The Death of Ayrton Senna
On 1 May 1994, Ayrton Senna veered off the track at the Imola circuit and into the crash barriers. No one knew it at the time, but the great Brazilian was effectively killed on...
Brazilian Grand Prix 1991
After the dramatic inflation of recent months, and the manner in which most of them drive on what pass for roads in Sao Paulo, the local populace is used to scrapes and close escapes....
1989 Season Review
A new 3.5-litre normally aspirated engine formula was introduced in 1989, ending the turbocharger era in Formula 1. McLaren-Honda remained the team to beat with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost continuing their stormy but...
Haunted by Ayrton Senna’s ghost
The 1984 Toleman-Hart TG184-2 – which is worth £1million – was driven by the legendary Brazilian during his first season. And garage owner Alex Prindiville claims the three-time world champion – who died at...
Where are they now?
Telling the story of the 25 drivers who raced on F1's darkest day
1. Ayrton Senna - Williams
Imola 1994 was the 65th - and final - pole position of three-times champion Senna's career, a towering...
Thomas Gronvold: San Marino Grand Prix 94
My name is Thomas Grønvold, I am now 43 years old and I live just south of Oslo, in a small town called Ski.
I started putting some small Youtube projects up a little under...
Canadian Grand Prix 1990
It all started off quite well. The big transport planes delivered all the cars and equipment to Canada, the airlines delivered all the personnel safely and by 8 am on Friday morning the nine...
Monaco Grand Prix 1991
Another pole position, in the lead for the entire 78 laps of the twisty circuit round the Principality, a lead of over 40 seconds on the second place man at 50 laps, sufficient to...
Senna: The different side
Immediately after 1990 Japanese GP opinions regarding the Senna/Prost first corner shunt could be divided into two roughly equal camps, surprising though even that might seem to those who either witnessed it firsthand or...