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It is 2009 and the Formula One is in a deep crisis, a crisis they have not seen in years. The whole world got stuck in a deep financial crisis. Worse than the Internet bubble from 2000. The first signs of the crisis in the sport were in 2008. Super Aguri left in mid-season while […]
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It is almost twenty years ago when A1GP made it’s debut at Brands Hatch. From the start on at Brands Hatch the series was a huge success. All races saw over twenty cars on the grid with many circuits packed with fans cheering for their country. Because, it is what made A1GP so special the […]
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Jos Verstappen and Lola MasterCard just sealed the deal for a seat in 1997. The team is more then happy to provide the Dutch with a superb car powered by their own V10 engine. Can you imagine this news back in early 1997? A couple of years ago I did read that both were in […]
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High hopes at Simtek before the start of the 1995 season. With a decent driver line-up and their new challenger S951, the team was ready to push forward. The first signs were indeed positive. Jos and Domenico showed the potential of their car. However, the team was struggling financially therefore unable to update their car. […]
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There was a time some Red Bull appeared in the late 80s as Gerhard Berger’s personal sponsor on the grid. During the years, Red Bull went from a major sponsor for the Sauber team and a small sponsor for Orange Arrows to a dominant factor. In 2005, they debuted after purchasing Jaguar Racing. Only months […]
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The late 1980s and the early 1990s is filled with stories about investment groups and individuals with money who were keen to appear on the grid with their own team. Some even managed to appear on the grid like Eddie Jordan. Many, obviously, never made it to the grid in these years. Some appeared on […]
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Last year Twitter now known as X became a very interesting platform. Not because Musk entered HQ with a badly used sink. No because Heinz-Harald Frentzen the should have been champion of 1999 became active on twitter. Heinz is one of the few people from the Formula One who interact with it’s fans on the […]
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At first I believed I was dreaming, then I believed I was time shifting between alternate realities. Only to realise I wasn’t dreaming nor hopping between alternate realities. What I’m talking about? The fact that the current FIA Formula One Championship as we know it only exists since 1981. The trigger came a few weeks […]
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If you’re from my generation or older you are probably aware of former Formula One driver John Newhouse. In 1997, Jacques Villeneuve won the World Championship for Rothmans Williams Renault. He had a contract for 1998 as well. However, it seemed that Jacques took a sabbatical from Formula One. That’s why Williams hired John Newhouse […]
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Only a few hours left before we enter 2023, it will be our sports 73th birthday. A sport that saw hundreds of drivers crossing the finish flag. Some of them only drove a handful of races in one season, other are still driving in the Formula One for over twenty years. Our beloved sport, there […]
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