Image from the 2011 Calendar “Americana” Peter Revson. Scent of success. “Speed with style” once shared an apartment with Teddy Mayer in New York, and later drove for him at McLaren. Revson recorded his maiden victory in the wet at Silverstone in the 1973 British Grand Prix. He also won the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix […]
Photo: LAT Podcast number 476 Will the real Lotus please stand up! Alain Prost bummed for France to loose Renault F1 RENAULT MAINTAINS ITS COMMITMENT TO F1 AND ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF RENAULT SPORT F1 Focusing on a proud tradition as an engine manufacturer Renault announces the creation of Renault Sport F1, the sporting division […]
Image from the 2011 Calendar “Americana” Motown. Racing in the street. The never ending search for a home for the US Grand Prix descended upon Detroit but failed to deliver Hitsville. The record shows city hosted Formula 1 races from 1982-’88. The inaugural Detroit Grand Prix in 1983 was won by Michele Alboreto for Tyrrell, […]
F1weekly podcast number 474 a look back at 191 Image from the 2011 Calendar “Americana” Watkins Glen. New York State of mind. Track in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York welcomed Formula 1 for the first time in 1961. Scottish driver Innes Ireland gave Colin Chapman’s Team Lotus their first Grand Prix win. […]
Image from the 2011 Calendar “Americana” Mario Andretti. Autodromo aspirations. Teenage dreams of a young Italian boy who saw his hero, Alberto Ascari, race at Monza in 1954 became very big success in America. Mario was ‘Rookie of the Year’ at Indy in 1965, and three years later made his Grand Prix debut in style, […]
Photo: Omer Bin Ishaq Sebastian Vettel F1 World Champion! Red Bull take both Championships in a brilliant F1 season. Fernando Alonso trapped behind Vittaly Petrov’s Renault. Webber possibly his one and only chance to become WDC. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I am a bit speechless. I don’t know what you are supposed to say at this […]