The man who pushed his Arrows across the line
The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix was already a race eating its frontrunners alive when Thierry Boutsen's Arrows rolled to a halt near the end. What he did next was entirely human, arguably against…
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The day Imola ran out of fuel
The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix should have been a straightforward turbo-era contest at Imola. Instead, it turned into a fuel-management disaster that swallowed most of the likely winners before the finish line arrived.
Prost Grand Prix went under the hammer
Alain Prost had built a Formula 1 team bearing his name, watched it struggle through four difficult seasons and then seen it collapse into administration. On 5 May 2002, the cars went to auction…
Tomas Scheckter and the Jaguar exit
Tomas Scheckter had been building a case for a Formula 1 future with Jaguar when events away from the circuit ended the relationship abruptly on 5 May 2001.