You may believe i lost my mind here, and perhaps i did with writing this. Though hear me out! In 1994 Keith Wiggins made it’s debut in the Formula One with his Pacific Grand Prix Team, previously known as Pacific Racing. In 1994, after an absence of 31 years(!) the Pacific Grand Prix returned on […]
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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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While the title of this article may sounds sarcastic to your ears. It was the reason the Formula Classic Championship got canned after the second race at Donington park. Tom Wheatcroft came up with the idea of a Championship that echoed the best of Pre-War Grand Prix cars. All the cars on the grid would […]
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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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I dare to say that if you visit UnracedF1 you are familiar with the Italian Forti Corse. Founded by Guido Forti and former driver Paolo Guerci in the late 1970s. Forti became very successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s when they won several times the Italian Formula Three championship and were competitive in […]
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The good old 1990s, perhaps the period the sport we loved thrived on its maximum. A lot of companies and people with too much money were looking to invest in a team. There were also shady constructions like Shannon that derailed Forti towards their early retirement. However, there were also serious attempts from companies and […]
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Originally, Pacific Racing, later known as Pacific Grand Prix, planned their debut in the Formula One in 1993. Michael Bartels was the driver for the team and they came this far as a seat fitting. Even sooner, the dream shattered and their debut would be put on-hold for another year. In 1994 the team made […]
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Barbara Behlau made it happen that Roland Ratzenberger made his debut in the Formula One in 1994 with Simtek. After Ratzenberger’s horrific dead in Imola, Barbara was impressed how the team kept the spirit for Ratzenberger alive within the team. This was one of the reasons she purchased 30% of the stakes in the team. […]
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