Hungarian Grand Prix 1936
This year marks 25 years since the Formula One circus first went behind the former Iron Curtain for the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, you have to go back another 50 years for the first race of that name. Read More …
Tag: History
F1A&G posts tagged History
The Killer Years
An appropriately named, four-part documentary by the BBC on the 1960s and early 1970s in Grand Prix racing. Watching this will enlighten newer Formula One fans why F1A&G’s profile of the Six Best F1 Crashes starts with one essential criterion — that the driver walked away (relatively) unharmed — a result all too infrequent in the tragic early decades of F1. Read More …
Grand Prix Racing History (Video)
I guess we should be pleased that these folks took F1A&G’s History of Formula One and used it as their video narration script. Would have been nice had they given credit to the author who wrote it, though! Read More …
Top Gear’s Senna Preview
The long-awaited documentary Senna is set to be released in the UK on June 3. Now the new Top Gear Magazine, on sale May 18, offers a free preview Senna DVD. Read More …
The Wayback Machine
See what we looked like in April 1999. A blast from the (distant) Internet past, but very slow to load. Read More …
F1 Author Chris Hilton Dies
I’ve been a great fan of Christopher Hilton’s work on Formula One, especially Grand Prix Showdown, as readers will note from the Overview page of F1A&G. His unexpected passing leaves a large void in Formula One literature and history. Read More …
Italian GP 1967
The 1967 Grand Prix of Italy at Monza is considered by many to be one of the best Formula One races in history. It was also Scotsman Jim Clark’s best drive of his career. The irony is that Clark didn’t even win the race, merely coming back from a post-pit stop deficit of nearly a lap to overtake the entire field before yielding to a fuel shortage. Read More …
Monaco 1956
An excellent and rare full-color photo of Stirling Moss, on his way to winning the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix, which he led flag to flag — beating Fangio decisively — in the gorgeous Maserati 250F. Read More …
F1’s Lost Circuits
An interesting historical series by Pitlane F! Magazine. Spotlighting Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Argentina. Read More …
F1 Timeline
Courtesy of Google, a timeline of Formula One history. Read More …