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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Tag: memories
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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 …
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 …
Villeneuve vs Schumacher 1997
Take a trip down memory lane this holiday season and re-live the finale of the 1997 Formula One season, featuring Jacques Villeneuve and the Williams-Rothman team against Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt and Scuderia Ferrari. 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 …
Blue Ferrari
Competing in the last two races of the 1964 Formula One season as the North American Racing Team (NART) due to a protracted dispute with Italian motor racing authorities, Ferrari’s John Surtees and Lorernzo Bandini revealed an unusual blue-and-white livery, not seen since. Read More …
Japanese GP 2005
Demonstrating again how wet conditions are the ultimate equalizer in Formula One, the Japanese Grand Prix of 2005 delivered, as Kimi Räikkönen came back from 17th on the grid for a stunning victory. Read More …
Heidfeld At the Nordschleife
Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld takes on the famed “Green Hell” of Nürburgring’s Nordschleife (“North Loop”), driving a modern F1 car, in this excellent, but brief, video from the team. Read More …
Gilles & Enzo
A remarkably tender photograph of Il Commendatore himself, Enzo Ferrari, affectionately kissing his “High Prince of Destruction” Gilles Villeneuve, circa 1981. Courtesy of Peter Windor’s The Race Driver blog. By Ercole Colombo—”Dear Gilles.” Read More …