Categories: Look backRace and classic pictures

Snowplough

In 1973, the front of the Ferrari 312 B3 (seen here at the Retromobile show in Paris last week) was designed for better drag with promising results. It was named "spazzaneve" (snowplough) because of its unusual shape, and was only ever a prototype due to its dismal failure. Having been made in England (the monocoque was from Thomson) the situation caused a major restructuring of the Scuderia under a 25-year-old by the name of Luca di Montezemolo.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.