F1A&G posts tagged memories
Ralf Schumacher discovered he needed vision correction following a road car accident before the 2002 Formula One season. After the start of the 2002 Australian Grand Prix, one may have wondered if Ralf had been driving with contact lenses or not. Read More …
One of the most infamous accidents in Formula One history occurred at Woodcote corner during the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was before the passage through Woodcote had been slowed by chicanes. It was a fast and difficult right hander, which Jackie Stewart once described as “without doubt one of the most important corners in the F1 world.” Read More …
French prime minister Francois Fillon is keen to get the Grand Prix of France — the oldest of them all — back onto the Formula One calendar. The last race on French soil was won by Felipe Massa for Ferrari in 2008 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, but ut the appellation “Grand Prix,” indeed the entire concept of motor racing itself, date to France at the turn of the 20th century. Read More …
Ron Howard’s new project currently making the rounds of Hollywood, “Rush” tells of the 1970s F1 rivalry between the late playboy British driver James Hunt and his nemesis, Austrian champion Niki Lauda. Read More …
At the 2009 Hungarian GP, Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersauri became the youngest driver in Formula One history to start a Grand Prix race. In this vignette, Formula1 officially takes a look back through the history books to profile other youngsters to have graced the F1 grid over the years…. Read More …
Close-ups of F1 drivers’ eyes reveal determination down to the depths of their souls. This photo gallery from Sports Car Digest is well worth a look. Read More …
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 …
Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault) during the 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix, Jacarepagua Circuit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 March 1986. Courtesy of Tanya’s F1 Nostalgia album via Photobucket. Read More …
Few modern Grands Prix can fairly be regarded as “classics” without a bit of hindsight, but the Chinese GP on 17 April at Shanghai International Circuit plainly qualifies as one of them. As a tribute, we’ve compiled our own F1A&G 15-minute highlights video. Read More …
See what we looked like in April 1999. A blast from the (distant) Internet past, but very slow to load. Read More …