Keke Rosberg

When turbo cars looked cool & a great case for Adelaide return

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Street Fighters – Rosberg vs Senna as Lauda bows out in Oz ’85 Most street circuits exist because the organisers want a venue that looks pretty on TV, or because they want something different. But the Adelaide Street Circuit existed simply because it was a really good race track. The circuit is loved by F1 fans … Read more

On This Day in #F1: 27th March 1983 – Watson wins from 22nd on the grid

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: The Grumpy Jackal Nigel Mansell won the 1989 Hungarian GP from 12th on the starting grid. Fernando Alonso won the 2012 Valencia GP from 12th also. Not impressed yet? Okay, how about Michael Schuamcher winning the 1995 Belgian GP from 16th or Kimi Rakkonen winning in Japan from 17th … Read more

#F1 History: 1985 Australian Grand Prix – Youth Versus Experience

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Jennie Mowbray may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it’s sunday may i be wrong for whenever men are right they are not young ~e. e. cummings~ Fearless, ambitious and self-assured, they sat side by side on the front row of … Read more

On This Day in #F1: 27th March

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio – 1983: John Watson wins from 22nd on the grid Nigel Mansell won the 1989 Hungarian GP from 12th on the starting grid. Fernando Alonso won the 2012 Valencia GP from 12th also. Not impressed yet? Okay, how about Michael Schuamcher winning the 1995 Belgian GP from … Read more

#F1 History: The story of the 1982 World Championship – Part III

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs 1982… and all that…! Part III In Germany things continued with the ‘sour’ 1982 ‘norm’… Having qualified on pole Pironi came up fast behind Prost’s slower car (during non-timed rain-tyre tests), on a wet track, and was launched into the air in a frighteningly similar repeat of Villeneuve’s … Read more

On this day in #F1: 25 September

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs 1982… is remembered for… Space shuttle Columbia made its first mission; Washington University developed the Flavr Savr tomato; Britain overcame Argentina in Falklands war; John W. Hinckley, Jr. found not guilty of shooting President Reagan; Italy won the World Cup; Navratilova and Connors won at Wimbledon; Michael Jackson … Read more

On This Day in F1: 27 March

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On this day in F1 March 27th, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Samora Machel – 1983: John Watson and Niki Lauda Do The (almost) Impossible – 1971: David Couthard is born 1983: John Watson and Niki Lauda Do The (almost) Impossible Just to put things a little in perspective here, Jenson Button’s run … Read more

On This Day in F1: 13 March

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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.

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