Formula 1 announced its largest ever field for a new season 35 years ago today. Here’s a look at the grid which was twice the size of this year’s.
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F1’s 10 longest-running teams – and why most of them have been lost
Formula 1
Posted onFormula 1 teams continue to change identities, with two more switching names ahead of the 2024 season. Which entrants lasted the longest?
What have 10 years of F1’s V6 hybrid turbo era shown us? The naysayers were wrong
Formula 1
Posted onFormula 1’s V6 hybrid turbo cars provoked controversy when they began to appear 10 years ago today, but the rules change has been vindicated.
Pictures: The highs and lows of Haas’ eight years under Guenther Steiner
Formula 1
Posted onIn eight years under Guenther Steiner Haas produced shock results, endured public rows with sponsors and seen one of its drivers climb out of an inferno.
America’s 10km monster track of the future – and F1’s lost giants of the past
Formula 1
Posted onWith the new under-construction Flatrock facility boasting a 10km layout, we look back at all the biggest tracks to have hosted grands prix.
Timeline: Ferrari to ‘Stake’ – the 33 historic identities of Formula 1’s 10 teams
Formula 1
Posted onThere are only 10 teams on the Formula 1 grid but between them they’ve had over 30 different identities. Here’s how they changed over the years.
Analysis: Verstappen’s domination of 2023 made the Mercedes era look competitive
F1 history
Posted onMercedes’ years of domination of Formula 1 between 2014 and 2020 paled in comparison to Max Verstappen’s annihilation of the competition this year.
‘It doesn’t matter if we start last’: How Red Bull’s junior team aided Honda’s leap forward
Formula 1
Posted onRed Bull’s junior team played a crucial role in developing the Honda power units which helped make the senior squad champions again.
What were Formula 1’s greatest unexpected underdog triumphs?
Round Table
Posted onAfter Alexander Albon’s fine seventh place in Canada, here are our favourite moments when F1’s underdogs broke through to score big results.
The Canadian GP thriller F1 loves to celebrate but can no longer replicate
F1 history
Posted onJenson Button’s last-lap pass concluded a thrilling Canadian Grand Prix in 2011 but under today’s rules it would have been stopped before half-distance.
McLaren unveil special Indy 500 ‘Triple Crown’ liveries
IndyCar
Posted onMcLaren have unveiled three special liveries it will run in next month’s Indianapolis 500, commemorating its wins in each of the three ‘Triple Crown’ races.
McLaren poke fun at Massa’s bid to take 2008 F1 title from Hamilton
2008 F1 season
Posted onMcLaren responded to Felipe Massa’s call for “justice” over the outcome of the 2008 world championship with the words: “denial is a river in Egypt”.
Massa’s problematic vision of Lance Armstrong-style justice over Crashgate
F1 history
Posted onFelipe Massa sees parallels between the Tour de France doping controversy and the Crashgate scandal he believes cost him the 2008 world championship. Is he right?
Jordan reveals deal he did with Faldo to make Schumacher’s F1 test debut happen
F1 history
Posted onFormer Formula 1 team principal Eddie Jordan has revealed a deal he made with golfing star Nick Faldo to make Michael Schumacher’s first F1 test happen.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 1942-2023
F1 history
Posted onJean-Pierre Jabouille, whose victory for Renault in the 1979 French Grand Prix heralded a new era of turbo-powered Formula 1 cars, has died at the age of 80.
Still your favourite race after 10 years: Can anything top the 2012 Brazilian GP?
F1 history
Posted onA decade since the thrilling 2012 season finale, no race has received a higher rating from our readers. Will anything ever top that stunning Interlagos title-decider?
Benetton, 40 years on: How a fashion label conquered Formula 1
F1 history
Posted onThis week 40 years ago, an Italian fashion label signed a deal which began one of F1’s most successful, influential and colourful sponsorship programmes.
The forgotten story of the first time F1 snubbed Michael Andretti in 1986
F1 history
Posted onMichael Andretti’s chance of a Formula 1 debut in 1986 was thwarted when the sport’s governing body refused to give him a superlicence.
What happened to the last 10 new teams to enter Formula 1?
F1 history
Posted onThe FIA is looking into admitting a new team into Formula 1. But while gaining an entry is difficult, staying in is even harder.
Nato to race using number 17 in tribute to Bianchi
Formula E
Posted onNissan driver Norman Nato has chosen to race as number 17 in his return to Formula E next year as a tribute to Jules Bianchi, his fellow French racer who died seven years ago.