Of the 1997 MasterCard Lola Formula One Team and the introduction of the MasterCard Lola T97/30 car. What would you have done in early February 1997 when this invites falls on your doormat? Would you ask yourself what you have done wrong to receive this invite? Or would cancel all your appointments on the 20th […]
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BMS Scuderia Italia did it all different for 1993. They waved goodbye to Dallara as their chassis supplier and welcomed Lola. They also hired two new drivers, both Italian, ace Michele Alboreto and Luca Badoer who won in 1992 the International Formula 3000 championship. Minardi did also some changes for the season. They ditched the […]
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Not that long ago i found in my archive some small article about Lola in 1993. It wasn’t about their disappointing Lola T93/30 design as you may expect. It was about the team’s perspective for the future and their plans to appear once again as a team on the grid. They were ready or should […]
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The story about Simtek, Simulation Technology, goes beyond their two years they appeared on the grid. Established by Nick Wirth and Max Mosley in 1989 as Simtek Research. Initially born as a company that supported teams in the Formula One with developing programs, calibrate wind tunnels, assist teams and so on. The first time Simtek […]
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Lets continue with the list of smaller teams if the 12 points system would have been adapted in the era they were active. Somehow, it keeps triggering my mind, what if, only if. The reason they are discussing a top 12 point finish has to do with the liability of today’s cars. It seems to […]
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Roland Ratzenberger died 30 years ago during that horrible weekend at Imola where first Rubens Barrichello had all the luck in the world on the Friday. Roland did not have this luck and crashed heavily with his Simtek S941 while qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix. Overshadowed by the horrific dead of Ayrton Senna […]
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A mouth full of a title to make the statement that the time is ripe for the Historical Formula One Championship to bring in the 90s cars. Ten years or even longer ago there were already the beast of the 80s on the historical grids. Growling their atmospheric engines before the Turbo’s kicked in. Also […]
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Vorige week kreeg ik via via te horen dat het rommelde binnen de Formule 1, er zou een voorstel op tafel liggen. Het voorstel heeft betrekking op het aantal te verdelen punten. Momenteel krijgt de top 10 punten en de coureur met de snelste ronde een punt, mits hij in de top 10 finisht. Het […]
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Today i was reading an interesting and the same time disturbing article about a new point system. According to Motorsport.com the F1 commission will have a meeting next week where they will discuss this new proposal. I have problems with this idea, why they did not introduce this in the days of Caterham HRT and […]
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There was once a time in the Formula One when no one said Alive like he Life F190. The true art of Formula One, the passion is the forgotten beauty we can’t remember, we won’t remember or simply because it never happened. It is the Life F190 that symbolised todays confusing times in the Formula […]
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