Fondmetal Corse, as the full name was on the grid, is one of those teams that appeared on the grid in the early 1990s and has an interesting story in the sport. Fondmetal is an alloy wheel producer established by late Gabriele Rumi. The name Fondmetal appeared for the first time in 1983 in the […]
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The Japanese Grand Prix weekend is just to be kicked off when Flavio Briatore, late Tom Walkinshaw and Pedro Diniz have something to tell. Tom announced that Pedro would become Damon’s teammate for 1997. Helped with the sponsorship from Parmalat. While Flavio stated that, he released Pedro early from his duties for the Ligier team […]
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Around 2009/2010 I started my first research into the Phoenix Grand Prix project. At that time, I recalled that the Phoenix tried to rise from it’s Prost Grand Prix ashes and failed. It’s about that time that I saw the name Jon Hilton for the first time. My second research back in 2012/2013 brought me […]
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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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Johnny Herbert is one of those figures that never left the Formula One, from his very first test with the Benetton B187 at Brands Hatch in 1987 to his days as commentator for Sky Sports F1. Herbert was there in the paddock. Only early in his career it was questionable if he would ever race […]
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Jos Verstappen made it’s debut in 1994 in the Formula One, after showing pure speed during his test for Footwork and McLaren. Eight years later Jos Verstappen had still the speed, though due to bad decisions making he was not on the hotlist anymore for many teams. It seemed the Honda project would finally give […]
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The 2002 season was obviously a bizarre year for Orange Arrows, or better said for Tom Walkinshaw. Prost retired after the 2001 season and Walkinshaw with his buddy Nickerson were after the assets of the team to form a “new” team named Phoenix Grand Prix. During the year it became clear that Orange Arrows was […]
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It’s the summer of 2002, the Orange Arrows team from Tom Walkinshaw is on the edge of bankruptcy. It’s the summer Paul Stoddart loves to see Walkinshaw burning and will have the ultimate payback in 2003 when purchasing most of the team’s assets in favour of his Minardi team. Moreover, it is the summer of […]
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Jos Verstappen had a contract to race for the Orange Arrows team from Tom Walkinshaw. However, just before the start of the season he ditched Verstappen, while the Arrows A23 was built around him, and hired Heinz-Harald Frentzen instead. In 2003, he signed a contract with Minardi. Not the season he expected. So what would […]
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Nearly five years ago i published one of my first articles on unracedf1.com. The last twenty-Five years of Team Lotus Part 1. There are multiple reasons why it never came to a part two in those years. However, this article can be seen as Part 2. After the team went into bankruptcy the team was […]
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