Untold Stories From F1 During the 1990's

Grand Prix Racing during the 1990’s was among one of the best era’s of the sport. Not only did you have great F1 drivers & loud F1 engines (like the old V12’s) which not only excited fans, but, the sport was full of colourful characters and it was an era before people were afraid of watching their words. This book therefore captures some forgotten, yet fascinating short stories from that time that will make you laugh, cry or even just ponder. They include:

Chapter 1          What Do The Most Successful and Worst Car of 1994 Have in Common?

Chapter 2           Funny Stories From An F1 Mechanic

Chapter 3           Brundle at McLaren

Chapter 4          Mansell’s 1994 Comeback

Chapter 5          Working Within Benetton During the 1990’s

Chapter 6           Unraced Projects of the 1994 F1 Season & an insight into Pacific Grand Prix racing (written in conjunction with Jasper Heijmans)

Chapter 7          Schumacher’s Ferrari Controversies

Chapter 8          Schumacher’s 1994 Ligier Test

Chapter 9           Herbert at Benetton

Chapter 10        Lehto at Benetton

Chapter 11         The Flying Dutchman After 1994

Chapter 12         How the Schumacher v Hill Feud Developed

Chapter 13         Paul Tracy’s Benetton Test, September 1994

Chapter 14        Memories of Imola 1994 - by Mike Fairholme

Chapter 15        Roland Ratzenberger – 25 Years On

Chapter 16         Ayrton Senna – His Final Hours

Chapter 17        My Opinion on What Caused Ayrton Senna’s Crash?

Chapter 18         Did a Return to Simpler Cars in 1994 Contribute to the Accidents?

Chapter 19        1994 – A Brief Overview of F1’s Darkest Season


Since 2015 I’ve been researching all the books, internet sources and magazines (Autosport, F1 News and Motor Sport) covering 1990’s F1. Furthermore I’ve interviewed various key figures employed by Benetton, Ford Electronics and Williams. In addition, I’ve studied all the on track action from time – simply because I love reliving that era of F1. This book & its short stories listed above are the fruits of all that hard work and research.

As a devoted Formula 1 fan, I thought I knew everything about the sport from the 1990’s before starting this project. But since interviewing those involved it soon became apparent how much had yet to be made public. I’ve resigned from my day job purely to write this book. That is h