News Details

To win or not to win, that was Hunt's question

Anyone complaining about the lengthy time it sometimes takes for the stewards to rule on a driver's action might want to hark back to the 1976 British Grand Prix which took place on this day 43 years ago. The event was a two-part affair marked by controversy, chaos, a declared winner on the podium and another winner decided two months later! It all started at Paddock Bend at Brand Hatch, as the field barreled down on the opening lap only for Ferrari team mates Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzino to collide with each other. The race was stopped as a result of the pile-up, with James Hunt's McLaren among the collateral damage provoked quite inadvertently by the Scuderia. Hunt drove away from the...
Full Story »
4y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Stewards not more lenient with drivers at Silverstone...

FIA race director Michael Masi insists British Grand Prix stewards were...
4y ago from F1i.com

Steiner enraged by Haas drivers' 'unacceptable' clash

Guenther Steiner cut a gloomy figure on Sunday afternoon at Silverstone,...
4y ago from F1i.com

Team Talk - Sunday at Silverstone

Alfa Romeo Antonio Giovinazzi "It is disappointing not to finish the...
4y ago from F1i.com

Sergio Perez hopes 2021 rule changes lead to midfield...

Sergio Perez believes that if the cars were all equal then the grid would...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Acosta heralded following debut MotoGP podium at...

Pedro Acosta received high praise following the Portuguese Grand Prix,...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle quickest in Safari shakedown

Reigning WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä set the benchmark time in Wednesday...

Sebastian Ogier returns in 68-strong Rally Croatia...

The fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship has attracted 68...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The story behind Arsenal beating City to signing of...

There is a word Mikel Arteta repeatedly plumps for during recruitment...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Rodri vs Rice: battle of the 'lighthouses'

An integral position in the Pep Guardiola school of football is the...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.