Brazilian GP 1991
A brief video flashback of the legendary 1991 Grand Prix of Brazil at Interlagos. Ayrton Senna’s 1st home victory, driven for half the race with a McLaren gearbox missing three ratios.
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Month: December 2011
Austin (Finally) Pays For the USGP
So Texas billionaire businessman Red McCombs, a founding partner of Circuit of the Americas, paid Bernie Ecclestone his US$25M licensing fee — saying “Mr. Ecclestone received his check today.” And the U.S. Grand Prix at Austin is now set for November 2012. Who would’a thunk it? Read More …
Senna’s Magnum Opus
Ayrton Senna could clinch the 1988 Formula 1 World Driver’s Championship at Suzuka Circuit no matter what McLaren teammate Alain Prost did. Read More …
Sid Watkins Retires From F1
Professor Sid Watkins, who has been at the forefront of safety in Formula 1 for more than 30 years, has ended his full-time involvement in motorsport. The neurosurgeon has stepped down as president of the FIA Institute, but will continue in an honorary role. Read More …
Remembering Gethin
Peter Gethin drove a V12 Yardley BRM to slipstreaming victory at a pre-chicane Monza in the 1971 Italian GP, in what is still the closest finish ever for a Formula One race. Gethin passed away, age 71, this week. Read More …