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10-June-07

With Toleman 1984Detroit 1988Canada 19941990 in the USA

The Underrated Pierluigi Martini

Monza, 1984: An Italian replaces Johnny Cecotto, and unsuccessfully attempts to qualify a Toleman. This GP would be the first of 124 in F1 for the driver who gave struggling Minardi its first point, first front row, and its only lap in the lead - a driver who Cliff Cermak believes to be criminally overlooked.

27-January-07

1996 Warmup LapOP in all his gloryHHF with some front wing issuesEddie Irvine in his Ferrari

Last Hurrah for “Les Bleus”
Monaco 1996

When Ligier became Prost in 1997, the inevitable move to Peugeot engines in 1998 was the first step in a chain of unfortunate events which brought down the team. But five and a half years before the team folded, this team were winners. Gary Slevin looks back at the last race win for the Ligier team.

30-December-06

MonzaMonzaSpaMonza

Rebels Without Speed
The ATS Fiasco

Damon Hill in 1996 was not the first World Champion to move to a team which general wisdom regarded as second-rate. His namesake Phil Hill had done likewise in 1963 for Automobile Turismo e Sport (ATS). Simon Stiel looks at the Ferrari breakaways.

30-December-06

2006 LaunchWebberWilliams in SydneyFrank, Mario Theissen

The Decline Of Williams

Brazil, 2006: Both Williams of Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg collide with each other and are forced into retirement. This moment ultimately epitomised the present fortunes of a team once ranked as one of the superteams of F1, but which David Lim argues are now in decline.

16-October-04

StartCar ParkCheeverRosberg

The Worst Track Ever?
Las Vegas 1981-82

Glitz, glamour, huge amounts of money - where better for F1 to find a home than in Las Vegas? Well, plenty of places, actually. Jeroen van Dun remembers the Caesars Palace car-park GP, complete with a Mickey Mouse track, narrow pitlane and no crowd!

17-July-01

Herbert, SpaAdams, EstorilEric Bernard, JerezPedro Lamy, Monaco

End of an Era
Lotus' Last Season

Lap forty-nine, Australian Grand Prix, 1994. Mika Salo's Mugen-Honda powered car gives up and comes to a halt at the side of the track. Nine laps earlier, teammate Alex Zanardi had retired. It was the last time a Lotus entered car would compete in a Grand Prix. Scott Russell looks at the demise of Lotus.

28-June-01

Nick HeidfeldJean AlesiAP03Nick Heidfeld

Reject Cars
Prost Peugeot AP03

In modern Formula One, each year brings its fair share of bad cars despite all but one team being very well funded. In our first submitted article, Damian Nicholas Francis looks at Prost GP 2000, and their 'Reject Car', the AP03.

26-July-01

On the publicity trailWaiting for GodotHappy Birthday, Jenson!New boss Briatore

Be Careful What You Wish For...
What happened to Jenson Button?

Last year Button was touted as Britain's Next World Champion; this year, in lesser equipment, he's another backmarker fighting the second Minardi for 20th place on the grid. What went wrong since Button left Williams? Liz Shaw sets out to discover if Jenson is merely a reject in disguise!

2001-2004

Bernie and Stephen.The view from the Jaguar bridge over the pitlane.Stephen grooves to the BAR beat.Meeting FW.

Stephen Slater Sentrale
The Home of F1 Rejects' UK Correspondent

Here's where you'll find the stories of F1 Rejects' UK Correspondent as he follows the F1 circus around Europe, getting access to places and people he shouldn't get access to, and generally having a good time. Also home to his 'Testing Watch' articles, as he pays a visit to various test sessions at Silverstone.



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