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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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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The good old 1990s, perhaps the period the sport we loved thrived on its maximum. A lot of companies and people with too much money were looking to invest in a team. There were also shady constructions like Shannon that derailed Forti towards their early retirement. However, there were also serious attempts from companies and […]
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