by my father and told to get ready. As an Italian family, we’d go out at weekends with other families and have picnics at major air-shows, tractor rallies (!) and other events throughout the summer months. So this in itself was not unusual. We were … Read more
On this day in F1… 17th July 1995 Twenty One years ago today, an F1 legend who was an exponent of the Argentinian Tango on 4 wheels died. The romantics amongst us now envision Juan Manuel Fangio, racing against Senna and Clark on the greatest circuit this world has never seen. The man who was known … Read more
On this day in F1… 16th July 1955 Aintree, on the outskirts of Liverpool, holds a legendary status for horsepower of a different kind, this is where the annual running of the Grand National takes place. The circuit was built in 1954, and was dubbed ‘The Goodwood of the North’ hence the similarities between the … Read more
On this day before F1 in 1914… 15th July James Hunt was considered F1’s playboy in the 1970’s and for some Lewis Hamilton is living the high life today. Yet the history of motor sport is littered with such colourful characters, who in their day were never far from making headlines. On this day in 1914, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs 1959 . . . is remembered for . . . Fidel Castro took over from President Batista, the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, the Leakeys discovered 600,000-year-old homind fossils. Ben Hur and Some like it Hot were box-office hits, Russia’s Luna-1 was the first craft to leave the Earth’s … Read more
Tony Rudd agitatedly paced up and down the pit wall swearing under his breath. What the hell did his drivers think they were doing? Had they completely lost their minds?
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor: Cassius42 – 1965: Three World Champions share the podium once again On this day in 1965, three regulars took to the podium: Jim Clark, Graham Hill and John Surtees. Except they were not sophisticated enough in those days for an actual podium ceremony, the winner often got their trophy … Read more
