In the early 1990s there seemed to be two countries with countless drivers ready to race in the Formula One. At that time in France, the government was heavily involved with supporting French drivers. In Japan at that time, there was the highly competitive Japanese F3000 championship, which later better known as the Formula Nippon. […]
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While the title of this article may sounds sarcastic to your ears. It was the reason the Formula Classic Championship got canned after the second race at Donington park. Tom Wheatcroft came up with the idea of a Championship that echoed the best of Pre-War Grand Prix cars. All the cars on the grid would […]
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Imagine, your hired to race for a small Formula One team in the 1980s. On forehand, you’re aware that points are not the goal. Only with a crazy race or plenty of retirements, you could perhaps score a point. Then this crazy dream is becoming reality your racing and driver after driver is retiring. Eventually […]
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While the list of drivers that entered, at least one Grand Prix during the last 74 years is long. There is also the group of drivers that were to appear on the grid however for whatever reason never appeared on the grid or had their contract terminated like Jos Verstappen with Arrows for 2002. I […]
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While the list of drivers that entered, at least one Grand Prix during the last 74 years is long. There is also the group of drivers that were to appear on the grid however for whatever reason never appeared on the grid or had their contract terminated like Jos Verstappen with Arrows for 2002. I […]
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While the list of drivers that entered, at least one Grand Prix during the last 74 years is long. There is also the group of drivers that were to appear on the grid however for whatever reason never appeared on the grid or had their contract terminated like Jos Verstappen with Arrows for 2002. I […]
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While the list of drivers that entered, at least one Grand Prix during the last 74 years is long. There is also the group of drivers that were to appear on the grid however for whatever reason never appeared on the grid or had their contract terminated like Jos Verstappen with Arrows for 2002. I […]
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You might say that the Turbo era in the 1980s meant the downfall to some of the best teams the Formula One had at that point. Team Lotus is a good example, winning the championship in 1978, to only three podium finishes in 1988. Besides them, also Tyrrell is an example of the downfall of […]
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While going through some old magazines on the attic i came across some random article about US Formula Won Series. The article felt a bit weird to see in the British Autosport magazine. Similar to the British Formula One Championship that evolved from the Group 8 Shellsport Championship in the late 1970s, it was a […]
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It is a cold day in February when rumours appear about John Watson and Toleman. Sacked by McLaren at the end of 1983 in favour of Alain Prost he moved in 1984 towards the World Sportscar Championship with the Rothmans Porsche. For 1985, it seemed to be the World Sportscar Championship again. However, in early […]
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