Martin Businaro

Welcome to the F1 club

A fresh-faced Alain Prost made his F1 debut at the Teddy Mayer-led McLaren team during the 1980 season. France’s latest…

10 years ago

Fittipaldi's scary backward somersault

Christian Fittipaldi’s Monza flip remains one of the scariest images in the 1993 season. On the final lap of that year’s Italian…

10 years ago

Il Commendatore watches on

Enzo Ferrari was keeping a close watch on Wolfgang von Trips and Phil Hill at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.…

10 years ago

Having big shoes to fill

Replacing Alain Prost at the last minute for the 1991 Australian Grand Prix was never going to be an easy…

10 years ago

Darth Gurney

Dan Gurney tried adding a mask to his crash helmet in the 1960s, as the US racing legend sought to…

10 years ago

A shower of sparks

This is what happened when Riccardo Patrese’s Alfa Romeo and Nelson Piquet’s Brabham-BMW tangled during the 1985 Monaco Grand Prix,…

10 years ago

A very lucky escape

It was nothing short of a miracle that Rhodesian driver John Love survived this head-on encounter with the barriers at…

10 years ago

Horner on the other side of the wheel

Well before becoming a well-known figure in the Formula One paddock as Red Bull’s team principal, Christian Horner was one…

10 years ago

A bona fide school of champions

Formula 3 already was a formidable breeding ground to nurture future grand prix stars in the 1960s. Pictured above is…

10 years ago

Well-groomed at all times

Racing drivers’ attire were quite different in the 1960s, as highlighted above by F1 legend and two-time wold champion Jim Clark…

10 years ago

Ave Maria

Only a handful of female drivers have competed in Formula One. The pioneer figure remains Italy’s Maria Teresa De Fillipis, who…

10 years ago

A racer on a mission

Brazilian driver Alex Ribeiro’s unwavering faith led him to have “Jesus Saves” written on most of his racing cars, like…

10 years ago