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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Barbara Behlau made it happen that Roland Ratzenberger made his debut in the Formula One in 1994 with Simtek. After Ratzenberger’s horrific dead in Imola, Barbara was impressed how the team kept the spirit for Ratzenberger alive within the team. This was one of the reasons she purchased 30% of the stakes in the team. […]
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Did you know? A 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 Autosport, MotorsportMagazine and have a huge […]
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You can’t imagine it now though there was a time in the Formula One there weren’t any energy drinks in the Formula One. These started to appear in the Formula one in the early 1990s. I wouldn’t take long before the energy drink companies would appear in the Formula One. Ready to support the teams. […]
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We are all aware of the Tyrrell P34 six wheeler, which raced for two seasons in the Formula One and even won races. Probably the most of you remember the Williams FW07C and the FW08D from the early 80s. Similar to the March 2-4-0, and some of you recall the Ferrari 312T6, Ferrari’s six wheeler […]
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You can’t imagine it now though there was a time a lot of drivers tested in the Formula One. Or teams tested in between races to test new aerodynamics or new engines. Or just to cash extra money by letting unknown drivers, who will never arrive, experience the Formula 1.As many of these drivers are […]
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It felt difficult to write the story about Alan Berkov and his Formula One test that never happened. Berkov was probably one of the few drivers from the Russian Federation after the fall of the USSR that popped up in Europe. Around 1998 he was in speaking terms with the Arrows team of Tom Walkinshaw, […]
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You can’t imagine it now though there was a time a lot of drivers tested in the Formula One. Or teams tested in between races to test new aerodynamics or new engines. Or just to cash extra money by letting unknown drivers, who will never arrive, experience the Formula 1.As many of these drivers are […]
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Stand-in drivers, the drivers we mostly forget about though play sometimes a huge roll for teams. They are often at short notice in the car for most various reasons. During the covid pandemic, we have seen several stand-in drivers, well not really stand-in like Russell taking place in the Mercedes because of Hamilton or Kubica […]
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Besides the stand-in drivers there is also another group. The almost stand-in drives. Why would you cover these? Well, if you see the names that appear during the research of the subject and see the story behind it. These are worth sharing! Most of the almost drives are long forgotten by the most fans. It […]
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