The scene: The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix. The practice session finishes, and Goodyear engineer Dr. Karl Kempf bolts straight to the toilet at the back of the garage in Jacarepagua’s pitlane. Once he sits down, he won’t be leaving for a while.If you happen to be reading this while you’re...

Ride with Steve Romak as he wins the Historic Masters F1 race in Martin Brundle's 1985 Tyrrell 012-Cosworth DFV V8 at last week's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.https://youtu.be/A-SNw7P5Cm4Or click here to watch on YouTube.

Its drivers couldn’t love this weird, six-wheeled Tyrrell P34. But that didn’t stop it becoming a grand prix-winning icon of 1970s Formula 1.“I thought they’d completely misunderstood what the requirements were,” says Frank Dernie with sharp-tongued conviction. The former Williams designer is never one to hold back... Nevertheless, no one...

Raging Cosworth DFV V8s s in a variety of Formula 1 cars from 1968-'84 – Lotus to McLaren to Tyrrell to Brabham to Shadow to Williams and more – scream by at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, along with a lovely flat-12 Ferrari, during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

Francois Guiter, who supported the careers of several French Formula 1 drivers, died on Saturday night.Guiter, who was also involved in AUTOSPORT's French edition, started in motorsport with fuel company Elf when it increased its involvement in racing in the 1960s.From then on Guiter gave his backing, through Elf, to...

Andrea de Cesaris, who died Sunday, Oct. 5, made his Formula 1 debut as a baby-faced 21-year-old (BELOW) in 1980.The Alfa Romeo team, which had suffered the mid-season trauma of losing its hero and talisman Patrick Depailler in an accident during testing, had initially brought in the 42-year-old Vittorio Brambilla...

Ex-Formula One driver Andrea de Cesaris has been killed in a motorbike accident in his native Rome, aged 55. De Cesaris made over 200 Grand Prix starts between 1980 and 1994 in an F1 career which included spells with teams including McLaren, Ligier, Minardi, Jordan, Tyrrell and Sauber.The popular Italian...

Long-time Formula 1 driver Andrea de Cesaris has died in a motorcycle accident in Italy at the age of 55. Italian press reports said de Cesaris was killed instantly in the crash in Rome.De Cesaris was an F1 regular from 1980 to 1994, getting his first full season with McLaren...

Amid news that Formula 1 teams are pushing to adopt American-style permanent car numbering systems, here's an explanation of how the current F1 system came to be.F1 did not adopt a regular numbering system until early in 1973, when car numbers were awarded based roughly on the constructors' standings. Those...