90's F1 cars - Where are they?
Discussion
I'm a product of the 90's, born in 1990 and the first season I can actually remember watching a race properly was '93 so I'm naturally drawn to cars of that era. 1994 was my first season of watching every race as a kid and aside from morbid curiosity because of what went on that year, the cars themselves are exactly the kind I love. If you asked me to draw from memory what an F1 car looked like, it'd be some sort of approximation of the 90's shapes, they looked so damn good. Add in the tobacco and alcohol sponsorship making great liveries and that's the kind of stuff I love.
I was just wondering, I know there are many in museums (McLaren, Williams, Donington Park collection, etc), there's some racing in the Boss series (think there's a few Benetton's and a Jordan or two?) and I know Ferrari for example have their F1 Clienti program but can anyone shed some light on where the cars from the 90's are nowadays?
Thinking of maybe keeping some form of document for them (an Excel spreadsheet or something like that) in the hopes of seeing as many as possible.
What happened to all the cars from teams like Leyton House, Andrea Moda, Arrows/Footwork, Larrousse, Simtek, Pacific, etc when they went bust? Where they kept in storage warehouses and auctioned off or just hidden away by private individuals?
It's easier to do with the big teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Williams but where are they all?
I know for example Benetton created 8 B194 chassis and two have been up for sale over the past few years (sparking discussions about traction control and the like) so if you start multiplying that for each team (smaller teams might've only had one or two admittedly) but over the nine year span from 90-99 then that's a load of cars and there's only so many in museums or being raced/driven by Boss or F1 Clienti drivers, they've gotta be somewhere right?
I was just wondering, I know there are many in museums (McLaren, Williams, Donington Park collection, etc), there's some racing in the Boss series (think there's a few Benetton's and a Jordan or two?) and I know Ferrari for example have their F1 Clienti program but can anyone shed some light on where the cars from the 90's are nowadays?
Thinking of maybe keeping some form of document for them (an Excel spreadsheet or something like that) in the hopes of seeing as many as possible.
What happened to all the cars from teams like Leyton House, Andrea Moda, Arrows/Footwork, Larrousse, Simtek, Pacific, etc when they went bust? Where they kept in storage warehouses and auctioned off or just hidden away by private individuals?
It's easier to do with the big teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Williams but where are they all?
I know for example Benetton created 8 B194 chassis and two have been up for sale over the past few years (sparking discussions about traction control and the like) so if you start multiplying that for each team (smaller teams might've only had one or two admittedly) but over the nine year span from 90-99 then that's a load of cars and there's only so many in museums or being raced/driven by Boss or F1 Clienti drivers, they've gotta be somewhere right?
I mentioned in the OP about Andrea Moda.
Anyone fancy buying the infamous thing?
https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/85118/fo...
Currently stupidly done up in a bad attempt at the '94 Williams livery, hopefully someone returns it to the glorious black livery it originally wore.
I know a lot less about the EuroBrun car and it's livery but it's gotta be better than the awful McLaren attempt here.
Anyone fancy buying the infamous thing?
https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/85118/fo...
Currently stupidly done up in a bad attempt at the '94 Williams livery, hopefully someone returns it to the glorious black livery it originally wore.
I know a lot less about the EuroBrun car and it's livery but it's gotta be better than the awful McLaren attempt here.
Figured I'd give this a bump.
Started a spreadsheet to try and track them. Very early days indeed but still.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eILDgPJZnL...
I think it's available to edit publicly but I could be wrong.
Any help filling it out would be appreciated. 1994 is a WIP example of what I'd like it to look like.
Cheers!
Started a spreadsheet to try and track them. Very early days indeed but still.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eILDgPJZnL...
I think it's available to edit publicly but I could be wrong.
Any help filling it out would be appreciated. 1994 is a WIP example of what I'd like it to look like.
Cheers!
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