Quando si parla di Colin Chapman si parla non solo di una figura straordinaria, ricca di talento e genio, ma di un uomo che rivoluzionò, come pochi fecero, il mondo della F1. Carismatico e lungimirante, Colin si è raccontato attraverso il suo team ed ha arricchito la sua figura, grazie alle monoposto che ha creato, […]
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Sono passati 50 anni da quel giorno di ottobre, del 1973, che ci portò via un autentico talento. Era il 1973 quando, sul circuito di Watkins Glen, avvenne un incidente in cui perse la vita Francois Cevert. E a distanza di tutti questi anni, noi ancora lo ricordiamo con grande malinconia, rispetto e un’emozione che […]
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Tale è la superstizione: imperfetta conoscenza e desideri impastati con angoscia, paura e speranzacompresse assieme, in parti uguali.(Chistopher Burney) Scaramanzia e superstizione esistono ancora oggi.C’è qualcuno (mi rivolgo anche a chi sta leggendo questo articolo) che sicuramente ha un portafortuna nel portafoglio o al collo, sono sicura che molto di voi vedono con timore il venerdì […]
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Did you know? Is a new series of articles about stories, facts, news and anecdotes about the Formula One the most of us have forgotten. It are those forgotten little facts that make the sport we love so interesting. As I love to dig into a lot of magazines such as as Autosport MotorSportMagazine and […]
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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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Colin Chapman impressed the Formula one in many ways. With Team Lotus he debuted in 1958 with the Lotus 12 and the Lotus 16. During the 1960s, Lotus was one of the most innovating teams in the Formula One, compared to Scuderia Ferrari it was astronomic. And with star driver Jim Clark the team won […]
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Many legendary team names disappeared during the years, many of those names have been rumoured a couple of times to re-appear on the grid. Some of them did, a couple of times even, think of the Lola and March Engineering names. Which teams/names would you like to make a comeback on the Formula One grid? […]
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In 1998, the grooved tyres, with three grooves, were introduced in the Formula One. Mika Häkkinen was too strong for Michael Schumacher and became world Champion that year. It would also be the last year for the Tyrrell Racing team. In addition, did you know that Zakspeed was seriously working on a comeback on the […]
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Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell dominated the Formula One in 1991 , which ended in favour of Ayrton Senna. 1991 was probably also the best season for the “smaller” teams such as Dallara, Brabham, Minardi, Lola and so on as they managed to score on regular base points. Eurobrunn and Onyx left the Formula One, […]
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Wil Hankook become the new brand for Formula One tires? For 2021, a complete new package will be introduced in the Formula One. The cars will look different, the engines will be different and probably the Formula One will say goodbye to the 13-inch tyres and say welcome to the 18-inch tyres. The question is […]
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