Think this year’s title battle is lined up perfectly? Well it’s nothing compared to the 1997 season finale at Jerez. Jacques Villeneuve was trailing Michael Schumacher by a single point and while qualifying for the race set the fastest time of 1:21:072, a time which seemed unbeatable. Schumacher put in his lap and unbelievably, set exactly the …
Remember Pacific Grand Prix? Probably not. They raced in the 1994 and 1995 season scoring a massive zero points and finishing seven of the 33 Grand Prix they entered. While the team is long gone, unbelievably the website is still online and it’s just as sexy as you’d imagine a site from 1995 to be. …
Renault, Lotus, Williams… there’s been an ever growing trend recently for classic liveries on modern F1 cars and now, here’s a load more thanks to some Photoshop skills from RaikkonenWDC. We’ve got some classic McLarens, Benettons and Williams. Click below for a blast from the past.
This will probably be the funniest video you’ll see all day. In 1987 after winning the Austrian GP, Nigel Mansell is on his way to the podium ceremony until he hits his head on a bridge. OK, so a bump on the head may not be that dramatic but that didn’t stop Japanese TV adding hilarious …
We’ve seen some pretty weird F1 adverts over the years but surely nothing comes close to this. This Japanese TV ad for Canon features 1992 World Champion, Nigel Mansell staring at a printer while dressed like a 70-year old man. After printing out a lovely picture of his Williams FW14, he steals the printer. You …
This fantastic video compares Monza in 1966 to how it looks currently. It uses fan-shot video footage as well as onboard clips from ‘Grand Prix – The Movie’ to show us just how much F1 has changed. Click below for a blast from the past.
