Long Beach 1981
On this day in 1981, an Arrows started an F1 race on pole, and Gilles Villeneuve made a lively start in his Ferrari 126 from 5th on the grid at the U.S. Grand Prix West at Long Beach. Read More …
Tag: Chapman
Colin Chapman On Jim Clark
Colin Chapman’s engineering genius for Team Lotus in the 1960s was matched only by Jim Clark’s sublime and innate skill as a racing driver. In this first-person account, Chapman pays homage to his fallen comrade. Read More …
Grand Prix 1970s Style
A retro Formula One video by British Leyland profiling the 1977 F1 season. Chapman, Hunt, Lauda, Andretti and more. Read More …
Monza 1971
Emerson Fittipaldi pilots the four-wheel drive Lotus 56B, fitted with a Pratt & Whitney gas turbine engine, to an 8th place finish at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix. Read More …
Longer, Stronger, But Not Necessarily Better
Longer F1 seasons and stronger cars have produced a sport that is hardly recognizable compared with its historical roots, but is it better? Read More …
Legendary Lotus
The Lotus 78 and 79 revolutionized motor sport by using the design of the car itself to produce downforce. Read More …
Clark’s Last GP Victory
Forty years ago, driving Colin Chapman’s revolutionary Lotus 49 and the then still relatively new Ford Cosworth DFV engine, Jim Clark won the South African GP at Kayalami. This would prove to be the last of his 25 Formula One victories. Read More …