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Profile – Justin Wilson Part 1
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Hailing from Sheffield, England, Justin Wilson waged an admirable fight against the power of wallet using determination as his weapon. Having finally faced defeat at the Formula One level, the lanky Yorkshireman took his skills across the pond instead and ended up building a long, respectable American open wheel career, which was tragically cut…
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Profile – Adrián Campos
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Perhaps the quintessential reject, the life and times of Adrián Campos saw him rub shoulders with the bright and beautiful people of motorsport just as much as the backmarkers. His F1 career saw him race for Minardi for a little more than a year. After a tenure in touring car and sportscar racing, he…
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Profile – Jan Magnussen
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Some people are born with great natural talent, and as a result success comes easily to them. Where others hone their efforts with great commitment, others can go without putting in the long hours needed to gain that extra tenth and still be the best – at least for a time. Unfortunately without trial and discipline, great…
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Profile – Sébastien Bourdais
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Racing drivers, both from Formula 1 and CART/IndyCar, occasionally attempt one of the most difficult feats of motorsport: switching continents and succeeding. For every Mario Andretti who crosses the Atlantic and wins a world championship, there is an Alex Zanardi who struggles dreadfully, either through motivation, environment, or simple experience. While drivers like Nigel Mansell…
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Profile – Bruno Senna
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The expectations of being a Formula One driver are not easily met. You have the press constantly asking you questions on your form and future, and you have the fans constantly wanting you to put up a good performance on the racetrack. Sometimes, that pressure is doubled by carrying on your shoulders the weight of…
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Profile – Lance Reventlow
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Nationality American Date of Birth February 24th 1936 Date of Death July 24th 1972 Teams Scarab, Rob Walker Racing (1960) Races Entered 4 Races Started 1 Best Result DNF (Belgium 1960) Trying to join the ranks of Formula 1 without money is akin to tackling white-water rapids clutching nothing more than an errant piece…
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The Saga of AGS – Partie S: Sans Henri, Sans Garage, Sans Avenir…
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1989: This season’s Sesame Street has been brought to you by the numbers 40 and 41, and the letters D, N, P and Q As the sun set on the 1988 F1 season and the turbo engines screamed their last howls of protest before being locked in a museum forever, the financial arms race to…
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The Saga of AGS – Partie G: Gonfaron au Niveau Plus Haut
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1987: We all live in a red and white striped submarine If 1986 had been a brief dip in the paddling pool, then in 1987 it was time for AGS to climb onto the Olympic diving board, take the plunge and hope for the best in a full 16-race season where all the odds…
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The Saga of AGS – Partie A: Allons, Enfants de la Patrie!
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Prologue: Once upon a time in the South (of France) “Garagistes! Assembliatore!” These were the words that Enzo Ferrari used to describe the British teams who built their own chassis, but bought engines and gearboxes off the shelf, assembled them into a racing car, and then had the temerity to beat the “grandees” in…
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Profile – Harald Ertl
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The Erzherzog Johann BORG is a boarding school in Bad Aussee, a small town in the Austrian state of Styria. The school has two chief reputations. It owes the first to its 1952 foundation by Wilhelm Höttl, a former Austrian member of the Nazi SS. Höttl had switched allegiance to the OSS in 1945,…
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