Canada 2011 – Button wins after 6 stops and last-lap drama.
June 12th, 2011. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal. Round 7 of the season. A rain race was forecast. Jenson Button qualified…
Flashback Mode
Germany 1957 – Fangio’s greatest ever drive at the Nürburgring.
On August 4th, 1957, the Formula 1 World Championship rolled into the green abyss of the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the…
Japan 1988 – Senna storms back from P14 to win and seal the championship
October 30th, 1988. Suzuka Circuit. Round 15 of 16 in the Formula 1 World Championship. Ayrton Senna arrived in Japan…
Brazil 2008 – Hamilton wins title in the final corner
November 2nd, 2008. Interlagos. The Brazilian Grand Prix, final round of the season. One man needed fifth place to become…
2022: Return of ground effect under new aero regulations
Formula 1, in its infinite wisdom, decided the best way to fix the modern racing problem was to go back…
2014: Turbo-hybrid V6 engines introduced – end of V8 era
If 2009 was a design reset, 2014 was an existential one. Formula 1 ripped out the glorious, high-revving, naturally aspirated…
2009: Major aero overhaul – wider front wings, narrower rear, slick tyres return
By 2008, Formula 1 cars looked like something HR Giger would sketch during a Red Bull bender. Winglets on winglets.…
2005: One-tyre-per-race rule – and the “what were we thinking?” reversal in 2006
In 2005, Formula 1 introduced a regulation so weird, so unpopular, and so instantly regretted, it lasted about as long…
1994: Ban on active suspension, traction control, ABS – after Senna’s death
Formula 1 in the early ’90s was starting to look less like a race and more like a DARPA experiment…
1983: Ground effect banned – flat bottoms mandated for safety
By the early ’80s, Formula 1 cars weren’t so much driving as they were vacuum-sealing themselves to the asphalt. Enter:…
1961: Engine capacity reduced from 2.5L to 1.5L – a dramatic downsizing era
Picture it: Formula 1, 1960. The cars are loud, brutish, and unashamedly overpowered. Stirling Moss is flinging a 2.5-liter monster…
Jacques Villeneuve: The Rebel Son Who Took the Crown His Way
Jacques Villeneuve was a Canadian Formula 1 driver — 1997 World Champion, son of legend Gilles Villeneuve, and one of…
