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Johnny Herbert is one of those figures that never left the Formula One, from his very first test with the Benetton B187 at Brands Hatch in 1987 to his days as commentator for Sky Sports F1. Herbert was there in the paddock. Only early in his career it was questionable if he would ever race […]
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Today the FOM announced that Andretti will not enter the Formula One per 2025 or 2026. This won’t happen because the FOM under pressure of those horrible team owners don’t agree. It is a known fact that most of the teams are not happy with an eleventh team on the grid. It would mean that […]
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I couldn’t believe when I saw the news that Jan de Rooy passed away at the age of 80 today. The beast of Paris-Dakar left us. He is and will always be one of the most iconic rally drivers we have known in the Netherlands. His superiority in the DAF 55 in the 1970s during […]
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The joke is on you! Perhaps the joke is on me! I have no fucking clue what has happened since the end of the 2023 season. Teams changing their names to these unfamiliar and uninteresting composed unknown. Whatever has happened with the names we used to know them? Like Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro or West McLaren […]
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While UnracedF1 original purpose was about revealing the stories behind the failed attempts to enter the Formula One. Perhaps also making the ultimate failed database with teams and cars that never appeared on the grid it became the last years much more. Especially since the Covid-19 era, unintendedly, the articles shifted more towards opinion posts. […]
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The Formula One seems to be stuck in a pattern that won’t be broken soon. Most of the drivers that were on the grid a couple of seasons ago are still wandering around. It doesn’t matter if you have the talent, or if you’re older you still have the speed. Though, please if your time […]
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The 10th of December 1990 a day, that would backfire eight months later in the face of Bertrand Gachot. That day Bertrand on his way to the Carlton Towers in London to negotiate with Eddie Jordan and 7UP he came bumper to bumper with a cab driver. After he and Eddie were speaking to each […]
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While Tamoil became the Turmoil and Lysys was just fooling around with it’s own clients. You may ask yourself where there no other investors or companies interested to invest in the team. A good example is the Arrows team in 2002 while they filed for bankruptcy there were a bunch of serious candidates. Sure, 1993 […]
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Somehow the March team managed to survive during the winter while two deals went bust due to several reasons. While the believe in the team’s future was near zero they decided to pack their cars and move to Kyalami. There was only a big problem while the cars were on their way to Kyalami. There […]
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Jan came with his March CG911B as thirteenth over the finish line on 3laps from race winner Gerhard Berger. The team was ready to pack their cars, tools and other stuff and fly back the day later to Bicester where the winter was awaiting them. It would be a turbulent winter for the team. A […]
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