Look back

Not the first time we'll see TAG engines

Red Bull announced on Friday that its V6-turbocharged Renault power units would be branded TAG Heuer in 2016. Back in…

8 years ago

Remember the Yellow Teapot?

Renault started racing in Formula One at the 1977 British Grand Prix and immediately made a bold statement with its…

8 years ago

Take some risks

In striving for the next big thing in F1, engineers traditionally used to take some very obvious risks. Not all…

8 years ago

Forza Andrea!

Pirelli tyres were working wonders at Phoenix, Arizona in 1990, with Andrea de Cesaris almost hitting the jackpot in BMS…

8 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…

8 years ago

The same at the start of the school year

Is it us or were they more tightly bunched at the Australian Grand Prix? By the way, one driver is…

8 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…

8 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…

8 years ago

Venturing in the desert

Nearly 25 years before Formula One cars actually race in the Middle East at Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, a grand exhibition took…

8 years ago

A one-off F1 appearance

US racing legends Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti made their Formula One debut during the 1968 Italian Grand Prix, though…

8 years ago