Renault's first involvement in Formula 1 dates back to the 1977 season. The team competed in the final rounds of the campaign, with Jean-Pierre Jabouille driving the Renault RS01 that featured the first regularly-used turbo engine in F1 history, the Renault-Gordini V6 1.5 L. Initially sched...
winner of the F1 World Drivers' Championship. The champion is crowned via a points system based on the final race results of each drive. While the winner is not officially given the title until the final race of the season, they can secure the championship with races remaining on the ...
Just as the 1979 312 T4 was an overwhelming winner, the 1980 season was an overwhelming disaster as the 312 T5’s flat-12 “Boxer” engine wasn’t viable in the fast-evolving science of ground effects, which requires rear venturis or tunnels on either side of the V8 engines. Ferrari’s...
And as we look back at the season, what better time to collate the stats from this season of F1 Fantasy, including the biggest scores, most popular drivers and much more. Plus, scroll down to read an interview with the winner of the F1 Fantasy Global League, Peter...
Verstappen made his debut in 2015, aged just 17, and it took little more than a year for the Dutchman to become a race winner when Red Bull promoted him from Toro Rosso. He’s stood on the top step of the podium in every season since and, in 2021, ...
12 Hours of Sebring: 2-time winner. 24 Hours of Daytona: 2-time overall winner. Targa Florio (1970): Overall victory. Monza 1000km, Brands Hatch 6 Hrs, Österreichring 1000km, Kyalami 9 Hrs: Multiple wins in each. Spark: BMW 3.0 CSL 1975 1st Sebring (43SE75) ...
Ferrari was famous for its 12-cylinder engines, but the close of the 1980 season marked a period of nine years before one of its F1 cars would again be powered by a twelve. True ground effects were added for the Ferrari 312 T4, making it a winner in 1979. For more fantastic Ferrari...
BACK ON THE ROAD; Older, Wiser, a Winner. the F1 World Champion Sizes Up the New Season That Began at 7am This Morning
From 1991, the winner started getting ten points and this continued until the end of the 2002 season. From 2003, there was a major change with the winner continuing to get the ten points, but drivers placed second to eighth, at a race getting 8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points respectively. In...
Once there he became a regular race winner, and though to his disappointment he was unable to emulate his father’s multiple successes at Monaco, he did taste victory in Great Britain - a race win that had always eluded his dad. More importantly in 1996 he won the world title, ...