Catalunya 1991
The 1991 Spanish Grand Prix featured an epic battle between Aryton Senna, in an underpowered McLaren-Honda, and Nigel Mansell in the amazing but as yet somewhat unreliable “active” Williams FW14. Read More …
Tag: History
F1A&G posts tagged History
Ageless Formula One
We haven’t watched this video for several years after compiling it, and it renewed our faith in the ageless qualities of F1. Check it out. Read More …
Remembering Montjuïc Park
Montjuïc was like a street track like out of your dreams. Frank Williams aptly described it as “a great circuit for drivers requiring much courage…definitely for men and not for boys.” Read More …
Life On the Limit
If you are a Formula One aficionado and have not seen this terrific Michael Fassbender narrated documentary about the perilous formative years of F1, when three or four drivers died every season, you should. Read More …
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 …
Button’s First GP Win
In 2006, Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, the first victory of his career and the first F1 win for a British driver since David Coulthard in Australia 3 years earlier. Read More …
Harder
A brilliant photo and quote from the late three-time World Champion and legend Ayrton Senna: “The harder I push, the more I find within myself.” Read More …
Crossing the Line Backwards
In 1919, Andre Boillot won the first major post-war race at the Targa Florio in a most unusual fashion. Read More …
Coulthard’s Magic Carpet Ride
If you thought the new 2014 power units in F1 were paltry, this video should change your mind. David Coulthard was rendered speechless after driving the 2014 Williams of Valtteri Bottas. Read More …
Monza 1979
Jody Scheckter celebrates on the podium with 2nd-place teammate Gilles Villeneuve after winning the race and securing the F1 World Championship at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, September 9,1979. Read More …