Team Lotus Singled out as champions
What do mechanics usually do on their day off? Take their partners out to dinner, or stay at home, put their feet up, and watch a bit of TV perhaps? Well, neither as…
SCRAPBOOK – ABBA Take a chance on F1
As far as sponsors on F1 cars go, we’ve had cigarettes, beer, men’s top shelf mags, and condoms, to telecoms, airlines, banks, and pharmaceuticals. We’ve had every type of company or organisation…
SCRAPBOOK – Camo Brabham Revealed
An F1 car with a camo paintjob? It happened back in 1983, as Brabham sought to keep the design of their new racer a closely-guarded secret.
Gilles: Enzo’s Favourite Entertainer
‘Well young man,’ Enzo Ferrari asked, ‘how much do you need to be content?’ This was the question posed to a surprised Gilles Villeneuve in his first meeting with Enzo, after he’d…
F1 Beatle, Yeah Yeah Yeah
Music and Formula 1 are an exciting mixture that have come together most memorably with Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain,’ which has had a successful marriage with the BBC title sequence for quite…
Theodore left out in the cold
Often when we are presented with difficulties in life, we dig deep and rise to the challenge. Such a philosophy was adopted by The Theodore team in 1981. At the Dutch Grand…
A Roar of 12 wheels
Up until 1980, Formula 1 cars with more than 4 wheels (generally 6!) had been tried and tested with varying degrees of success. Ken Tyrrell had shocked the motor racing fraternity with…
Stewart Winnin’ & Waitin’ While it’s Rainin’
Jackie Stewart stands waiting under an umbrella (though we can’t see the canopy, it’s odds on that it is an umbrella!). He waits for 4 minutes 3.2 seconds to be precise, for…
Mind if I drive Mr Lauda?
‘Just mind where you are putting your fat feet James!’ These could have been the very words from Niki Lauda’s lips as James Hunt stepped into the cockpit of Lauda’s Ferrari 312T2, at…
Wouldn’t an onboard camera be great…? (Part 4)
It’s the year 2000, and Mika Hakkinen is having problems overtaking a certain Mr Michael Schumacher. Michael was the sort of guy who really doesn’t like to be overtaken, and is quite good at making his car as wide as possible. So the scene is set, it’s Spa-Francorchamps and we’re onboard with Mika.
Wouldn’t an onboard camera be great…? (Part 3)
In 1986/87 F1 entered a new era! Cameras were allowed on the cars during the races! Technology had evolved, and so a small and rather smart TV camera could now be mounted on the car, without the need of scaffolding…
Wouldn’t an onboard camera be great…? (Part 2)
It’s Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell 008 at Monaco in 1978. Many of you will be thinking -Jackie Stewart wasn’t racing in 1978! Well he wasn’t, he retired in 1973. But he would sometimes guest drive Ken’s cars, as this here was the case
Wouldn’t an onboard camera be great…? (Part 1)
Since the dawn of F1 in 1950, people who love the sport could only dream of hitching a ride from their favourite driver and the idea of having an onboard camera recording footage throughout the actual race was the stuff of James Bond and science-fiction. Many attempts were made…
Massa Helmet Cam Can
These days, we’re seeing several cameras scattered around the car which is an absolute feast, and with the latest addition of helmet cameras or ‘cams’ as they like to known, it gives real insight into where the driver is actually looking
