F1 Insiders Est. 2012
The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix served up a wonderful race. The event had been dominated by the McLaren duo of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in 1988 and 1989, but for 1990 Prost was now driving for Ferrari after his acrimonious departure from McLaren. It was Senna’s McLaren teammate Gerhard Berger who took pole however, … Read more
The 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix is one that stands out in the memory thanks to a wonderful showing from Nigel Mansell, who charged to victory for Ferrari, getting the better of Ayrton Senna in the McLaren to make the victory all the sweeter. Having struggled on the qualifying tyre over the weekend, Ferrari’s Mansell actually … Read more
Mansell told Reuters that Ferrari had done “an absolutely outstanding job through the winter to come out and challenge Mercedes like they have” and was delighted for his old team, he added “But now it’s going to be a race on development…
The 1986 season went down to the wire, with 3 drivers arriving in Adelaide for the season ending Australian Grand Prix with a chance to be crowned champion. The Williams FW11 was clearly the fastest package in 1986, with Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet splitting 9 race wins between them prior to Adelaide (5 for … Read more
On this day in F1 – 8th November 1992 In what should’ve been ‘Our Nige’s’ last race in formula one, ended with a big shunt with his long term rival, Ayrton Senna during the Australian Grand Prix. He was to return to F1 after a spell at Indycar in the USA (champion in the first … Read more
At the Portuguese GP, Nigel Mansell completed “possibly the most important win of his career” according to the British Newspaper The Guardian, to leave him needing victory in the penultimate race in Mexico to secure the championship. It was not to be, but it was a flawless performance in Portugal to set up the finale. … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Daniel van Bree On this day in F1 history… the 9th August… 1944 Patrick Depailler was born Patrick who was born in Clermont-Ferrand France, went onto compete in formula one between 1972-1980. He entered with the Tyrrell team to partner Jody Scheckter from 73 filling the void left by … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Jennie Mowbray Note: This was the first article I wrote in 2014…I’ve re-posted it for the 30th anniversary of the race… “There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before.” ~Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlett~ Turbo 1.5 litre engines were mandatory, fuel allowances had … Read more
“For really there is nothing like wings for getting you into trouble. But, on the other hand, if you are in trouble, there is nothing like wings for getting you out of it.”
TJ13 contributor take a look at one of Brazil’s multiple Formula 1 world champions, a notorious F1 Godfather.
