Racing cars with a speed of over 320 kilometers per hour,

Mentality is like a fighter pilot,

Anything can happen.

You need to be afraid of speed, but if you are,

You should quit this sport.

1980- 1989

Key words: Ron Dennis, Honda engine abnormality, golden age.

Many people refer to the 1980s as the "golden age" of F 1, which was a time when great drivers gathered, including Brazilians Nelson Piquet and ayrton senna, Frenchmen alain prost and Nigel Mansel. The struggle between them has been vividly remembered by many old fans.

1980, Ron Dennis joined mclaren and started the establishment of the dynasty. In the following 35 years, under the leadership of Dennis, McLaren won 65,438+00 drivers' championships, 7 team championships and 65,438+058 races. From Prost to Senna, from hakkinen to Hamilton, he became one of the most successful team leaders in the history of F65,438+0. Not only that, Dennis's transition to McLaren's civilian market is more successful, and P 1, one of the "three big cars", is the product under his leadership. 198 1 year, mclaren MP4/ 1 was born. It is not a video player, but the first carbon fiber monocoque racing car in the true sense of F 1. Light in weight and high in strength, it has been widely used by various teams since then.

1982 Belgian station, Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve died. He is the only legendary driver in history, and his passionate driving style is deeply loved by fans. Enzo Ferrari dotes on him and is called "uncrowned king" by fans. 1At the end of 977, Villeneuve began to play for Ferrari. The car he drives is very aggressive and ornamental on the track, but it is also extremely dangerous. 1979 won three sub-station championships, among which the round-to-round struggle between France and Rene Arnold in the last few laps was brilliant and became one of the classic clips of F 1. Later, the F 1 circuit in Canada was renamed Gillevileneuve Circuit. However, there was an act of God, and his son won the world championship with 1997. 1982, Niki Lauda returned to F 1 to join McLaren, and in 1984, he won his third world championship with a slight advantage of 0.5 points over his teammate Prost. 1984 There is another far-reaching event. "Car God" ayrton senna started his F 1 year in this year.

1983, Honda returned to F 1 as an engine supplier, and the most brilliant 10 year of Honda's engine was started. Help Williams win 1986 and 1987 two consecutive championships, and help McLaren win 1988- 199 1 four consecutive championships.

1987, Honda developed 1.5T engine RA 167E, and the maximum output power reached abnormal 1050 horsepower. In the same year's British Grand Prix, there was even a scene in which drivers using Honda engines swept the top four. 1988, Senna left Lotus and joined McLaren. In the same year, Honda's strength made the FIA unable to sit still, and new regulations were introduced to limit the turbocharging value of the engine to 2.5bar. Honda's racing car was reduced from 65,438+0.050 horsepower to 680 horsepower, but it did not prevent Honda from being in power for one year. Mclaren, Senna and Prost, which used Honda engines, won 15 races in the annual 16 substation, and the only defeat was due to the collision of their drivers.

Starting from 1989, the team completely banned the use of turbocharged engines and introduced a 3.5-liter naturally aspirated engine. However, this still has not shaken Honda's position. McLaren won three team championships in 1989- 199 1, among which Senna won two world championships (1990, 199 1) and Prost won one (65438+). After the end of the 1992 season, Honda temporarily bid farewell to the F 1 stadium.

Although Prost won the world championship in 1989, the team's partiality to Senna and the deterioration of teammate relationship led Prost to leave Ferrari in 1990. This year, the two men fought to the last stop before Senna won the championship. 199 1 year, Prost retired for one year because of the mistakes in the development of Ferrari's new car. 1993, Prost joined the strongest Williams team at that time, which was strong all the way and finally won his fourth world championship. At the last stop of the same year, Prost and Senna, who were about to retire, embraced each other, and they laughed without hatred.

1990- 1999

Key words: the emergence of the new king, the fall of the car god, the swan song of V 12.

During the summer break of 199 1, Bertrand Gasau, a driver of Jordan's team, was jailed for beating a taxi driver in London, resulting in a vacant driver's seat in Belgium. The team boss gave michael schumacher, who was still unknown at the age of 22, a chance. He achieved the seventh fastest result in qualifying, which made everyone full of hope for this young German. However, at the beginning of the race, his car had clutch trouble, which hastily ended his debut. Two weeks later, Schumacher joined the stronger Benetton team, and the legend began.

Schumacher won Benetton two consecutive championships with 1994 and 1995. During his five-year service, * * * participated in 68 grand prix, and won the champion of 19 sub-station, 10 pole position and 38 podium. Schumacher is one of the hottest drivers in the paddock after Senna. 1996, under the recruitment of Jean Todt, Schumacher joined Ferrari, which had no championship for 16 years, together with almost all the technical teams of Benetton. Ferrari intends to restart the great era with real money, and it turns out that they have chosen the right person.

Ferrari can have such an explosion, and one person has contributed, and that is Jean Todt's joining. 1993, Todd, who is already an excellent motorsport manager, joined Ferrari. At that time, Ferrari was mired in internal political struggle and lifeless. He reorganized the team resources and rebuilt the team. He hired Schumacher, the best driver at that time, Ross Brawn, technical director of Benetton, and Rory Bourne, a racing designer. Ferrari's "iron triangle" has finally formed, and another great era of F 1 has also begun.

199 1 year, Senna won her first championship in her hometown of Sao Paulo, which was one of the best moments of Senna's career. He has never won a championship here before. Senna won pole position in qualifying, and the race started smoothly, but from lap 56, there was something wrong with the gearbox of the car, so he had to race in the sixth gear. Faced with the crazy pursuit of his opponent, Senna persisted in the last lap and crossed the finish line with unimaginable perseverance. After the game, he screamed wildly, got muscle cramps and even lost the power to celebrate on the podium.

1994, Senna, who has won the world championship three times in a row, moved to Williams. No one expected that he would say goodbye to us this year. May 1 San Marino Station, Italy, the racing car driven by Senna lost control and crashed into the retaining wall at a speed of 300 km/h. Due to serious injuries, it was declared dead shortly after being taken to the hospital, and the generation of "car gods" fell. This weekend at the imola circuit probably shouldn't have started from the beginning. First, Rubens Barrichello was seriously injured in a car accident during Friday's practice session. Then, in qualifying, Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberg crashed into a retaining wall and died.

This accident also made F 1 begin to re-examine the safety issues. Since 1995, the design of racing cars has gone further towards safety. The car body is narrowed, the displacement is lowered from 3.5 liters to 3.0 liters, and the side wall of the cockpit is raised to protect the driver's head. The engine V 12 has also come to an end, and this high-pitched and passionate sound has gradually been replaced by V 10. People who have experienced that era miss that voice very much.