2011 Season Review
As if to prove a point, the 2011 Formula One season broke a string of four straight years with closely fought title battles. It was beyond doubt the season of Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull. Read More …
Tag: History
F1A&G posts tagged History
German GP 1968
The daunting Nürburgring was at its most capricious in August 1968, with mist and torrential rain rendering the track treacherous and visibility virtually non-existent, when Jackie Stewart won perhaps his greatest Grand Prix. Read More …
The Race That Was…Phoenix 1990
In 1990, after Alain Prost had moved on from McLaren to Ferrari, Aryton Senna won the U.S. Grand Prix at Phoenix. But the star of the race, in a Tyrrell, was young Frenchman and F1 newcomer Jean Alesi, who battled the defending World Champion wheel-to-wheel and did what nobody else could. Read More …
1970s Constructors
An interesting chart of 1970s Formula One constructors, by Sid of Formula 1 Blog : Thoughts of an Enthusiast. Read More …
Canadian GP 1991
In 1991, driving a plainly inferior McLaren-Honda MP4/6, Ayrton Senna started the season by recording four consecutive poles and wins. The season’s turning point was the Canadian GP at Montreal, were the “active” Williams FW14 failed Nigel Mansell on the last lap. Read More …
Honda RA300 1968 (John Surtees)
John Surtees’ 1968 Honda Racing RA300, as exhibited at the Paris Salon de l’Automobile. His best finish that season was a 2nd at the French Grand Prix at Rouen (Circuit Rouen les Essarts). Read More …
Alan Jones 1980
32 years ago, Buenos Aires was again the venue for the opening round of the 1980 F1 championship, where Alan Jones’ win in his Williams Ford set him on his way to the World Championship. Read More …
Jim Clark—The Quiet Champion
The BBC’s video portrait of Jim Clark, one of the most talented and intriguing characters of the 1960s and the most successful racing driver of his time, Read More …
Monaco 1984
Aryton Senna prematurely celebrates victory in the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix in his Toleman, an infamous F1 race awarded to Alain Prost due to a red flag one lap prior. Read More …
Australian GP 1986
On the verge of his first F1 championship, Nigel Mansell powered down Adelaide’s long High Street straight at 180 mph on full throttle when his own left rear tire exploded, flinging up a fountain of yellow, molten sparks as his car bucked from side to side in a frenzy. Read More …