Ik wou deze column eigenlijk gaan toewijden aan de voetbal hooli-hel dat de Zandvoortse Grand Prix zal gaan worden. De frictie is namelijk steeds meer voelbaar als we de socials als leidraad nemen. Echter kwam toen ik net brak wakker was geworden het bericht binnen dat Max Mosley was overleden. Een bericht dat me nogal […]
Continue Reading
The last race of the 2005 season is held, the end of an era, the end of one of the most social and iconic teams in the Formula One. After 20 years the small Italian Scuderia Minardi team disappeared from the grid. Sold to Red Bull, which would re-name the team to Toro Rosso and […]
Continue Reading
In 1996 Schumacher moved to Ferrari and by 1997 key former Benetton personnel like Ross Brawn or Rory Bryne (the B194 designer), Tad Czapski (the engine electronic’s guru) joined him. Ferrari then went from being an occasional race winner to serial championship contenders over a sustained period. Questions have since been asked, why did Schumacher […]
Continue Reading
Ibrar’s latest and last blog about the 1994 season in the Formula One. Many thanks for the amazing blog posts, the interesting and forgotten information you where able to re-discover. Enjoy the last blog from Ibrar! He will take a well deserved sabbatical the coming time. Following the tragedies of the 1994 San Marino GP, […]
Continue Reading
The Formula One was dominated years by McLaren and Williams. Both won several titles during the 1980s and the 1990s, until 1994 arrived. With Senna moving towards Williams and McLaren left with Peugeot engines. And Benetton… well they had some German Michael Schumacher. The season would be full of scandals, false claims and sadly the […]
Continue Reading
Goodbye my love, Goodbye, Goodbye, auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye and au revoir my love. Demis Roussos sang it in 1973, after today’s race at Singapore it seems I have to sing it as well. What has happened with the sport I used to love so much, what happened many like me are on the point to […]
Continue Reading
On the 13th of August I had an interview with Ibrar Malik, the writer of the book: 1994 – The Untold Story of a Tragic and Controversial F1 Season. Better still, it was a conversation between two fans, two fans who share the same passion for the same season. 1994 Is probably the most controversial […]
Continue Reading
BRING THEM BACK!!!!!! Yes i would love to see the X-Wings make their revival. I know I’m probably one of the few that loves the X-Wings. Probably one of the few that remembers the wings at all. The Tyrrell team once introduced the X-wings on their Tyrrell 025 in 1997. The idea behind the Tyrrell […]
Continue Reading