George
@f1buff.bsky.social
F1 History Bloke. Ferodo DS11 Stan
Replist: Williams F1 | Elio de Angelis | Keke Rosberg | John Watson
Check out my F1 history articles on my Medium!
https://medium.com/@F1Buff
Replist: Williams F1 | Elio de Angelis | Keke Rosberg | John Watson
Check out my F1 history articles on my Medium!
https://medium.com/@F1Buff
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George
@f1buff.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Braking Traditions — A Brief History of how F1 Cars Slow Down
Formula 1 cars are known for going quickly, but the ways in which they slow down and stop has an equally fascinating history…
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This is a thing I guess!
Might as well make my first post here some shameless self promotion
I write articles about Formula 1 history. Here's one I'm particularly happy with.
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Might as well make my first post here some shameless self promotion
I write articles about Formula 1 history. Here's one I'm particularly happy with.
medium.com/formula-one-...
Took a fair old while, but my latest F1 history article is out now!
It chronicles the rise of active suspension, and its journey from an overlooked fringe technology, to perhaps the defining innovation of the early 1990s
medium.com/formula-one-...
It chronicles the rise of active suspension, and its journey from an overlooked fringe technology, to perhaps the defining innovation of the early 1990s
medium.com/formula-one-...
Active Suspension — A Decade-Long Journey from Gimmick to Game-Changer
Active suspension is one of F1’s most revered and dominant technologies. However, few are aware of the technology’s inauspicious origins…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Took a fair old while, but my latest F1 history article is out now!
It chronicles the rise of active suspension, and its journey from an overlooked fringe technology, to perhaps the defining innovation of the early 1990s
medium.com/formula-one-...
It chronicles the rise of active suspension, and its journey from an overlooked fringe technology, to perhaps the defining innovation of the early 1990s
medium.com/formula-one-...
Ahh that explains Larsen's crash a bit more. It's still on her due to tapping the wall, but much more understandable than losing it so dramatically at a seemingly innocuous corner
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ahh that explains Larsen's crash a bit more. It's still on her due to tapping the wall, but much more understandable than losing it so dramatically at a seemingly innocuous corner
Yeah this has uhhh, not been the best advertisement for F1A driving standards
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yeah this has uhhh, not been the best advertisement for F1A driving standards
Man I was just writing a comment about how Larsen was living up to the Nordic driver tradition of being dynamite in mixed/wet conditions when that happened
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Man I was just writing a comment about how Larsen was living up to the Nordic driver tradition of being dynamite in mixed/wet conditions when that happened
Have to feel for Weug. What a horrid way for it all to come to an end
Rather reminiscent of Mugello 2020 I'd say
Rather reminiscent of Mugello 2020 I'd say
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Have to feel for Weug. What a horrid way for it all to come to an end
Rather reminiscent of Mugello 2020 I'd say
Rather reminiscent of Mugello 2020 I'd say
Finally paid a visit to the Silverstone museum
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Finally paid a visit to the Silverstone museum
Ok folks, own up
Which one of you has been looking at the Autocourse annuals on Oxfam to get this in the recommended section for it?
Which one of you has been looking at the Autocourse annuals on Oxfam to get this in the recommended section for it?
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Ok folks, own up
Which one of you has been looking at the Autocourse annuals on Oxfam to get this in the recommended section for it?
Which one of you has been looking at the Autocourse annuals on Oxfam to get this in the recommended section for it?
This sure would have been interesting (this is from early 1979 for context, so around about the time Ferrari first started working on their turbo)
I wonder what became of the rumoured Toyota engine prototype🤔
I wonder what became of the rumoured Toyota engine prototype🤔
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This sure would have been interesting (this is from early 1979 for context, so around about the time Ferrari first started working on their turbo)
I wonder what became of the rumoured Toyota engine prototype🤔
I wonder what became of the rumoured Toyota engine prototype🤔
One of the lesser-known elements of the 1983 F1 rule changes was that they made it legal for an F1 car to not have any way of restarting the engine onboard for the first time since 1961 (when they'd been made mandatory).
Most teams ditched them quite quickly to save weight
Most teams ditched them quite quickly to save weight
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One of the lesser-known elements of the 1983 F1 rule changes was that they made it legal for an F1 car to not have any way of restarting the engine onboard for the first time since 1961 (when they'd been made mandatory).
Most teams ditched them quite quickly to save weight
Most teams ditched them quite quickly to save weight
I find the launch-spec Penske PC4 quite interesting
The full-width Ferrari style front wing and flick-ups ahead of the rear wheels were both ditched after the car's debut at Anderstorp, and the wheelbase was also lengthened by 7 inches before its second outing in France
The full-width Ferrari style front wing and flick-ups ahead of the rear wheels were both ditched after the car's debut at Anderstorp, and the wheelbase was also lengthened by 7 inches before its second outing in France
October 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I find the launch-spec Penske PC4 quite interesting
The full-width Ferrari style front wing and flick-ups ahead of the rear wheels were both ditched after the car's debut at Anderstorp, and the wheelbase was also lengthened by 7 inches before its second outing in France
The full-width Ferrari style front wing and flick-ups ahead of the rear wheels were both ditched after the car's debut at Anderstorp, and the wheelbase was also lengthened by 7 inches before its second outing in France
Not quite the emotional rollercoaster of our last podium in Baku, but I'll take it every day of the week
Lovely to see Carlos show the class we know he has. Hopefully this marks a turning point for him at Williams
Lovely to see Carlos show the class we know he has. Hopefully this marks a turning point for him at Williams
September 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Not quite the emotional rollercoaster of our last podium in Baku, but I'll take it every day of the week
Lovely to see Carlos show the class we know he has. Hopefully this marks a turning point for him at Williams
Lovely to see Carlos show the class we know he has. Hopefully this marks a turning point for him at Williams
Ahh fuck. Verstappen is just too good.
P fucking 2 though!!!
P fucking 2 though!!!
September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ahh fuck. Verstappen is just too good.
P fucking 2 though!!!
P fucking 2 though!!!
Reposted by George
Ferrari fans are experiencing despair, yes. but much more dangerously to us, Williams fans are experiencing hope
September 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ferrari fans are experiencing despair, yes. but much more dangerously to us, Williams fans are experiencing hope
COULD THIS BE A FUCKING POLE, BOYS???!!!
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
COULD THIS BE A FUCKING POLE, BOYS???!!!
We need to bring back F1 cars randomly sprouting extra radiators in the nose mid-season
I swear, there was a time when bunging an extra radiator in was seemingly the default reaction of designers to a car proving troublesome
TBF, most of these did indeed get better after the addition
I swear, there was a time when bunging an extra radiator in was seemingly the default reaction of designers to a car proving troublesome
TBF, most of these did indeed get better after the addition
September 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We need to bring back F1 cars randomly sprouting extra radiators in the nose mid-season
I swear, there was a time when bunging an extra radiator in was seemingly the default reaction of designers to a car proving troublesome
TBF, most of these did indeed get better after the addition
I swear, there was a time when bunging an extra radiator in was seemingly the default reaction of designers to a car proving troublesome
TBF, most of these did indeed get better after the addition
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Now our job is to get every actual motorsports enjoyer we know to click this button
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Now our job is to get every actual motorsports enjoyer we know to click this button
Find someone who loves you as much as Ferrari loves NACA ducts
September 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as Ferrari loves NACA ducts
As I was saying...
Rasmussen definitely crosses the line a tad too often, but man is he exciting to watch when he isn't committing acts of terrorism
August 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
As I was saying...
Rasmussen definitely crosses the line a tad too often, but man is he exciting to watch when he isn't committing acts of terrorism
August 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Rasmussen definitely crosses the line a tad too often, but man is he exciting to watch when he isn't committing acts of terrorism
My latest F1 history article is finally here!
This one's about the growth in electronics in Formula 1 between the 1970s and 1990s, and challenges many people's preconceptions that the use of computers in F1 is a modern phenomenon...
medium.com/@F1Buff/from...
This one's about the growth in electronics in Formula 1 between the 1970s and 1990s, and challenges many people's preconceptions that the use of computers in F1 is a modern phenomenon...
medium.com/@F1Buff/from...
From Tapes to Terabytes — Formula 1’s Electronic Revolution
While F1 has always been performance-focused, it took two decades of electronic revolution to create the data-driven sport we know today…
medium.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My latest F1 history article is finally here!
This one's about the growth in electronics in Formula 1 between the 1970s and 1990s, and challenges many people's preconceptions that the use of computers in F1 is a modern phenomenon...
medium.com/@F1Buff/from...
This one's about the growth in electronics in Formula 1 between the 1970s and 1990s, and challenges many people's preconceptions that the use of computers in F1 is a modern phenomenon...
medium.com/@F1Buff/from...
A bright idea regarding tyre identification from a certain Mr K. Rosberg all the way back in 1982.
I wonder if anything came of this proposal...
I wonder if anything came of this proposal...
August 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A bright idea regarding tyre identification from a certain Mr K. Rosberg all the way back in 1982.
I wonder if anything came of this proposal...
I wonder if anything came of this proposal...
Palou and Lundgaard man
Every time they meet on track it's cinema
Every time they meet on track it's cinema
August 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Palou and Lundgaard man
Every time they meet on track it's cinema
Every time they meet on track it's cinema
Just learned there was a short-lived proposal for F1 to use grooved tyres in 1983
As with 1998, the intention was to reduce cornering speeds which had shot up thanks to ground effect.
In the end though the FIA opted for the nuclear option and just mandated flat floors instead
As with 1998, the intention was to reduce cornering speeds which had shot up thanks to ground effect.
In the end though the FIA opted for the nuclear option and just mandated flat floors instead
August 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just learned there was a short-lived proposal for F1 to use grooved tyres in 1983
As with 1998, the intention was to reduce cornering speeds which had shot up thanks to ground effect.
In the end though the FIA opted for the nuclear option and just mandated flat floors instead
As with 1998, the intention was to reduce cornering speeds which had shot up thanks to ground effect.
In the end though the FIA opted for the nuclear option and just mandated flat floors instead
6th for Carlos will do very nicely indeed
Also crikey those gaps. I know Spa is a long lap which exaggerates them somewhat, but it's almost like a 2017-21 era quali in terms of field spread
Also crikey those gaps. I know Spa is a long lap which exaggerates them somewhat, but it's almost like a 2017-21 era quali in terms of field spread
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
6th for Carlos will do very nicely indeed
Also crikey those gaps. I know Spa is a long lap which exaggerates them somewhat, but it's almost like a 2017-21 era quali in terms of field spread
Also crikey those gaps. I know Spa is a long lap which exaggerates them somewhat, but it's almost like a 2017-21 era quali in terms of field spread
The difference a year makes for Mercedes...
Where has the pace that got them a 1-2 in last year's grand prix (before Russell's disqualification) gone?
Where has the pace that got them a 1-2 in last year's grand prix (before Russell's disqualification) gone?
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The difference a year makes for Mercedes...
Where has the pace that got them a 1-2 in last year's grand prix (before Russell's disqualification) gone?
Where has the pace that got them a 1-2 in last year's grand prix (before Russell's disqualification) gone?