What's my laptop wallpaper today? It's Gabriele Tarquini in action for Coloni in 1988. This shot from XPB gives a great view of his distinctive 'spiderman' helmet design, chosen, quite simply, because in his youth he was a big fan of spiderman cartoons and comic books

What's my laptop wallpaper today? It's one of my favourite bad F1 cars, the Lola T93/30 run by Scuderia Italia in 1993. For further reading, I recommend the book 'The Modern Formula 1 Race Car'. Massively rushed and ludicrously light on aero development, this car never had a chance

What's my laptop wallpaper today? It's Stefano Modena in the 1988 Eurobrun. He turned down an offer of a McLaren test role for 1988 that would also have given him a race seat in Japanese F3000 because he wanted to race on in F1 after making his debut in the Australian Grand Prix at the end of '87

Apologies for my first post being a promo - but The Race F1 Podcast is holding live events in London (Jan 16) and Birmingham (Jan 17). We'll be looking ahead to the new season, answering your questions and bringing you plenty of stories from the F1 paddock

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