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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Keith Wiggins establish Pacific Racing a successful team in the International F3000, won the title with David Coulthard and finalised his dream. The dream to enter the Formula One, in a time with worldwide financial struggles. The very first talk about this was already in 1991 when Wiggins was linked in a take-over of a […]
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BMS Scuderia Italia did it all different for 1993. They waved goodbye to Dallara as their chassis supplier and welcomed Lola. They also hired two new drivers, both Italian, ace Michele Alboreto and Luca Badoer who won in 1992 the International Formula 3000 championship. Minardi did also some changes for the season. They ditched the […]
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The story about Simtek, Simulation Technology, goes beyond their two years they appeared on the grid. Established by Nick Wirth and Max Mosley in 1989 as Simtek Research. Initially born as a company that supported teams in the Formula One with developing programs, calibrate wind tunnels, assist teams and so on. The first time Simtek […]
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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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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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The 1993 season could have been very interesting with two new teams to enter the paddock. There were a couple of stories in 1992 stating that there were several groups and teams interested to enter the grid. Some of these stories had an Atndrea Moda like vibe others were a bad joke. However, there were […]
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Fondmetal was one of those teams in the early 90s that tried their luck in the Formula One. The team appeared on the grid in 1991 and 1992. Like ATS and later RIAL also Fondmetal was an alloy wheels manufacturer. Gabriele Rumi was the person behind Fondmetal and in 1990 he had the idea to […]
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If you say Andrea Moda, you say Andrea Sassetti at the Belgium Grand Prix in 1992. During that Grand Prix he got arrested in the paddock. It was the begin of the end for the Italian team. Eventually the FISA decided, a week after his arrest, that the team was suspended for the rest of […]
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