S1 Ep91: F1's Most Spectacular Single-Season Flops

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.9 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Is it better to burn out or fade away? Today on Past Gas, we bring you seven stories about one-season Formula One teams that managed to do both, from Andrea Moda’s wild antics on and off the track, to MasterCard Lola’s short attention span and even shorter stack of bills. Which ill-fated team was the worst? The most promising? The most ill-equipped? Whether you’re a rabid F1 fan or new to the sport, this episode’s a drive to survive… a single F1 season.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up? My name is Nolan. I'm from PastGas by Donut Media. We're an automotive history show.
0:04.8	This week, it's Santa's cold bag. We took all of our listener submissions that we've gotten over the years here
0:10.5	and we put them all into one episode. Little ideas that weren't long enough for a normal one.
0:15.0	We put seven ideas into one hour episode. This is super fun. A real grab bag of different
0:22.0	stories and letters from our listeners, maybe even you. So check out PastGas wherever you get your
0:29.1	podcast today, PastGas.
0:41.8	The year is 1991. Despite a series of financial setbacks in the creation of the first Lamborghini to
0:49.0	compete in Formula One history, Lambo Modena has made it to the United States Grand Prix in Phoenix
0:55.2	Arizona to show the world what their brand new car can do. Drivers Nicola Larini, a former F3
1:02.4	champ and Cologne on a Cella driver and Eric Vanda Pol, the 1987 German touring car champion
1:09.1	and 1990 F3000 runner up, immediately prove that they deserve their spots on the grid.
1:16.4	Larini manages to kick the season off with a bang and places on the grid in 17th place only
1:22.9	4.35 seconds off pole position. During the race itself, driving against famed drivers such as
1:30.1	Erdogan Sennhe in a McLaren, Alan Prost in a Ferrari, and future two-time Grand Prix champ
1:35.6	Mika Hackenon in his first F1 season, Larini held his own and ended up in seventh place.
1:41.4	I'll be at five laps behind winner Erdogan Sennhe. Lambo Modena had shown their potential,
1:47.6	but by the end of the season, the team was gone. In this episode, we explore the famous one-season
1:53.7	wonders of Formula One, and the many reasons why they never developed past their maiden journey
1:58.7	on the grid. From engineering failures to major credit card sponsors running out of money,
2:04.2	to flawed designs purchased from previously successful teams, and even a team owner that gets
2:09.2	arrested mid-race weekend, today on past gas, the seven one-season wonders of the world,
2:16.2	and the reasons they failed to make it past their first season. Get your race helmet on and buckle
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