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F1 History Bloke. Ferodo DS11 Stan

Replist: Williams F1 | Elio de Angelis | Keke Rosberg | John Watson

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I actually started work on this a fair bit before Peter Wright passed away, so hopefully I've done his role in its story justice

I'd also intended for this to cover the entire history of active suspension including its downfall in 1993/94, but that would have been far too long
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is missing Alain Prost's McLaren titles isn't it? (with the caveat like Hill and Andretti that it wasn't his first stint with them)
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
IMO it was the perfecting of carbon brakes in the mid 80s that really killed F1 around places like Monaco

IK FE is pivoting away from street tracks, but I'm sure we'll still be visiting some, and hopefully the longer braking distances brought about by LiCo will prevent true F1-style processions
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I share your concerns over the impact of the new car on racing, but my hope is that with lift and coast being an integral part of FE, the braking distances will remain long enough to still allow for some solid overtaking
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We know the Honda F2 engine also mentioned was real, and began racing in 1980, and from what this brief article says it sounds like the Toyota F1 engine was even further along in development

I haven't been able to find anything else about it though

Do chime in with info if you have any!
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That change effectively stood until 2014 when the MGU-K once again enabled drivers to restart their engines from inside the cockpit (I don't believe the OG KERS could be used to restart the engine, though I could be misremembering)
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Nato's been re-signed for another season by Nissan, hasn't he?
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
He was indeed (from Autosport, 17th September 1981)
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I think the secret sauce for Herta to take a title is not driving for Andretti, given the fact that even in his worst seasons he was either the top Andretti in the championship or (in the case of 2022) tied on points with the top Andretti and only separated by countback
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM