From ‘the flying tea-tray’ to a Smurf tribute, we pick half a dozen of the more unlikely looking vehicles to grace a Formula One Grand Prix
In May 1969 Jochen Rindt wrote a letter to his team owner, Colin Chapman, about the Lotus he was driving that season, with which he was some way from chuffed. “I can only drive a car in which I have some confidence,” he wrote, “and I feel the point of no confidence is quite near.”
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Jacques Laffite - 1976 - Ligier JS5 #oldschoolf1 pic.twitter.com/oLLeNPwsrC
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The 1979 Ensign N179. Those were radiators if you were wondering. To keep the car cool. #f1bizarre #f1 pic.twitter.com/BL8ycuRS0A
#OnThisDay In 1976 in the #CanadianGP, @AlanJonesMBEASM in Surtees TS19 made his 20th #F1 start. © Norm MacLeod pic.twitter.com/c1EKnOaOrd
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