Formula 1
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Alfa Romeo’s prewar, supercharged 1.5-liter 158 swept the podium at F1’s first championship race in 1950
The Alfa Romeo 158 was already 12 years old when Formula 1’s world championship began. Yet on 13 May 1950 at Silverstone, three of them…
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Lotus’s monocoque Type 25 carried Jim Clark to a then-record seven Grand Prix wins and the 1963 title
The Lotus 25 carried Jim Clark to seven World Championship Grand Prix wins in 1963, a record at the time. Colin Chapman’s car also won…
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Renault’s 1.5-liter turbo V6 won its first Grand Prix at Dijon in 1979, two years after the RS01 debuted
On July 1, 1979, Jean-Pierre Jabouille drove the Renault RS10 to victory in the French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois. It was the first Formula 1…
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Honda mounted the RA272’s 1.5-liter V12 sideways, and Richie Ginther led every lap of the 1965 Mexican GP
Honda won its first Formula 1 race with an engine turned sideways. The Honda RA272 carried a 1.5-liter V12 mounted across the chassis, and in…
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Ferrari’s 312T was named for its transverse gearbox and carried Niki Lauda to his first F1 title in 1975
The “T” in Ferrari 312T stands for trasversale, Italian for transverse. It refers to the car’s gearbox, which Ferrari mounted crosswise instead of lengthways. In…
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Mario Andretti’s 1977 John Player Lotus returns to Long Beach for a Historic F1 doubleheader in April 2027
Formula 1 cars from the 1970s and 1980s are coming back to the streets of Long Beach. The Historic F1 Challenge will run two races…
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How Coventry Climax turned a 1,020 cc fire-pump engine into a Formula 1 world champion by 1959
In 1950, Coventry Climax set out to build a lighter fire pump for the British military. Nine years later, its engines powered Jack Brabham to…
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Brabham’s BT46B fan car won its only Grand Prix, Sweden 1978, with Lauda before Brabham withdrew it
Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp on June 17 in the Brabham BT46B, a Formula 1 car with a large fan…
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Mercedes’ W196 streamliner won on debut at the 1954 French Grand Prix at Reims, Fangio leading Kling in a 1-2
Mercedes-Benz started its first Formula 1 World Championship race at Reims on July 4, 1954, and won it. The Mercedes W196, wrapped in a silver…
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F1 signs a 10-year deal for an African Grand Prix in Rwanda, its first race in Africa since 1993
Formula 1 is going back to Africa. On October 13, 2026, F1 announced a 10-year agreement for the Formula 1 African Grand Prix in Rwanda.…
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