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: Mansell
F1A&G posts tagged Mansell
The Senna Legend
The darkest day in F1 history was 24 years ago, when the sport lost three-time World Champion Aryton Senna — still the first and only Formula One champion to have died during a Grand Prix race. Read More …
Formula One’s Five Biggest Rivalries
Take a look back at some of the greatest rivalries over the decades, from Prost and Senna to Hamilton and Rosberg. Read More …
The Golden Age
This excellent video is all about the past when F1 was absolutely amazing. It was a time, according to Jackie Stewart himself, when “motor racing was dangerous and sex was safe.” Read More …
Canada 1990
Gerhard Berger leads Ayrton Senna at the start of a wet 1990 Canadian Grand Prix at Montréal. Read More …
Lauda In Portugal 1984
At the season-ending 1984 Grand Prix of Portugal, Niki Lauda secured a 3rd World Championship title, having used all his guile and experience to beat teammate Alain Prost. Read More …
Monaco 1992
At Monaco in 1992, Aryton Senna used all the defensive skills in his arsenal to keep Nigel Mansell behind in the closing laps and take another Monaco victory. Read More …
Spark On!
Our favorite F1 photos are of sparks flying off the titanium skid plates of Formula One cars prior to mid-1994’s introduction of a wooden bottom plank intended to control ride height. Spark on!! Read More …
22 Years Ago: Schumacher Scores 1st F1 Podium
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s first podium finish in Formula 1 at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix — a feat that he would go on to repeat a further 154 times across the next twenty years of his illustrious career. Read More …
RIP The Lollipop Man
For decades, the “lollipop man” controlled pit releases in F1. Now they’ve been replaced by automated light systems. RIP. Read More …