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Martin Donnelly gets back in a Lotus 102 2nd July 2011, 14:05

Martin Donnelly got back behind the wheel of a Lotus 102, in which he suffered a dreadful crash in 1990.

Renault RS01: F1′s turbo pioneer

The turbo era started with one rather ugly and chronically unreliable car: the Renault RS01.

Ferguson P99: The only four-wheel-drive F1 winner

The only victory scored by a four-wheel-drive car in a Formula 1 race came 50 years ago.

Lancia D50: Ferrari inherit a title-winning car 1st July 2011, 18:01

It crashed into the Monaco harbour and won a championship – though not for the team that built it.

Lotus 88: the F1 car that was banned

The Lotus 88 was banned after the team made several attempts to race it in 1981.

On this day in 1981: F1′s fiasco at Zolder 17th May 2011, 8:54

F1 counted the cost of a tragic and shambolic weekend at Zolder 30 years ago today.

25 years ago today: Elio de Angelis killed at Paul Ricard 15th May 2011, 1:00

Elio de Angelis lost his life in a crash in testing 25 years ago today.

25 years ago today: Senna beats Mansell by 0.01s 13th April 2011, 7:24

The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix witnessed one of the closest finishes in F1 history.

Interactive map: The growing F1 calendar, 1950-2011 14th March 2011, 10:47

See how the F1 calendar has tripled in size since 1950.

40 years today: Mario Andretti’s first F1 win 6th March 2011, 18:30

Mario Andretti won his first F1 race 40 years ago today at the 1971 South African Grand Prix.