F1 history articles on F1 Fanatic archive
McLaren MP4/1: Carbon fibre revolutionary 3rd July 2011, 14:30
McLaren’s 1981 MP4/1 was a rare step forward for both performance and safety.
Williams FW15C: F1′s high-tech pinnacle
The FW15C bristled with gadgets, most of which were banned after it dominated in 1993.
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 Belgian Grand Prix 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.
