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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Il 1966 segnò l’alba di una nuova era in Formula 1: la FIA raddoppiò la cilindrata massima a 3 litri, abbandonando i motori 1.5 litri per un spettacolo più aggressivo. Jack Brabham, l’australiano noto come “Black Jack”, dominò con la sua Brabham-Repco BT19, vincendo il terzo titolo piloti e il primo costruttori per il team […]
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So here it is merry Christmas, everybody is having fun besides Team Lotus in December 1991! Look to the future now, it’s only just begun. Well, it is 1990, though 1991 rhymes better. Some of you might get wrapped up if not correcting directly after it. Anyway, it’s the 8th of December 1990. Probably a […]
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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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Team Lotus was in a difficult situation in 1990. While the Lotus 102 was a decent design in base, the Lamborghini V12 was far from performing. In fact is was unreliable and underpowered. The results were only three points for the team, the lowest amount since 1958. To make matters worse the team lost their […]
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During the PDC World Championship of Darts, there was Phil Taylor. Phil Taylor was the absolute number one and people are still singing, “There is only One Phil Taylor.” In the Formula One there was Nigel Mansell. The song would suit Mansell his personality perfectly, because we all love the moustache. It seems that in […]
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Did you know? A series of articles about stories, facts, news and anecdotes about the Formula One the most of us have forgotten. It are those forgotten little facts that make the sport we love so interesting. As I love to dig into a lot of magazines such as Autosport, MotorsportMagazine and have a huge […]
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Leyton House Racing appeared on the grid in 1990, it was of course the March F1 Team that re-appeared on the grid in 1987. Sponsored by Leyton House a Japanese real-estate company. Where 1990 eventually was a good season, 1991 began badly. Financial struggle, and eventually the arrest of Akira Akagi in September was the […]
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Did you know? Is a new series of articles about stories, facts, news and anecdotes about the Formula One the most of us have forgotten. It are those forgotten little facts that make the sport we love so interesting. As I love to dig into a lot of magazines such as as Autosport MotorSportMagazine and […]
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You can’t imagine it now though there was a time a lot of drivers tested in the Formula One. Or teams tested in between races to test new aerodynamics or new engines. Or just to cash extra money by letting unknown drivers, who will never arrive, experience the Formula 1.As many of these drivers are […]
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