Rodrigo Oliveira🏁

Um amante de corridas de carros e carros de corrida

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@Speeder76 Com certeza irei prestigiar, um abraço!

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

Grande Niki 🇦🇹 🤟

[The Hard Compound @TheHardCompound]

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On this day 42 years ago @McLarenF1's Niki Lauda won his 3rd World Championship, driving from 11th to 2nd at Estoril to take the title from team-mate & race-winner Alain Prost by the smallest margin in the history of @F1; just 0.5...

#F1 #OnThisDay #Throwback #McLaren

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

O título mais improvável da F3000 foi de Roberto Moreno em 1988. Após ser deixado a pé pela AGS na F1,Roberto correu na pequena Bromley. Conseguiu chassis "emprestado" da Reynard,motores com os Pederzani.Fez um belo trabalho com o engenheiro Gary Anderson e venceram o campeonato.

[Racing Culture @racing_culture]

🏎️ THE F3000 CURSE: MOTORSPORT'S MOST BIZARRE STATISTIC 😯.

The International Formula 3000 Championship served as the ultimate stepping stone to Formula One between 1985 and 2004.

Designed to showcase raw talent using high-powered V8 engines, it was the final proving ground for drivers aiming for the pinnacle of motorsport.

Yet, this high-profile feeder series carries one of the most bizarre statistics in racing history: NOT A SINGLE FORMULA 3000 CHAMPION EVER WENT ON TO WIN A FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

This anomaly became known among racing enthusiasts as the "F3000 Curse."

While the grid was packed with future F1 icons like Fernando Alonso, David Coulthard, and Rubens Barrichello, none of them actually won the F3000 title itself. Those who did lift the F3000 trophy seemed to face a roadblock in F1.

Some, like Christian Danner or Vincenzo Sospiri, struggled in uncompetitive machinery. Others reached the absolute elite level but narrowly missed out on the big prize. Juan Pablo Montoya, the 1998 champion, became an F1 superstar and won iconic races like Monaco and Monza, but peaked at third in the world championship. Nick Heidfeld, the 1999 champion, built a highly respected, decade-long F1 career but holds the record for the most podium finishes without a grand prix victory.

When the series was replaced by the GP2 Series in 2005, the spell was finally broken, as subsequent champions like Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg successfully translated their feeder series success into F1 world titles.

Ultimately, Formula 3000 remains a legendary era of motorsport where winning the ultimate junior crown brought immense prestige, but guaranteed absolutely nothing on the grandest stage of all.

Here is the complete list of all 20 Formula 3000 champions from the tournament's history:

• 1985: Christian Danner (Germany)

• 1986: Ivan Capelli (Italy)

• 1987: Stefano Modena (Italy)

• 1988: Roberto Moreno (Brazil)

• 1989: Jean Alesi (France)

• 1990: Érik Comas (France)

• 1991: Christian Fittipaldi (Brazil)

• 1992: Luca Badoer (Italy)

• 1993: Jean-Christophe Boullion (France)

• 1994: Jean-Christophe Boullion (France)

• 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri (Italy)

• 1996: Jörg Müller (Germany)

• 1997: Ricardo Zonta (Brazil)

• 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia)

• 1999: Nick Heidfeld (Germany)

• 2000: Bruno Junqueira (Brazil)

• 2001: Justin Wilson (Great Britain)

• 2002: Sébastien Bourdais (France)

• 2003: Björn Wirdheim (Sweden)

• 2004: Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy)

#F1 #F3000

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@champwebdotnet I spotted Fabi replacing Blundell at PacWest in the video of the Long Beach race.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@1980sF1OTD Walter also founded the storied "Brun Motorsport" team in Group C.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@ScuderiaMilani "Passou reto Mansell, passou reto Mansell e ai acaba o campeonato por que ele não consegue mais voltar!!!"

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@racing_culture The HANS device was a major step forward, but I don’t believe it would have saved Moore in his accident. He struck the wall with the upper part of the cockpit at nearly the same speed at which he left the track; it was so violent that it looked like a plane crash.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@vinimendes__ "A corrida da bandeira", o gesto mais conhecido do Senna, curiosamente não passou ao vivo para o Brasil, por causa dos jogos da Copa do Mundo no México.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

Em 2000,eu estava ancioso para a volta da F1 aos EUA e em Indianápolis.Em 1991,a última vez em Phoenix, eu não ainda não acompanhava.Era sensacional os carros na curva 1 do oval,e lembro do Barrichello falando na época algo parecido o que o Frentzen explica,"o carro vai sozinho".

[Heinz Harald Frentzen @frentzen_hh]

Indianapolis, if you’re only driving the oval, is a different matter — that banking, that high-speed corner in Turn 1. For Formula 1 it was too easy. That’s because we had to run much more downforce because of the whole circuit, in order to be faster. And that’s why Turn 1 in Indianapolis wasn’t really a corner for us at all. You could just cruise through it one-handed and relax.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@champwebdotnet Quaker State\Gliden

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@frentzen_hh The Mercedes boys.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@OnDisasters Sobre Mansell, concordo. Imagino que Warwick seria um Riccardo Patrese.

E para Lauda, caso a equipe não tivesse fechado, faria um ano e ia embora com uma aposentadoria um pouquinho mais "gorda", um belo salário.

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

A perda do título de 1983 mudou o rumo da carreira de Alain Prost. Com a terrota, virou bode expiatório e foi demitido da Renault, porém "caiu para cima", foi p/ McLaren e encontrou o ótimo MP4/2 em 1984. Agora o que seria a carreira dele se tivesse ficando na equipe francesa...

[Fan Account • 1980s F1 On This Day 🏁 @1980sF1OTD]

South African GP, Kyalami, 15 October 1983.

Alain Prost's title hopes ended by turbo failure.

Running 3rd, Prost (Renault RE40) came into the pits to retire (lap 36). Having led the World Championship for most of the year, Prost would lose out to rival Piquet by 2 points.

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[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@OnDisasters Sim e este período ruim da Renault 1984/84 também sobrou para Derek Warwick, ou melhor, o seu contrato "ruim". Frank Williams queria ele para 1985, e não Mansell, e Derek estava preso no meio do contrado de 2 anos da Renault e Frank, pão duro de sempre, não ia pagar multa...

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

A grande virada de Piquet em 1983. Após o GP da Holanda, faltando 3 corridas, Nelson estava a 14 pontos atrás do lider Prost. Com duas vitórias e um terceiro lugar, marcou 22 pontos em 27 possíveis, contra 6 pontos de um segundo lugar de Prost.

[Fan Account • 1980s F1 On This Day 🏁 @1980sF1OTD]

#OnThisDay in 1983.

Nelson Piquet clinches his second World Championship.

At Kyalami, a third place finish for Piquet (Brabham-BMW-BT52B) at the South African Grand Prix secured the World Title by two points over Alain Prost. Piquet led the first 59 laps before easing off.

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[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

Rafael Câmara vai ser o 34° piloto brasileiro a estrear na F1. Muitos não levam em conta, mas chegar aqui é a primeira vitória na vida dele, e da família tbm. Desejo boa sorte nesta caminhada e que tenha uma longa carreira!

[ge @geglobo]

Novo piloto da Haas na Fórmula 1, Rafa Câmara tem um recado pra vocês! 🇧🇷

#F1 #Formula1 #RafaelCamara #Haas

[Rodrigo Oliveira🏁 @RodhOliveira]

@HaasF1Team

[Formula 1 @F1]

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BREAKING: Haas have confirmed Rafael Camara will join the team in 2027 on a multi-year deal

#F1 @HaasF1Team