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FRANCOIS CEVERT, IL DIVO

Sono passati 50 anni da quel giorno di ottobre, del 1973, che ci portò via un autentico talento. Era il 1973 quando, sul circuito di Watkins Glen, avvenne un incidente in cui perse la vita Francois Cevert. E a distanza di tutti questi anni, noi ancora lo ricordiamo con grande malinconia, rispetto e un'emozione che oscilla fra il rammarico e la tristezza più acuta. This photograph of Francois Cevert was
Fittipaldi six wheeler
Unraced 1970 - 1979

The Fittipaldi Six Wheeler

We are all aware of the Tyrrell P34 six wheeler, which raced for two seasons in the Formula One and even won races. Probably the most of you remember the Williams FW07C and the FW08D from the early 80s. Similar to the March 2-4-0, and some of you recall the Ferrari 312T6, Ferrari’s six wheeler tested by Niki Lauda. However, are you aware of the Fittipaldi six wheeler that was
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Blog Stand-in drivers

Formula one’s almost stand-in drives

Besides the stand-in drivers there is also another group. The almost stand-in drives. Why would you cover these? Well, if you see the names that appear during the research of the subject and see the story behind it. These are worth sharing! Most of the almost drives are long forgotten by the most fans. It makes it only more worthwhile to dive into these stories and uncover the full story.
Minardi
Minardi

Drivers who almost moved towards minardi

Minardi is probably one of the few teams in the rich history of the Formula One with plenty of rumoured drivers to drive for the team. Even more rumoured are the takeovers of the Minardi F1 Team. As to quote Paul Stoddart in 2005 “Over 40 groups were interested in taking over Minardi”. Let’s uncover history and see the almost driver moves for Minardi. 1984 – Minardi M184 Debut with
Fittipaldi Automotive
Unraced 1990 - 1999

Fittipaldi Automotive rumoured return

Fittipaldi Automotive’s last season was in 1982. The team’s results during the season where poor and at the end of the season Emerson and Wilson Fittipaldi decided to pull the plug for their Formula One team. It meant that the design of the stillborn FD10 stopped as well. 16 years later, the rumours appeared of a return.   Fittipaldi Automotive, also known as Copersucar, made its Formula One debut in
Unrevisted F1
Unrevisted F1

Unrevisted F1 Throwback Thursday #1

Unrevisted F1 is the Throwback Thursday of UnracedF1. Every Thursday a new post will arrive with randomly old news items, reports or silly season rumours. Most of the news items will come from old magazines such as Autosport. Get yourself some coffee and enjoy the trip back in time with the first Unrevisted F1! Copersucar F6 Tests Emerson Fittipaldi took the first flight out of Buenos Aires after the Argentine