Upcoming F1 events

McLaren MP4-31 launch, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Car launch

Birthday of Niki LaudaBirthday

Andreas Nikolaus 'Niki' Lauda is a former Austrian Formula One driver and is triple World Champion. After buying himself in at March in 1971 he moved up to BRM and eventually to Ferrari where he won his first championship in 1975. He then narrowly missed out on his second consecutive title due to a heavy crash from which he only nearly escaped from burning to death. Niki later won 2 more titles in 1977 and 1984 and is known for his incredible determination and fighting spirit following his crash in 1976.


Haas F1 car roll-out, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Car launch

Williams F1 car roll-out, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Car launch

Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Birthday of Pedro De La RosaBirthday

Pedro Martinez de la Rosa was born on February 24, 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He joined F1 in 1998 as the test driver for the Jordan team. Pedro was the race driver of Arrows the next year and joined Jaguar in 2001 for 2 years.
After the 2003 season, de la Rosa was dropped by Jaguar and joined the McLaren Mercedes team as test driver. In 2006, he took over from Montoya in the half of the season.


Birthday of Alain ProstBirthday

Frenchman Alain Prost is a four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion. He raced in F1 from 1980 to 1993 and gathered 51 GP victories. Prost was nicknamed 'Le Professeur' for his intellectual approach to racing and his skills to setup the car perfectly for race conditions.


Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Shadow's F1 debutHistory

Shadow made its GP debut in 1973. The team would participate in 104 GPs between 1973 and 1980, with a best result a win in Austria (1977) by Alan Jones.


Barcelona, Circuit de CatalunyaesF1 Test

Birthday of Jos VerstappenBirthday

Dutchman Jos Verstappen was born in 1972 in Montfort, The Netherlands. Verstappen drove several full seasons for Footwork, Minardi, Stewart and Benetton