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RIVIERA F1 e DYWA F1 010

What could have been another promising Italian Formula 1 team, Riviera F1, ended before it even began. Using the chassis of a 1979 Kauhsen WH05, driver Alberto Colombo, who had briefly appeared in Formula 1 in 1978, attempting to qualify a Merzario A1 for the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, set up his own car for the top category. Giorgio Valentini and Alberto Colombo with the RIVIERA F1 Engineer Giorgio Valentini, who had previously worked with Merzario on the A3 project, modified the original Kauhsen chassis by replacing it with one produced by the British company Thompson. Otherwise, the differences were minimal, with only slight changes such as higher side panels in front of the rear wheels. Thanks to financial support from sponsors based in Brianza, including Achilli Motors, Le Coq Sportif, Speedline, and a few other technical partners, the car was nearly finished at the beginning of 1980. However, for unknown reasons, the project was suddenly halted. The car...

JORDAN 191 Ford-Cosworth HBA4

Eddie Jordan is what one might call a man who managed to build a successful story, both in sports and business, literally from scratch, without wealthy sponsors or a large family fortune backing him. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Eddie raced in British Formula 3 in the 1970s before stepping away from the wheel and embarking on a managerial career by founding Eddie Jordan Racing in 1980. The team focused on running cars for paying drivers. The endeavor was successful right from the start, and in 1982, the team scored its first victories in the European Formula 3 Championship with James Weaver. The following seasons brought further success, with drivers like Martin Brundle, Tommy Byrne, Allen Berg, Martin Donnelly, and Damon Hill achieving multiple wins in cars managed by Jordan, both in Formula 3 and Formula 3000. Eddie Jordan proved himself not only a skilled and competent team manager, but above all, an exceptional talent scout. JORDAN 191, Bertrand Gachot Montréal, Canadi...

ONYX ORE-1 Ford-Cosworth DFR

Although the official founding date of Onyx Race Engineering is 1979, its origins trace back to 1973 when Mike Earle and Greg Field began working together for the Lec racing team, owned by the father of David Purley, a refrigerator industrialist. For the following three years, the duo supported Purley in Formula Atlantic, Formula 2, and Formula 5000, eventually winning the European Formula 5000 title in 1976. When Purley chose Mike Pilbeam over Field to design a Formula 1 car, Earle and Field decided to go their own way, founding a new racing team in Littlehampton, Sussex, shortly thereafter. ONYX ORE-1, Stefan Johansson Hungaroring, Hungarian GP 1989 Onyx Racing Engineering, as the new team was called, began competing in Formula 2 and quickly partnered with March to field Johnny Cecotto and Riccardo Paletti in the 1980 season. In 1982, Earle and Field made their first foray into Formula 1, entering a March 821 driven by Spanish driver Emilio de Villota and ma...

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