Lola MasterCard debuted in 1997 on the grid with the Lola T97/30 badly designed because of a time pressure from MasterCard. As their original plan was to debut in 1998 assumable with their own Lola V10 engine. In 1994, they appeared with the Lola T95/30 on Silverstone where Allan McNish tested the car with no […]
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Early on in 1986, Haas lost its main sponsor Beatrice. Both their CART Indycar and Formula One project was affected by it. However, Haas continued racing in 1986. In June that same year, the team signed Adrian Newey for three years. Only to leave the teams two months later. The same time the rumours appeared […]
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September 10, 1992, Honda officially announces the suspension of its activities in Formula 1, a newswhich does not surprise Ron Dennis informed of the intentions of withdrawal of the Japanese brandsince the end of 1991. Leaks on the future intentions have also warned F1 from this future loss.Dennis still hoped to use the rebadged Honda […]
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Since the early days of Grand Prix racing many attempts were made to enter the Formula One and pre-war Grand Prix era. The period 1885 – 2021 contains over 650 Unraced projects. Every now and then new projects appear on the surface. To share with you all the stories i decided to summarize the stories […]
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When I was doing some research on the BRM P142 wing car, i uncovered that there was another BRM wing car. The Das brothers penned this design in 1973; it is why I call it the forgotten Dutch BRM P160 design. BRM used that car several years, as well there is no type number known […]
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There is much written about the Serbian Stefan Grand Prix attempts to appear on the grid. The very first attempt was already in the 1990s. The last attempt from a few years ago. While it is rumoured there will another one after 2022. More interesting is the 2011 saga when the team published on their […]
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Monaco F1 Racing Team is to prepare for a Formula One debut! Its headlines like this that kept on spamming my inbox a few days ago. Salvatore Gandolfo the men behind Monaco F1 Racing Team is not new in the Formula One. In 2019, he, together with late Adrian Campos, made plans to debut in […]
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In August 2019 i wrote my first article regarding Panthera Team Asia F1, they arrived! Their original plans were to debut in 2021. Remind yourself at that point there was no covid-19 pandemic. There were even more teams that announced they were interested to debut in 2021. As the new rules were more suitable to […]
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In 1971, the first headlines appeared of McNally engineering ready to debut in the Formula One. McNally was a company based in Newcastle and famous for their alloy wheels. Gordon McNally told the media already in the late 1960s that he was ready to compete in the Formula One with his own team. Eventually the […]
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Pygmée (Constructions Mechaniques Pygmée), founded in 1960 in Annecy by Marius Dal Bo and was a French manufacturer specialised in racing cars. The company existed for 13 years before they had to close down their doors due to financial difficulties. The team was well known for constructing Junior Formula, Formula 2 and Formula 3 cars […]
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