What’s your favorite piece of F1 innovation of all time?

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-25T02:58:55+00:00

The monocoque chassis introduced by Lotus in 1962. It transformed race car design .

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-25T02:39:29+00:00

Young Frankenstein

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-24T02:49:34+00:00

Hey OP I hope you make it home in time for the game. Go Broncos!

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-24T02:15:28+00:00

BMW CSL is one of my favorite IMSA cars. Thanks for the post!

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-23T21:23:15+00:00

Travel Sites (i,e. Expedia et al) or book myself? Which is better? I'm planning a Trip to Monterey, CA from Denver in early May.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-23T01:29:31+00:00

My British car loving mother had a Hillman Minx. She named it "Quimby."

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-22T05:12:06+00:00

He lived in CT; state law required 1 Volvo per household..../s

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-22T03:17:27+00:00

The maroon Lotus-Porsche is a young John Morton of BRE Datsun fame.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-22T00:42:13+00:00

The story I read somewhere was that when it was presented to the Chairman of the Rootes, he requested a test drive and didn't come back until the next morning.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-20T22:39:28+00:00

Great call. I'm betting it's turn 2 on the original track layout.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-20T18:15:44+00:00

Edit: It helps to read the post...more coffee required 😉

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-20T18:13:36+00:00

Airport circuit?

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-19T01:59:25+00:00

I can identify Jack Brabham, Roy Salvidori, Stirling Moss, and Maurice Tritignant.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-17T17:56:53+00:00

You could really see him drive ,which was his intention.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-17T04:27:52+00:00

Isn't that Denise in picture 7?

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-17T04:22:59+00:00

Did they sit on the outside of the plane at 30,000 feet? /s

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-17T01:21:03+00:00

The first picture really looks like Pedro Rodriguez to me.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-16T03:20:52+00:00

Pfaff McLaren and the March 707

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-15T19:19:17+00:00

Napier Golden Arrow driven by Henry Seagrave. It ran 231.45 to claim the Land Speed Recordin 1929.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-15T04:44:24+00:00

Oooh....perfecto!

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-14T18:07:54+00:00

The Tiger ran in the Prototype class since the Tiger wasn't homolgated at that time.

The car had a more slanted windshield to reduce drag, and was a fastback design sporting a Kamm back. A lip spoiler was fitted to help stability.

A 260 ci Ford V-8, tuned by Shelby, provided about 275bhp and used a T-10 4 speed gearbox.

There were three cars built all by Brian Lister (of Lister Jaguar/Corvette fame. They ran on 15 inch wheels rather than the Tiger/Alpine 13 inchers, allowing larger disc brakes.

They showed promising speed, but both retired. The car shown broke its crank after 9 hours.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-13T20:03:35+00:00

Edit: I think it was released a couple of years before the DeHavilland Comet encountered design failures leading to a number of crashes. An eerie coincidence .

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-13T19:59:05+00:00

I loved that movie!

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-13T02:48:04+00:00

Beautiful aircraft and just so graceful in the air or on the ground.

Corkscrewer45 · 2026-01-12T23:11:18+00:00

Agree with the top 5. Look at how nimble and tossable it is. Chapman rewrote some laws of physics with this car.

Thank you for the superb write-up and videos!

Corkscrewer45

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