History
Ayrton Senna’s Birthday
Quick post to mark 3 time world champion Ayrton Senna’s Birthday – Ayrton Senna was born on 21st March 1960. Sadly Ayrton died at the age of 34 on 1st May 1994 from an accident during San Marino Grand Prix.
Read MoreInteresting facts about Enzo #Ferrari Pre ww2
Enzo served in the Italian Army during ww1 in the 3rd Alpine Artillery. Enzo’s first got into the car trade working for a small car company that redesigned used truck bodies in to small cars. The company was called CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali). Enzo started his racing career as a driver for the CMN team…
Read More#Ferrari’s First #F1 World Champion
The first driver to lift the FIA Formula 1 drivers championship was Alberto Ascari. The Italian was also Ferrari’s first double world champion. Alberto Ascari sadly died while testing a car he was due to race in on May 26th 1955 at the age of 36. Strangely his death mirrored his fathers years earlier. Quote…
Read MoreJim Clark’s Birthday
Quick post to mark 2 time world champion Jim Clark’s Birthday – Jim Clark was born on 4th March 1936. Sadly Jim Clark died at the age of 32 on 7th April 1968 in a F2 race in Hockenheim, Germany.
Read MoreInteresting #f1 fact – The Indy 500
This weeks interesting F1 fact is that the Indy 500 race was part of the FIA Formula 1 championship for the first 10 years of of its running between 1950 and 1960. The first race was held on Tuesday, May 30, 1950 and the first winner of the FIA Formula 1 race in america was Johnnie Parsons…
Read More#f1 drivers born on the 29th of Feb
As it is the 29th of Feb and it only comes around every 4 years I decided to see if any Formula 1 drivers were born on this day. As it turns out according to F1 nutter there is in fact one and that was Masten Gregory born on February 29, 1932 in Kansas City,…
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