Born from the ashes of the failed Honda GP team, which withdrew from the sport after the end of the 2008 season, the story of the Brawn GP team is often described as a “fairytale”. I don’t often toss around superlatives like that, motorsport is a living breathing animal in my mind, but it does [...]
Archive for the ‘Icons’ Category
15 wins out of 16 races. 10 1 – 2 finishes. Driven by a certain Mr Senna and a Mr Prost… The McLaren MP4/4. Pretty little thing isn’t it? It didn’t just look good either, it was one of the most dominant Formula One cars ever created. Coming off the back of a poor 1987 [...]
Seeing as Ferrari aren’t quite what they used to be, I thought I’d reminisce about the glory days. Ok. The vast majority of people that read this post will cite this car as being a bad thing. The death of Formula 1 I remember reading somewhere during the season that it ran. But I disagree. [...]
You don’t have to be old to be an icon… The R25 proves this rule. The last Championship winner in the mighty V10 era, the Renault R25 raced in the 2005 season. Having abandoned development of the R24 partway through the 2004 season, Renault had a head start on developing the R25. Driven by a [...]
All Formula One cars have 4 wheels… Right? Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the Tyrrell P34. Otherwise known as the Six Wheeler. Born in 1976, the P34 was designed by Derek Gardner who was one of the most innovative designers of the time. His theory was that exposed front wheels caused lift [...]
Not a car that many people will probably relate to, however it is one of the most controversial cars designed. But more on that later. The BT46 made its debut in 1978, for the Bernie Ecclestone owned the Brabham team, and was designed by Gordon Murray, one of the pioneers of aerodynamics. The Brabham BT46 [...]
Hello there! Scott Wilkes here, with my first foray into blogging, and I must say thanks to Mr Jack Sargeant for letting me loose on his fantastic blog. So, to make a splash on AnF1Blog.com, I thought I would delve into the annulls of Formula One history, to bring you some of the most iconic [...]
