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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Somehow the March team managed to survive during the winter while two deals went bust due to several reasons. While the believe in the team’s future was near zero they decided to pack their cars and move to Kyalami. There was only a big problem while the cars were on their way to Kyalami. There […]
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Jan came with his March CG911B as thirteenth over the finish line on 3laps from race winner Gerhard Berger. The team was ready to pack their cars, tools and other stuff and fly back the day later to Bicester where the winter was awaiting them. It would be a turbulent winter for the team. A […]
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It’s a hot, sunny and humid day when the drivers parked their cars on the starting grid for the 1993 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami. Fans next to the track are enjoying a cold cola or a cold Beer while discussion random Formula One. On that same starting grid, two drivers are missing Jan […]
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Prost Grand Prix is an interesting story. Already in 1992 Alain Prost tried to lure Guy Ligier to sell the team to him. While he failed to purchase the team he returned on the grid as driver and won again the championship in 1993. However, in 1997 just weeks before the start of the season […]
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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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Its January 1998 when everything became clear, the Tyrrell Racing team we knew wouldn’t exist anymore after the 1998 Season. The Tyrrell 026 would be the last Tyrrell to appear on the grid. The Tosser Ricardo Rosset would replace Jos Verstappen. While Ken Tyrrell preferred to keep Jos for 1998. Eventually, Ken and Bob Tyrrell […]
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I dare to say that if you visit UnracedF1 you are familiar with the Italian Forti Corse. Founded by Guido Forti and former driver Paolo Guerci in the late 1970s. Forti became very successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s when they won several times the Italian Formula Three championship and were competitive in […]
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It seems i missed a lot of Formula One news. Already in May 2023 almost all Formula One sites, expect mine, published the same story about LKY SUNZ. A new team based in Asia. Interestingly is the fact that several key members of the Panthera Team Asia F1 Team are now with the new Asian […]
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Its 1994 when DAMS announced their plans for their own Formula One Project. In Collaboration with Reynard DAMS would start working on their car. The plan was to debut in the Formula One in 1996 with their own team. From the beginning on the French team struggled with the financial picture, as well the renewed […]
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