Somehow, around this time the topic March F1, Jan Lammers and Henny Vollenberg seems to become a topic again to discuss. There is always the what if question we can’t answer. If the needed funds were arranged in the winter of 1992/1993 would stay survived? Henny Vollenberg went beyond anything to save the team. Jan […]
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Henny Vollenberg saved the March team when he purchased it in 1992. While there was almost no money, though a warehouse full of spare-parts, the team did the impossible and Karl Wendlinger even scored three points with the outdated March CG911B in Canada! Jan Lammers and Emanuele Naspetti finished the season for the team. For […]
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The Future looked bright for Leyton House Racing at the start of the 1991 season. Akira Akagi acquired March Engineer including the F1 Team, their Formula 3000 operations and their wind tunnel in 1989. The entire operation was renamed Leyton House Racing, an operation that had more than enough money it seems. While the CG901 […]
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I’m a huge fan of the March F1 Team. It all started with the Leyton House March Racing Team cars that appeared in 1987 on the grid with that lovely Miami blue colour scheme. The CG901 was an absolute beauty, a true eye-catcher. The biggest reason I want to be a guest of the team […]
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March Racing Team underwent a name change during the winter of 1989/1990. Leyton House was the teams’ title sponsor for a couple of seasons and from 1990 onwards, it became Leyton House Racing. The car kept its Miami Blue colour scheme while Adrian Newey was working on their new challenger the CG901. However, the CG901 […]
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The champagne drops dried up on the streets of Monaco, where only hours ago an amazing Grand Prix was seen by millions. Roberto Moreno managed to qualify his unqualifiable Andrea Moda S921, with the help of Elf they say, the race finished for the team in lap 11 when he spun-off. Bertrand Gachot finished sixth […]
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My gosh 1991 sounds so far away, probably there are still former key members from Leyton House Racing who have a bad taste from the year. Because Gustav Brunner and Chris Murphy designed the CG911. However, this was not the original design for the car. There was a more high-tech and developed design ready to […]
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One of the most underrated drivers in the history of Formula One is Giovanni Lavaggi. Many of you know him as Johnny Carwash and remember him for the burning Minardi at Hockenheim. I personally know him as the last gentlemen driver in the Formula One, and remember him for his willpower to reach what he […]
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While March (nee Leyton House) was in 1990 positively about their future in the Formule One, this would change only a season later. When in September 1991 Akira Akagi was implicated in a financial scandal involving the Fuji Bank and his Marusho Kosan Company. Therefore, Akagi was arrested and Leyton House moved rapidly into bankruptcy. […]
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While Tamoil became the Turmoil and Lysys was just fooling around with it’s own clients. You may ask yourself where there no other investors or companies interested to invest in the team. A good example is the Arrows team in 2002 while they filed for bankruptcy there were a bunch of serious candidates. Sure, 1993 […]
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