In addition to the latest breed of Formula One cars on track, die-hard fans can also look forward to reliving some of the greatest moments of yesteryear
The FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship and Masters HGP will bring a 23-strong grid of 3000cc cars to race at Marina Bay Street Circuit next month. Great names like Tyrrell and Brabham - no longer active in the sport - will join familiar names from today like McLaren and Lotus in an on-track history lesson that goes back to one of the most thrilling and controversial eras in the 66 years of World Championship racing.
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The oldest cars on the grid will date from 1971, when great names like Jackie Stewart campaigned for famous team owner Ken Tyrrell. Tyrrell 002 was the first completely Tyrrell-constructed car, driven by Stewart’s young French teammate François Cévert to win the United States Grand Prix in the season that saw ‘JYS’ win his second drivers’ title.
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Around the same time, legendary Lotus designer Colin Chapman was creating Grand Prix history of his own, embodied in Singapore this year by a Lotus 72 — the beautiful wedge-shaped racing car that was a dominant force in the first half of the seventies, winning no fewer than 20 World Championship Grands Prix.
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In late 1979, the Brabham team achieved a minor miracle, constructing three new cars in a six-week period and giving the BT49 its race debut at that year’s Canadian Grand Prix. By 1981, Brazil’s Nelson Piquet was able to use a Brabham BT49C to supreme effect, winning third time out in Argentina and going on to claim the first of his three drivers’ championships that same year.
Add in a Williams FW08 from 1982, when the Frank Williams-Patrick Head partnership was just building up a head of steam, sprinkle on some names from the United States like Parnelli and Penske, throw in some rare ingredients like Hesketh and Fittipaldi and you have a heady cocktail that is sure to cause a stir on the series’ first visit to Singapore.
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Created in 2004, the UK-based FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship competes across Europe at famous tracks like Brands Hatch, the Nürburgring and Zandvoort, the most recent round before the ground-breaking visit to Singapore. Singapore GP will be announcing additional track action shortly.