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1998 Tyrrell 026 – Remembering the Old Days

February 17, 2017 by Sofia Trevena

“Perhaps – I want the old days back again and they’ll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears. ”

3 World titles in the first 6 years in F1

December 12, 2016December 2, 2016 by The Judge

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor The Grumpy Jackal On this day in F1 – 2nd December 1997 On this day, Ken Tyrrell sold his World Championship winning team to the BAR consortium headed by Craig Pollock. After having won three titles in his first six years as an entrant, the teams fortunes slowly gave … Read more

On This Day in F1: 13 March

March 13, 2013 by The Judge

On this day in F1 March 6th, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Samora Machel

– 1983: Double Whammy For Rosberg
– 1999: Tales of “…a football team with different shirts.

1983: Double Whammy For Rosberg
Rio di Janeiro. The Jacarepagua Circuit welcomes the throngs of F1 enthusiasts to the first race of the season, the first of fifteen. 1982 had been a good year for Keke Rosberg (yes, we are talking about the German Nico Rosberg’s Swedish born, Finnish father), having won his first Drivers’ championship in only his fourth year in the sport, first year with Williams.

What now for Lauda? Ecclestone fraud charges still loom, Kart won’t listed to Vettel’s s*^t, Alguersuari suggests Vettel will be spooked, RB will use new spec alternator in Brazil

May 14, 2015November 19, 2012 by The Judge

The end of Lauda Watch? This could be it folks, maybe Lauda watch will be no more. Today Reuters report that Damiler-Benz has severed all ties with Aabar investments who sponsor Lauda’s cap at $500,000 a year. Not only have they acquired Aabar’s 40% of the F1 team but also the 9% holding the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund had invested in Damiler-Benz the global car manufacturer.

Aabar have lost over $2bn by trying to be clever and underpin the Daimler-Benz acquisition with a derivatives deal which went wrong. They have in effect lost their shirt and the banks that funded the deal have retained the stock, which by the way is worth double the price Aabar paid for it.