F1A&G posts tagged constructors
In typically poetic fashion, NBC Sports Network’s Sam Posey narrated this excellent video collage celebrating the triumphant return of Mercedes to the Formula One championship with its 2014 cars, harkening back to the marque’s last (and until now, only) F1 winning season with the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio 60 years ago. Read More …
Marussia’s 2012 finish as the 11th of 12 Formula One constructors cost an estimated £35M because prize money, now 63% of profit from the sport’s £1.5B revenues, is still shared by the top 10 teams. Read More …
Red Bull Racing has introduced a different nose cone for its RB9 at Canada, one that drops a bulge underneath the nose, while Ferrari is testing its own nose bulge for the first time. Read More …
Isn’t it time for customer cars to return to F1 in order to keep the costs down and innovation high? Read More …
We dare you to get through this whole time-lapse of Marussia putting together the team’s 2013 car without fast forward! Read More …
An interesting chart of 1970s Formula One constructors, by Sid of Formula 1 Blog : Thoughts of an Enthusiast. Read More …
Jacques Villeneuve’s former team manager Craig Pollock is geared up to launch a new “customer” engine for Formula 1 complying with the revised FIA rules scheduled to take effect in 2013. While there is hardly a realistic chance even this would allow “privateer” teams back into the sport, given the tremendous financial demands of modern F1 chassis and aerodynamic design, it still would be a welcome break for smaller teams and backmarkers. Read More …
Red Bull Racing drivers Seb Vettel and Mark Webber celebrate winning the constructors title for the team at Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2010. It took 13 years, from Stewart Grand Prix to Jaguar to Red Bull, but Adrian Newey has finally done it (again). Read More …
This photo is from the first-ever gathering of all 35 Lotus F1 cars. Read More …
Excellent photograph of the vintage McLaren M23 grand prix machine coming up to speed at Circuit Mt. Termblant 30 years on. Read More …