F1 Insiders Est. 2012
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
Hell is not always scorching heat and scarlet flames. Sometimes it is dank and green; a slim strip of bumpy tarmac encircled by towering trees and shrouded in mist.
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Jennie Mowbray Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change To something new, to something strange; Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, To-morrow be to-day. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~ The 1968 Formula One season had ended with the new rear wings continuing to evolve dramatically in elevation and dimensions at each succeeding race. After their introduction by Lotus at the Monaco Grand Prix the new technology … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio – 1979: Asterix would have been proud. Anybody who is a smoker and has visited France may have had the dubious pleasure of having smoked Gitanes at some stage; a quite foul aroma which maybe explains the reasons why Frenchmen wear onions around their neck – I … Read more
In this day and age of relative safe racing it is easy to forget that in years gone by a crash, in most cases, meant death. History is littered by the greats of Formula 1 that have died doing something they loved. Today marks 45 years since the death of arguably one of the best … Read more
