Look back

When four was a crowd on the front row in F1

Back in 1967, it was customary for F1 grids to figure a front row with four cars abreast. This was…

4 months ago

Lewis Hamilton: A legacy of fatherly support and family love

Lewis Hamilton begins a new trip around the sun on this day and will have likely blown out 39 candles…

4 months ago

When Big Dan put on a scary mask

Dan Gurney pioneered the use of Bell's full-face helmet in F1 in 1968, but six years earlier, back in 1962,…

4 months ago

Up close and personal with Courage!

We can assure everyone that no photographer was harmed in the making of this outstanding shot! But the daring artist…

5 months ago

Partying like its 1968, the night before F1's curtain raiser

It was different times and a different era for Formula 1 fifty-five years ago, a period when drivers indulged in…

5 months ago

Mike Spence: A man on the brink of greatness

Mike Spence was born on this day in 1936, in Croyden, Surrey. "Mike was almost too nice to be a…

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Clark closes out banner year in East London

On this day in 1963, Jim Clark closed out a banner year with a slam dunk at the South African…

5 months ago

Adrian Newey, the man who can see air

There are many in Formula 1 who believe that with this man sitting at the drafting table, a team doesn't…

5 months ago

Happy 'Bert Day' to F1i founder Bertrand Gachot

Today, we at F1i.com raise a celebratory glass to our esteemed founder, Bertrand Gachot, who turns 61 on this day.…

5 months ago

One final epic battle between Senna and Prost

It was exactly thirty years ago that F1 legends Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost enjoyed their final on-track battle against…

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Paul Tracy's brief history of Formula 1

Paul Tracy - born on this day 55 years ago - enjoyed a successful career in CART and IndyCar from…

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Remembering Colin Chapman, F1's great innovator

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman passed away on this day in 1982, the legendary Briton suffering a fatal heart attack…

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