I personally always liked the small Larrousse team. Besides their colourful liveries and sponsors like Kronenbourg/Tourtel, it are also the results on the circuits. Larrousse is one of those teams that came in the Formula One after the Turbo engines were forbidden. Their best year was 1990 when Aguri Suzuki managed to finish third during […]
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In the early 1990s there seemed to be two countries with countless drivers ready to race in the Formula One. At that time in France, the government was heavily involved with supporting French drivers. In Japan at that time, there was the highly competitive Japanese F3000 championship, which later better known as the Formula Nippon. […]
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Hurray, 1995 arrived! A new year, a new season, and the second year for Pacific Grand Prix on the grid. The team begins the team with new hope, a new car and with an alliance with Team Lotus. Indeed, Team Lotus did not appear completely from the grid this year. No, they are now with […]
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In 1991, several new teams appeared on the grid, one of them was Jordan Grand Prix. The team came with the beautiful Jordan 191 with 7UP sponsorship. Perhaps the team had one of the most successful debuts in the Formula One in history. With several fourth, fifth and sixth finishes the team managed to score […]
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Around this year thirty years ago, many in the Formula One were reflecting on an insane and deadly season. The horror weekend at Imola will be remembered for eternity. That weekend Rubinho miraculous survived his horror crash with his Jordan 194. Sadly, Ronald Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna left their lives at Imola. More happened during […]
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There was a possibility that in 1990 over twenty teams could appear on the grid. After the ban of Turbo engines the amount of teams on the grid exploded with the peak in 1989 and 1990. For 1990 EuroBrun announced they would enter two cars while Life Engineering made it’s debut on the grid with […]
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The Future looked bright for Leyton House Racing at the start of the 1991 season. Akira Akagi acquired March Engineer including the F1 Team, their Formula 3000 operations and their wind tunnel in 1989. The entire operation was renamed Leyton House Racing, an operation that had more than enough money it seems. While the CG901 […]
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Early this year in June the announcement was made that Audi would finally appear on the grid with their own team and with their own power unit. Rumours of Audi and the Formula One can be traced back to the late 1970s. In those days, almost all manufacturers seemed to be interested in the Formula […]
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Before Max Verstappen, there was Jos Verstappen. Jos came, saw and left the Formula One at the end of 2003 with Minardi. However, there was a time that experts pointed out that Jos had the potential to become the next World Champion in the years that were coming. He showed his raw talent during his […]
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Prost Grand Prix is an interesting story. Already in 1992 Alain Prost tried to lure Guy Ligier to sell the team to him. While he failed to purchase the team he returned on the grid as driver and won again the championship in 1993. However, in 1997 just weeks before the start of the season […]
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