It was one of Formula 1’s most unforgettable finales. On 2 November 2008, the world watched as the championship came down to the very last corner of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Felipe Massa crossed the line to the roar of his home crowd — but heartbreak awaited as Lewis Hamilton snatched fifth place in the dying seconds to become the sport’s youngest world champion. In this episode of Chequered Past, we relive every twist of that extraordinary day, celebrate the birthday of 1980 W...
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It was one of Formula 1’s most unforgettable finales. On 2 November 2008, the world watched as the championship came down to the very last corner of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Felipe Massa crossed the line to the roar of his home crowd — but heartbreak awaited as Lewis Hamilton snatched fifth place in the dying seconds to become the sport’s youngest world champion. In this episode of Chequered Past, we relive every twist of that extraordinary day, celebrate the birthday of 1980 W...
28th October 1951: The Champions That Changed the Game
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28th October 1951: The Champions That Changed the Game
On this day in Formula 1 history, three very different champions left their mark on the sport. In 1951, the streets of Barcelona’s Pedralbes district hosted a title decider for the ages — Juan Manuel Fangio versus Alberto Ascari. Tyres failed, strategies backfired, and when the dust settled, Fangio claimed his first World Championship, beginning an era of mastery that would define Formula 1’s early years. Born on this same date in 1930, Bernie Ecclestone would go on to reshape the very struct...
Chequered Past
It was one of Formula 1’s most unforgettable finales. On 2 November 2008, the world watched as the championship came down to the very last corner of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Felipe Massa crossed the line to the roar of his home crowd — but heartbreak awaited as Lewis Hamilton snatched fifth place in the dying seconds to become the sport’s youngest world champion. In this episode of Chequered Past, we relive every twist of that extraordinary day, celebrate the birthday of 1980 W...
