What happened in 1982 F1?
Keke Rosberg won his first and only Drivers’ Championship with Williams with 44 points, despite having trailed for most of the season and having only won one race. Ferrari won the Constructors’ Championship with the 126C2. Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985.At 18 he distinguished himself testing a BMW Williams F1 car. At 19 he became a test driver for the BMW Sauber F1 team, underlining his commitment to the cause by moving to a village near the Swiss-based team’s headquarters. His Formula One race debut came in the 2007 US Grand Prix at Indianapolis.The 1982 season proved to be one of the most turbulent – and tragic – in the long history of Formula One. Keke Rosberg became the first man since 1964 to secure the championship with just a single victory to his name. Lauda was back after two years setting up his charter airline, joining John Watson at McLaren.
Who was the F1 driver killed in 1994?
An incredible legend of the sport’ – F1 drivers pay tribute to Ayrton Senna 30 years after his tragic death. May 1 is a date that carries emotional resonance for F1 fans and drivers alike, marking the day that the sport lost Ayrton Senna in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Ayrton Senna is the only World Champion (excluding Jochen Rindt) to have been killed while racing in Formula One at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the age of 34.F1 driver Ayrton Senna died after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy on May 1, 1994.THAT opening lap: Ayrton Senna, 1993 European Grand Prix If one race captured the sheer genius of Ayrton Senna in wet conditions, it was the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park. Starting from fourth on an extremely slippery circuit, Senna produced arguably the greatest opening lap in F1’s history.Ayrton Senna’s defection from McLaren to Williams shocked the F1 world. However, this was a logical move as Senna had begun to lose faith in the team. McLaren had lost its mantle as the sport’s dominant force, losing both championships to Williams in 1992 and 1993.
When was the golden age of F1?
Formula 1 was one of the world’s most dangerous and exciting forms of sport. Its golden age, the 60s and 70s, was also its deadliest, when drivers lost their lives at frightening rates. The killer years: when F1 was sexy and dangerous. Fernando Alonso is the oldest Formula 1 driver in 50 years – yet, hoping for a happy ending to his #F1 story now makes more sense.