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After finishing runner-up in the 1990 Formula 3000 Series, Belgian Eric van de Poele signed for the Modena Formula One team for 1991, driving their Mauro Forghieri-designed Lamborghini cars. He qualified onto the grid at his third attempt, for the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. There he impressed in the rain, running fifth […]

A student of mechanical engineering at Tokyo’s Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering, Osamu Goto, here-above with Alain Prost in 1988, graduated in March 1970 and joined the elite of the research department of Honda Motor Company. In 1986 and 1987, Goto led the Honda engineering team to victories with Williams (and the world drivers’ title in […]

The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps on 25 August 1991. The Jordan team dominated the headlines leading up to this race. Driver Bertrand Gachot was serving a two month prison sentence in an English jail as a result of an altercation with a London taxi driver, so Eddie Jordan had decided to replace him […]

The 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix was held at Estoril. It was the last race of the season and Niki Lauda needed second place to secure the title, and gained it when Nigel Mansell (Lotus) spun out with 18 laps to go. As a result, he took the title by just half a point from McLaren team-mate Alain […]

The 1985 Canadian Grand Prix was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal. The 70-lap race was won by Italian driver Michele Alboreto, driving a Ferrari, with teammate Stefan Johansson second and Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG. Picture above: Frenchman Jacques Laffite (at the wheel) takes fellow countrymen Patrick Tambay, Alain Prost and Philippe […]

After a successful karting career in which he won numerous Australian titles, Vern Schuppan (born 19 March 1943) made the decision to pursue a career in motor racing. He and his wife Jennifer travelled to Great Britain (with a self-imposed 2-year limit of making it big) to allow him to participate in the British Formula Atlantic […]

When Ken Tyrrell became disenchanted with the poor performance of the March 701 chassis during the 1970 season, one victory only for Jackie Stewart, he decided he would design and build his own car and become a Formula One constructor. The Tyrrell 001 was born. It was a Formula 1 racing car which was designed […]

The 2006 Turkish Grand Prix held at the Istanbul Park circuit was the fourteenth round of the 2006 season. Felipe Massa, driving for the Ferrari team alongside Michael Schumacher, took his first pole position, and then, on Sunday,  his first Grand Prix victory. The Brazilian, impressive since the beginning of the season, by regularly equalling […]

Four drivers made their Formula 1 debut at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. Picture above; from left to right: Kimi Raikkonen at Sauber, Juan Pablo Montoya at Williams-BMW, Fernando Alonso with Minardi and Enrique Bernoldi at Arrows. The 1999 CART champion and 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner, Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, joined the Williams […]

The Scuderia Ferrari introduced the new, improved Ferrari Dino 246 F1 for the 1958 season. It was the first V6-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix, at Reims 1958 with Mike Hawthorn at the wheel. Results thus improved in 1958 and Peter Collins won the non-championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, then finished third […]