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Latest F1 news about: 1981

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What could have been: Ray Mallock's lost F1 chance

16 days 6 hours ago

from: Autosport.com

( 200 views )

Been there, done that. Ray Mallock had won the Formula Atlantic championship in Britain in 1979 when the category was reintroduced to the country after a two-year hiatus.... read more »

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McLaren to run heritage-inspired F1 livery in Singapore GP

2 months ago

from: Autosport.com

( 231 views )

McLaren has revealed its second special 'Legend Reborn' retro livery of the season ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.The Woking-based outfit has worked with sponsor... read more »

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Obituary: F1 team founder Ted Toleman dies aged 86

8 months ago

from: Autosport.com

( 546 views )

Between 1981 and 1985, Toleman evolved from hopeless backmarker to potent giant-killer in grand prix racing, across five seasons in which it gave a host of key personalities... read more »

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F1 Madrid problem could be solved by genius legendary tracks plan

10 months ago

from: GPfans.com

( 371 views )

Another year and another street circuit announcement to add the growing roster on the Formula 1 calendar as Madrid sees the sport return for the first time since 1981. read more »

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Las Vegas F1 Track Guide: Where does it go and what does it pass?

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 453 views )

This is not F1's first visit to Sin City - in 1981 and 1982 the sport turned up in town to race in the car park at Caesars Palace. This time things are very different,... read more »

Tags: las, vegas, guide, sin, 1981, 1982

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Video: Jonathan Palmer: Doctor, Driver, Deal-maker | F1 Beyond The Grid Podcast

about 1 year ago

from: YouTube.com

( 589 views )

He didn’t come from a racing family. He followed in the footsteps of his father and qualified as a doctor. How Jonathan Palmer ended up driving in Formula 1 is an intriguing... read more »

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Autosport writers' favourite Australian Grands Prix

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 627 views )

The Australian Grand Prix has a long tradition that pre-dates its arrival on the Formula 1 schedule as a fully-fledged world championship round in 1985. Indeed, Lewis... read more »

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'Slim' Borgudd obituary: F1 points finisher dies aged 76

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 450 views )

The teenaged Borgudd watched Stirling Moss race at Karlskoga in 1959 and was hooked. Already a budding musician, he joined the merchant navy at 14, refocusing on cars in his... read more »

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Double F1 race winner Jean Pierre Jabouille has died

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1194 views )

The Parisian, who took the European Formula 2 title in 1976, made 49 F1 starts between 1975 and 1981, getting his full debut at the 1975 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell.But... read more »

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F1 podium finisher Philippe Streiff dies aged 67

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 648 views )

The Frenchman earned a good reputation in junior categories by winning the 1981 French Formula 3 championship for the Motul Nogaro team and also taking fourth that year in the... read more »

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F1 rebukes Nelson Piquet's racist comments against Hamilton

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 628 views )

Piquet, a three-time Formula 1 champion, won the crown with Brabham in 1981 and 1983 before taking his third title with Williams in 1987.The 69-year-old directed a racial slur... read more »

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Madrid publicly expresses interest in hosting Formula 1 race

over 2 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 733 views )

Madrid has publicly expressed an interest in bringing Formula 1 to the Spanish capital. Formula 1 last visited the region in 1981 when permanent facility Jarama hosted the... read more »

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Video: Last Time F1 Raced in Las Vegas

over 2 years ago

from: YouTube.com

( 445 views )

Take a look back at the 1981 and 1982 Grand Prix held in Las Vegas, as F1 prepares to race in the Silver City once more, with an exciting new Grand Prix coming in 2023. For... read more »

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Imola secures new F1 contract until 2025

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 593 views )

The home of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari returned to the F1 schedule in 2020 when it helped the series as it managed to put on a full calendar during the... read more »

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Former F1 driver Reutemann returns to intensive care in serious condition

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 716 views )

Reutemann's condition has deteriorated after he suffered further issues with haemorrhaging while in the intensive care unit of a health centre in the city of Santa Fe,... read more »

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Video: Jacques Laffite On 12 Years In F1 And Winning With Ligier | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast

over 3 years ago

from: YouTube.com

( 1205 views )

Jacques Laffite was part of a wave of fast French F1 drivers who hit the grid in the 1970s and 80s. His 12-year F1 career brought six race victories and he had more than one... read more »

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Reutemann in stable condition after latest medical procedure

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 755 views )

Last Friday Reutemann, who finished runner-up to Nelson Piquet in the 1981 F1 world championship, was transferred from the Santa Fe hospital to a different hospital in Rosario... read more »

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Ex-F1 racer Reutemann moved to intensive care in worsening condition

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 884 views )

The 79-year-old politician, who finished runner-up to Nelson Piquet in the 1981 F1 world championship, was admitted to the Sanatorio Santa Fe on Wednesday after suffering a... read more »

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Verstappen 'would smash' Hamilton at Mercedes, says Piquet

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1091 views )

The Brazilian driver, who won titles in 1981, 1983 and 1987, has no doubts the Dutch driver would come out on top in a side-by-side challenge in equal machinery after seeing... read more »

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Video: The Evolution of the McLaren Logo

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport Videos

( 800 views )

We all recognise the McLaren logo, but do you know how it came about? and what does a Kiwi have to do with it? Well, turns out, a lot 0:00 Intro 00:17 - 1963 - 1966 00:42 -... read more »

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Two-time F1 starter and 1981 Trans-Am champion Eppie Wietzes dies

over 4 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 811 views )

Dutch-born Egbert 'Eppie' Wietzes, whose two Formula 1 race starts were seven years apart at Ontario's Mosport Park, has died at the age of 82 read more »

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F1’s missed opportunities: Prost and Renault

over 4 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 818 views )

In 1981, 1982 and 1983, Alain Prost was ten points or fewer away from winning a first Drivers' Championship. read more »

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Video: FW07: The first Williams F1 car to score a GP victory

over 6 years ago

from: Autosport Videos

( 1304 views )

Neil Oatley is the man who race-engineered the first F1 victory for Williams at the 1979 British Grand Prix. Here, he talks to Peter Windsor about the brilliant engineering... read more »

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Video: What it's like to win the British Grand Prix

over 6 years ago

from: Autosport Videos

( 1281 views )

John Watson explains how the reaction he received to his British Grand Prix victory in 1981 surprised him, and continues to do so even to this day. For more:... read more »

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Video: Gilles Villeneuve Drives Unsighted | 1981 Canadian Grand Prix

over 6 years ago

from: YouTube.com

( 1072 views )

Gilles Villeneuve was never a man to do things by half measures, something he demonstrated perfectly at his home race in 1981 when his Ferrari's front wing obscured his... read more »