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[@KrisVanD2](/creator/twitter/KrisVanD2)
"#BornOnThisDay rik Gilbert Comaswho competed inFormula Onefrom1991to1994. InJapanese motorsport Comas won theAll-Japan GT Championshipin1998and1999withNismo. At the 1992 Belgian Grand PrixErik Comas was saved by Ayrton Sennaafter Comas crash in Blanchimont. Happy Birthday Erik #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1972175516506395004) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-28T05:44Z 4180 followers, 4819 engagements


"Good morning y'all 🌞 Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson who passed away #OnThisDay in 1978at the age 29who competed inFormula Onefrom1976to1977. Nilsson won the1977 Belgian Grand PrixwithLotus. According to his obituary in The Times "His rare talent had taken him swiftly to the top as No. X to Mario Andretti" "and he was perhaps the most naturally gifted of the new generation of grands prix drivers". Having signed to Arrows for 1978 Nilsson was diagnosed with testicular cancer in December 1977 experiencing a rapid decline in health prior to his death XX months later. Outside of Formula One Nilsson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980131034856325387) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T04:36Z 4181 followers, 4385 engagements


"@wearetherace Jeeeeezwhy does he bring up kids into this matteryour way too optimistic dive bomb on the inside regardless of Yuki's little movehe wouldn't have make itand if sohe would have crashed into Tsunoda"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980316259192619416) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T16:52Z 4181 followers, 4860 engagements


"Mario Andretti and Jackie Ickx/Ferrari XXX PBwinners of the 1972 Daytona 6hrs World Championship for makes. Tim Schenken & Ronnie Peterson/Ferrari XXX PB finished second and Vic Elford & Helmut Marko/Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 finished third. 2nd πŸ“Έ Start of the Daytona 6hrs two Ferrari's XXX PB alongside eachotherthe Ferrari on the left was piloted by Brian Redman and Clay Regazzoni. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Endurance #MarioMonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980320977398772041) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T17:11Z 4181 followers, 1918 engagements


"1989 Brazilian Grand PrixJacarepagua Johnny Herbert/Benetton B188 Ford Cosworth DFR XXX V8. This was Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix debut and he'd finished fourth. The XX lap race was won by Nigel MansellAlain Prost finished second and Mauricio Gugelmin finished third. #F1 #RetroF1 #Brazil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1931346030370443522) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-06-07T13:42Z 4181 followers, 2139 engagements


"1993 Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos. Ayrton Senna/McLaren MP4-8 Ford Cosworth. This was the 100th win for McLaren and Ayrton Senna's 37th race win. What a great drive from Ayrton Sennaeven with a stop and go penaltyAyrton was unstoppable that day. Good night y'all πŸ‘‹πŸ½ #F1 #RetroF1 #Senna #Brazil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1932497383461417163) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-06-10T17:57Z 4180 followers, 4301 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Three McLaren's M7A Ford's leading the 1968 Canadian Grand Prix #OnThisDay at Mont-Tremblant. Race leader Dan Gurneywho raced for Anglo American Racers followed by race winner Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren who finished third. #F1 #RetroF1 #Canada"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1970034451582226745) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-22T07:56Z 4180 followers, 1112 engagements


"Peter Revson/McLaren M23who won the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park #OnThisDaythis turned out to be Revson's last win and final podium. Emerson Fittipaldi/Lotus 72E while Jackie Oliver/Shadow DN1 took third place his first podium in five years and his last of all. This was also the 99th and last race start of triple world champion Jackie Stewart. #F1 #RetroF1 #Mclaren #Canada"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1970444539484578171) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-23T11:06Z 4180 followers, 1092 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #OnThisDay Jacques Laffite/Ligier JS11 won the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix John Watson/McLaren MP4-1 finished secondand local hero Gilles Villeneuve/Ferrari XXX CK finished third. The race was run in wet conditions and ended after XX of the scheduled XX laps due to the two hour time limit. This would be Jaques Lafitte 6th and last win and Williams won the Constructors Championship. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1971806655638536621) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-27T05:18Z 4180 followers, 3781 engagements


"The Coloni C3B on track during the pre-qualifying session of the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prixthe car was designed by Christian Vanderpleyn and Gary Anderson. For the 1990 Formula One season Coloni replaced the Ford Cosworth V8with the Subaru flat-12 engine developed by Motori Moderni. After a couple of races Subaru and Coloni relationship broke down and Coloni reverted to using the Cosworth DFR engine. πŸ“½ Jean-michel Boileau #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1972280169135010215) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-28T12:40Z 4180 followers, 7151 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Andrea de Cesaris died #OnThisDay in 2014who competed inFormula Onefrom1980to1994. De Cecaris started XXX Grand Prix (214 entries) forAlfa Romeo McLarenLigierMinardi Brabham Rial Scuderia ItaliaJordanTyrellSauberscored a total of XX career points5 podiums and two fastest laps. After retiring from motor racing de Cesaris became a successful currency broker in Monte Carlo. Heaven takes care of the faithfully departed πŸ•Š Rest in Peace Andrea de Cecaris. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1974735160508571843) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-05T07:15Z 4176 followers, 4672 engagements


"Jos Carlos Pace #BornOnThisDay who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1977. Pace won the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix with Brabham. Pace raced for Frank WilliamsSurteesHexagon and Brabham and scored XX career points6 podiums5 fastest lap and X race winhe also raced for Ferrari in the World Sportscar Championshipwhere he shared a Ferrari 312PB with Arturo Merzariothe duo finished at the Nrburgring and Le Mans. Carlos Pace died in 1977 at the age of XX. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Brazil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1975080668632617303) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-06T06:08Z 4181 followers, 1557 engagements


"Franois Cevert and Jackie Stewart Picture taken by Helen Stewart in between the Canadian Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix 1973. Franois was killed a couple days later in Qualifyinggone too soon. #F1 #RetroGP #RetroF1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1975138148784156891) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-06T09:56Z 4180 followers, 9353 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Julian Terence Bailey #BornOnThisDay in 1961who raced for Tyrrel and Lotus. He entered twenty races and scored a total of one Championship point. He has raced primarily in sports cars since. For 1997 Bailey joined Lister eventually winning the British GT Championship in 1999 and the FIA GT Championship in 2000 in a Lister Storm. On the show Top Gear he was one of several drivers to appear as The Stig. Happy Birthday Julian. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1976160167319191845) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-09T05:37Z 4181 followers, 1552 engagements


"In loving memory of Graeme Murray Walker who was #BornOnThisDay. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1976594321177796819) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-10T10:23Z 4181 followers, 9897 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Frederick "Rikky" von Opel #BornOnThisDay in 1947who competed under the Liechtenstein flag in Formula One from 1973 to 1974. Von Opel remains the only driver to represent Liechtenstein in Formula One. Born in New York City and raised in St. Moritz von Opel was born into the noble Opel family as the son of Fritz von Opel and the great-grandson of Adam Opel founder of Opel. Von Opel participated in XX Formula One Grands Prix for Ensign and Brabham debuting with the former at the 1973 French Grand Prix. He finished a career-best ninth at the Swedish and Dutch Grands Prix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1977972594600022516) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-14T05:39Z 4180 followers, 1626 engagements


"My two favorite one-off liveries. McLaren M26-James Hunt and the McLaren MP4/2C-Keke Rosberg. What is your favorite one-off livery. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1978871002462364034) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-16T17:09Z 4177 followers, 5820 engagements


"@munimula51 I can't Timi really can't. Imagine doing XXX laps in Monaco with this beastnot to mention the roaring engine in the back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1978930335455883697) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-16T21:05Z 4181 followers, XX engagements


"Nelson Piquet finished fifth #OnThisDay in the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prixto take the Drivers' Championship by one point from Alana Jones Argentine teammateCarlos Reutemann who finished eighth having started frompole position. The 75-lap race was won by Alan Jones Alain Prost finished second and Bruno Giacomelli third in an Alfa Romeo. #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979068631326527739) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-17T06:15Z 4178 followers, 1326 engagements


"I totally forgot the Sauber 😍😍😍 #F1 #Formula1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979172605283143813) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-17T13:08Z 4179 followers, XXX engagements


"@LukeSmithF1 Unbelievablethe power tripping piece of Toolboxget rid of this idiot. Everyone within the Formula One should step up against thisbut I'll guess that is just an illusion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979228420434239626) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-17T16:50Z 4178 followers, XXX engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ‘‹πŸΎ Ludovico Scarfiotti #BornOnThisDay was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1968. Scarfiotti won the 1966 Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari. In endurance racing Scarfiotti won the XX Hours of Le Mans and the XX Hours of Sebring both in 1963 with Ferrari. A motorsports competitor for a decade Scarfiotti had also won the sportscar class of the European Hillclimb Championship in 1962 and 1965. In June 1968 Scarfiotti died during a hillclimbing event in the German Alps when he crashed his Porsche XXX. He became the third Grand Prix driver who"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979418766493540500) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T05:26Z 4179 followers, 2101 engagements


"@MercedesAMGPCF1 It's not that hard offcourse Mercedes wants to sign Max Verstappenany team would like to sign him. GR is doing very wellbut he ain't Max Verstappensimple as that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979430528106533069) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T06:13Z 4180 followers, 2895 engagements


"@CoupeDesJeunes @ScuderiaFerrari @LauraLuthien86 @neetally @MonettiDario Yessssoffcourse Rouen with Hondamay he rest in Peace πŸ•Š"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979442336674517449) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T07:00Z 4180 followers, XX engagements


"@RaceCanada_ca Was it really a mistake from Oscar probably Lando was in his blind spot.πŸ€” Anyway this is some sort of Papaya Karma for McLaren πŸ˜‰"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979603908151673128) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T17:42Z 4176 followers, XXX engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ John "Bowtie" Hawthorn finished second #OnThisDay in the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prixwhich secured him the Formula One World Championship.Stirling Moss/Vanwall won the 53-lap race and Phil Hill/Ferrari finished third.Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers. Mike Hawthorn became the first of XX British Formula One World Champions beating Stirling Moss to the title by one point. He announced his retirement upon his triumph having been profoundly affected by the death of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979801457063780698) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-19T06:47Z 4181 followers, XX engagements


"Hermann Albert Lang who died #OnThisDay in 1987 at the age of XX was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles Grand Prix cars and sports cars. Lang's big break(1935) came when he landed a job at the Mercedes factory where he became part of their Grand Prix motor racing team. He was made head mechanic for the Mercedes-Benz W25A model to be driven by the Italian star Luigi Fagioli who had left Alfa Romeo to create a powerhouse Mercedes factory team that also included Rudolf Caracciola. Following a very successful season in which Fagioli won both the Italian and Spanish Grand Prix Hermann"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979810143031140497) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-19T07:21Z 4179 followers, XXX engagements


"#OnThisDay Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Mexican Grand PrixNelson Piquet finished second and Ricardo Patrese finished third. The race was divided into two heats after Derek Warwick crashed his Arrows heavily exiting the high-speed Peraltada corner on lap XX after a rear suspension failure. The results of the first XX laps were combined with the results of the second race of XX laps to create a combined result. I'm not sure but was this also the race where Ayrton Senna hit a Marshall after they refused to push his stalled car. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979444803004744168) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T07:09Z 4178 followers, 2500 engagements


"@mftunisa @cheesy_poofs @RaceCanada_ca @jpappone @jlcooke99 But he wasn't the first "American" driver who won the WDC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979615124689388029) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T18:26Z 4178 followers, XX engagements


"@otokyo__ Around XXX miles in an Audi RS6 Avant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979616264973918459) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T18:31Z 4179 followers, XX engagements


"The Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamlinerand when I have some money leftI would buy the Le Mans Porsche 917LH (Bell & Siffert) Good night y'alltime to sleep and dream 😴 😴 😴 😴 #F1 #RetroGP #RetroF1 #Porsche"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979624197233201427) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T19:02Z 4178 followers, XXX engagements


"@CarlosJGlez10 The plague saysMario Andretti was the first American Formula One World Championand that is incorrect Carlos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979625982215516520) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T19:09Z 4178 followers, XX engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Bengt Ronnie Peterson was killed #OnThisDay during the 1978 Italian Grand PrixMonza. The starter of the 1978 Italian Grand PrixGianni Restelli was overenthusiastic turning on the green lights before all the cars had lined upwhich resulted in several cars in the middle of the field getting a jump on those at the front. The result was a funneling effect of the cars approaching the chicane and the cars were tightly bunched together with little room for maneuver. Peterson's Lotus went into the barriers hard on the right-hand side and caught fire. He was trapped but Hunt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1965994344470503557) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-11T04:22Z 4180 followers, 19.7K engagements


"Onboard with Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari F2002 2002 Italian Grand Prix Monza. The 53-lap race was won #OnThisDay by Rubens BarrichelloTeammate Michael Schumacher finished second XXXX seconds behind to complete a Ferrari XX on the team's home soil. Eddie Irvine finished third in a Jaguar-Cosworth achieving both his and the Jaguar team's last F1 podium finish. It was also the only time in 2002 where a driver from outside the top three teams in the constructors' championship finished on the podium. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #ItalianGP #KeepFightingMichael"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1967618392631730355) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-09-15T15:55Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Olivier Jean Marie Fernand Gendebien who died #OnThisDay in 1998who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of sportscar racingGendebien was a four-time winner of the XX Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari a three-time winner of the XX Hours of Sebring and a three-time winner of the Targa Florio. At XX years of age in 1962 Olivier Gendebien retired following his fourth victory at Le Mans. Independently wealthy and an avid skier tennis player he devoted the rest of his life to running a variety of businesses."  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1973608586061242419) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-02T04:38Z 4180 followers, 3776 engagements


"#OnThisDay in 1970Karl Jochen Rindt won the Formula One World Championshiphe remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously following his death at theItalian Grand Prixhe won sixGrands Prixacross seven seasons. Inendurance racing Rindt won the24 Hours of Le Mansin1965withNART. Ruhe im Frieden Jochen Rindt. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1974394251682181442) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-04T08:40Z 4180 followers, 4640 engagements


"Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto"Nanni"Galli who died #OnThisDay in 2019. Galli was an Italian saloon sports-car and Formula One driver of the 1960s and 1970s. He raced in Formula One for McLarenMarchTecnoFerrari and Williamsscoring no championship points. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1977231924218261930) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-12T04:36Z 4180 followers, 2341 engagements


"#OnThisDay 1986 Mexican Grand Prix.Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Gerhard Berger won his first Formula One driving a Benetton B186 M12/13It would also be the final win for the turbochargedBMW engine. Alain Prost/McLaren finished second and Ayrton Senna/McLaren finished third. Good night y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1 #Mexico"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1977428450550874577) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-12T17:37Z 4180 followers, 9569 engagements


"Philippe Jean Armand tancelin who died #OnThisDay in 1981 was a French racing driver and a winner of the 1934 XX Hours of Le Mans. He competed primarily on the Grand Prix circuit and was an early Formula One driver. Etancelin began racing for Bugatti (Privateer) and switched later to Maserati(Non works) and Talbot-Lago. tancelin participated in twelve World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on XX May 1950. He scored a total of three championship points. His fifth place in the 1950 Italian Grand Prix made him the oldest driver ever to score championship points. May he rest in Peace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1977610104720519596) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-13T05:39Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements


"@McLarenF1 Oscar was a bit too eageri would be worried by Fanboy Zak Brown yapping utter BS after the Sprint racethis what you get when a Fanboy becomes a CEO. Reviseand shuff that Papaya race rule book somewhere the sun don't shine. Karma happend in the sprint race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979638712737939927) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-18T20:00Z 4180 followers, 1229 engagements


"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ John Michael"Bowtie" Hawthorn finished second #OnThisDay in the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prixwhich secured him the Formula One World Championship.Stirling Moss/Vanwall won the 53-lap race and Phil Hill/Ferrari finished third.Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers. Mike Hawthorn became the first of XX British Formula One World Champions beating Stirling Moss to the title by one point. He announced his retirement upon his triumph having been profoundly affected by the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1979801987072839852) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-19T06:49Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements


"1991 Japanese Grand PrixSuzuka. #OnThisDay in 1991Ayrton Senna won his third and last Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won by McLaren driver Gerhard Berger after he started from pole position. His teammate Ayrton Senna finished second and Riccardo Patrese was third for the Williams team. Rest in Peace Ayrton Senna πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #McLaren"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980161381388181660) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T06:37Z 4181 followers, 3713 engagements


"Because F1 and Engineersrule makers convinced themselvesthat it's needed for the sportyou know something to do with the Pinnacle of Motorsport. Look at MotoGPdammmmmmm the samewhere they pushed it too far. Do #F1 fans get excited from cars going through Eau Rouge/Raidillon flat out or do they get excited from cars that are able to do close racing.you tell meπŸ€” I always said@F1 will be F1 again when the cars have to lift through Eau Rouge/Raidillon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980289731494662266) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T15:07Z 4180 followers, XX engagements


"Title wise he's still under Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamiltonbut i rate him already as one of the best in the history of Formula One. I remain a Michael Schumacher Fanboy till i dieand if someone can match/pass Michael and Lewis seven WDCsit will be Max Verstappen. He is already the best RB driver in historyhe was already so much better than Sebastian Vettel. The reason Max Verstappen is that good because it doesn't matter what he driveshe'll be fast even on a broom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980325408189870375) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T17:29Z 4181 followers, 1471 engagements


"If Max Verstappen manage to win this years WDC it'll be one of the greatest comebacks Championship wisoffcourse. Becausethe greatest comeback in the history of Formula One and one of the greatest comebacks in sportsis from Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda Good night y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KrisVanD2/status/1980333730452435320) [@KrisVanD2](/creator/x/KrisVanD2) 2025-10-20T18:02Z 4181 followers, 12.3K engagements

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@KrisVanD2 "#BornOnThisDay rik Gilbert Comaswho competed inFormula Onefrom1991to1994. InJapanese motorsport Comas won theAll-Japan GT Championshipin1998and1999withNismo. At the 1992 Belgian Grand PrixErik Comas was saved by Ayrton Sennaafter Comas crash in Blanchimont. Happy Birthday Erik #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-28T05:44Z 4180 followers, 4819 engagements

"Good morning y'all 🌞 Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson who passed away #OnThisDay in 1978at the age 29who competed inFormula Onefrom1976to1977. Nilsson won the1977 Belgian Grand PrixwithLotus. According to his obituary in The Times "His rare talent had taken him swiftly to the top as No. X to Mario Andretti" "and he was perhaps the most naturally gifted of the new generation of grands prix drivers". Having signed to Arrows for 1978 Nilsson was diagnosed with testicular cancer in December 1977 experiencing a rapid decline in health prior to his death XX months later. Outside of Formula One Nilsson"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T04:36Z 4181 followers, 4385 engagements

"@wearetherace Jeeeeezwhy does he bring up kids into this matteryour way too optimistic dive bomb on the inside regardless of Yuki's little movehe wouldn't have make itand if sohe would have crashed into Tsunoda"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T16:52Z 4181 followers, 4860 engagements

"Mario Andretti and Jackie Ickx/Ferrari XXX PBwinners of the 1972 Daytona 6hrs World Championship for makes. Tim Schenken & Ronnie Peterson/Ferrari XXX PB finished second and Vic Elford & Helmut Marko/Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 finished third. 2nd πŸ“Έ Start of the Daytona 6hrs two Ferrari's XXX PB alongside eachotherthe Ferrari on the left was piloted by Brian Redman and Clay Regazzoni. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Endurance #MarioMonday"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T17:11Z 4181 followers, 1918 engagements

"1989 Brazilian Grand PrixJacarepagua Johnny Herbert/Benetton B188 Ford Cosworth DFR XXX V8. This was Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix debut and he'd finished fourth. The XX lap race was won by Nigel MansellAlain Prost finished second and Mauricio Gugelmin finished third. #F1 #RetroF1 #Brazil"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-06-07T13:42Z 4181 followers, 2139 engagements

"1993 Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos. Ayrton Senna/McLaren MP4-8 Ford Cosworth. This was the 100th win for McLaren and Ayrton Senna's 37th race win. What a great drive from Ayrton Sennaeven with a stop and go penaltyAyrton was unstoppable that day. Good night y'all πŸ‘‹πŸ½ #F1 #RetroF1 #Senna #Brazil"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-06-10T17:57Z 4180 followers, 4301 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Three McLaren's M7A Ford's leading the 1968 Canadian Grand Prix #OnThisDay at Mont-Tremblant. Race leader Dan Gurneywho raced for Anglo American Racers followed by race winner Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren who finished third. #F1 #RetroF1 #Canada"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-22T07:56Z 4180 followers, 1112 engagements

"Peter Revson/McLaren M23who won the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park #OnThisDaythis turned out to be Revson's last win and final podium. Emerson Fittipaldi/Lotus 72E while Jackie Oliver/Shadow DN1 took third place his first podium in five years and his last of all. This was also the 99th and last race start of triple world champion Jackie Stewart. #F1 #RetroF1 #Mclaren #Canada"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-23T11:06Z 4180 followers, 1092 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #OnThisDay Jacques Laffite/Ligier JS11 won the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix John Watson/McLaren MP4-1 finished secondand local hero Gilles Villeneuve/Ferrari XXX CK finished third. The race was run in wet conditions and ended after XX of the scheduled XX laps due to the two hour time limit. This would be Jaques Lafitte 6th and last win and Williams won the Constructors Championship. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-27T05:18Z 4180 followers, 3781 engagements

"The Coloni C3B on track during the pre-qualifying session of the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prixthe car was designed by Christian Vanderpleyn and Gary Anderson. For the 1990 Formula One season Coloni replaced the Ford Cosworth V8with the Subaru flat-12 engine developed by Motori Moderni. After a couple of races Subaru and Coloni relationship broke down and Coloni reverted to using the Cosworth DFR engine. πŸ“½ Jean-michel Boileau #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-28T12:40Z 4180 followers, 7151 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Andrea de Cesaris died #OnThisDay in 2014who competed inFormula Onefrom1980to1994. De Cecaris started XXX Grand Prix (214 entries) forAlfa Romeo McLarenLigierMinardi Brabham Rial Scuderia ItaliaJordanTyrellSauberscored a total of XX career points5 podiums and two fastest laps. After retiring from motor racing de Cesaris became a successful currency broker in Monte Carlo. Heaven takes care of the faithfully departed πŸ•Š Rest in Peace Andrea de Cecaris. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Italy"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-05T07:15Z 4176 followers, 4672 engagements

"Jos Carlos Pace #BornOnThisDay who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1977. Pace won the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix with Brabham. Pace raced for Frank WilliamsSurteesHexagon and Brabham and scored XX career points6 podiums5 fastest lap and X race winhe also raced for Ferrari in the World Sportscar Championshipwhere he shared a Ferrari 312PB with Arturo Merzariothe duo finished at the Nrburgring and Le Mans. Carlos Pace died in 1977 at the age of XX. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Brazil"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-06T06:08Z 4181 followers, 1557 engagements

"Franois Cevert and Jackie Stewart Picture taken by Helen Stewart in between the Canadian Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix 1973. Franois was killed a couple days later in Qualifyinggone too soon. #F1 #RetroGP #RetroF1"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-06T09:56Z 4180 followers, 9353 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Julian Terence Bailey #BornOnThisDay in 1961who raced for Tyrrel and Lotus. He entered twenty races and scored a total of one Championship point. He has raced primarily in sports cars since. For 1997 Bailey joined Lister eventually winning the British GT Championship in 1999 and the FIA GT Championship in 2000 in a Lister Storm. On the show Top Gear he was one of several drivers to appear as The Stig. Happy Birthday Julian. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-09T05:37Z 4181 followers, 1552 engagements

"In loving memory of Graeme Murray Walker who was #BornOnThisDay. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-10T10:23Z 4181 followers, 9897 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Frederick "Rikky" von Opel #BornOnThisDay in 1947who competed under the Liechtenstein flag in Formula One from 1973 to 1974. Von Opel remains the only driver to represent Liechtenstein in Formula One. Born in New York City and raised in St. Moritz von Opel was born into the noble Opel family as the son of Fritz von Opel and the great-grandson of Adam Opel founder of Opel. Von Opel participated in XX Formula One Grands Prix for Ensign and Brabham debuting with the former at the 1973 French Grand Prix. He finished a career-best ninth at the Swedish and Dutch Grands Prix"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-14T05:39Z 4180 followers, 1626 engagements

"My two favorite one-off liveries. McLaren M26-James Hunt and the McLaren MP4/2C-Keke Rosberg. What is your favorite one-off livery. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-16T17:09Z 4177 followers, 5820 engagements

"@munimula51 I can't Timi really can't. Imagine doing XXX laps in Monaco with this beastnot to mention the roaring engine in the back"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-16T21:05Z 4181 followers, XX engagements

"Nelson Piquet finished fifth #OnThisDay in the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prixto take the Drivers' Championship by one point from Alana Jones Argentine teammateCarlos Reutemann who finished eighth having started frompole position. The 75-lap race was won by Alan Jones Alain Prost finished second and Bruno Giacomelli third in an Alfa Romeo. #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-17T06:15Z 4178 followers, 1326 engagements

"I totally forgot the Sauber 😍😍😍 #F1 #Formula1"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-17T13:08Z 4179 followers, XXX engagements

"@LukeSmithF1 Unbelievablethe power tripping piece of Toolboxget rid of this idiot. Everyone within the Formula One should step up against thisbut I'll guess that is just an illusion"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-17T16:50Z 4178 followers, XXX engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ‘‹πŸΎ Ludovico Scarfiotti #BornOnThisDay was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1968. Scarfiotti won the 1966 Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari. In endurance racing Scarfiotti won the XX Hours of Le Mans and the XX Hours of Sebring both in 1963 with Ferrari. A motorsports competitor for a decade Scarfiotti had also won the sportscar class of the European Hillclimb Championship in 1962 and 1965. In June 1968 Scarfiotti died during a hillclimbing event in the German Alps when he crashed his Porsche XXX. He became the third Grand Prix driver who"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T05:26Z 4179 followers, 2101 engagements

"@MercedesAMGPCF1 It's not that hard offcourse Mercedes wants to sign Max Verstappenany team would like to sign him. GR is doing very wellbut he ain't Max Verstappensimple as that"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T06:13Z 4180 followers, 2895 engagements

"@CoupeDesJeunes @ScuderiaFerrari @LauraLuthien86 @neetally @MonettiDario Yessssoffcourse Rouen with Hondamay he rest in Peace πŸ•Š"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T07:00Z 4180 followers, XX engagements

"@RaceCanada_ca Was it really a mistake from Oscar probably Lando was in his blind spot.πŸ€” Anyway this is some sort of Papaya Karma for McLaren πŸ˜‰"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T17:42Z 4176 followers, XXX engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ John "Bowtie" Hawthorn finished second #OnThisDay in the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prixwhich secured him the Formula One World Championship.Stirling Moss/Vanwall won the 53-lap race and Phil Hill/Ferrari finished third.Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers. Mike Hawthorn became the first of XX British Formula One World Champions beating Stirling Moss to the title by one point. He announced his retirement upon his triumph having been profoundly affected by the death of"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-19T06:47Z 4181 followers, XX engagements

"Hermann Albert Lang who died #OnThisDay in 1987 at the age of XX was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles Grand Prix cars and sports cars. Lang's big break(1935) came when he landed a job at the Mercedes factory where he became part of their Grand Prix motor racing team. He was made head mechanic for the Mercedes-Benz W25A model to be driven by the Italian star Luigi Fagioli who had left Alfa Romeo to create a powerhouse Mercedes factory team that also included Rudolf Caracciola. Following a very successful season in which Fagioli won both the Italian and Spanish Grand Prix Hermann"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-19T07:21Z 4179 followers, XXX engagements

"#OnThisDay Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Mexican Grand PrixNelson Piquet finished second and Ricardo Patrese finished third. The race was divided into two heats after Derek Warwick crashed his Arrows heavily exiting the high-speed Peraltada corner on lap XX after a rear suspension failure. The results of the first XX laps were combined with the results of the second race of XX laps to create a combined result. I'm not sure but was this also the race where Ayrton Senna hit a Marshall after they refused to push his stalled car. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T07:09Z 4178 followers, 2500 engagements

"@mftunisa @cheesy_poofs @RaceCanada_ca @jpappone @jlcooke99 But he wasn't the first "American" driver who won the WDC"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T18:26Z 4178 followers, XX engagements

"@otokyo__ Around XXX miles in an Audi RS6 Avant"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T18:31Z 4179 followers, XX engagements

"The Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamlinerand when I have some money leftI would buy the Le Mans Porsche 917LH (Bell & Siffert) Good night y'alltime to sleep and dream 😴 😴 😴 😴 #F1 #RetroGP #RetroF1 #Porsche"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T19:02Z 4178 followers, XXX engagements

"@CarlosJGlez10 The plague saysMario Andretti was the first American Formula One World Championand that is incorrect Carlos"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T19:09Z 4178 followers, XX engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Bengt Ronnie Peterson was killed #OnThisDay during the 1978 Italian Grand PrixMonza. The starter of the 1978 Italian Grand PrixGianni Restelli was overenthusiastic turning on the green lights before all the cars had lined upwhich resulted in several cars in the middle of the field getting a jump on those at the front. The result was a funneling effect of the cars approaching the chicane and the cars were tightly bunched together with little room for maneuver. Peterson's Lotus went into the barriers hard on the right-hand side and caught fire. He was trapped but Hunt"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-11T04:22Z 4180 followers, 19.7K engagements

"Onboard with Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari F2002 2002 Italian Grand Prix Monza. The 53-lap race was won #OnThisDay by Rubens BarrichelloTeammate Michael Schumacher finished second XXXX seconds behind to complete a Ferrari XX on the team's home soil. Eddie Irvine finished third in a Jaguar-Cosworth achieving both his and the Jaguar team's last F1 podium finish. It was also the only time in 2002 where a driver from outside the top three teams in the constructors' championship finished on the podium. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #ItalianGP #KeepFightingMichael"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-09-15T15:55Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ Olivier Jean Marie Fernand Gendebien who died #OnThisDay in 1998who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of sportscar racingGendebien was a four-time winner of the XX Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari a three-time winner of the XX Hours of Sebring and a three-time winner of the Targa Florio. At XX years of age in 1962 Olivier Gendebien retired following his fourth victory at Le Mans. Independently wealthy and an avid skier tennis player he devoted the rest of his life to running a variety of businesses."
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-02T04:38Z 4180 followers, 3776 engagements

"#OnThisDay in 1970Karl Jochen Rindt won the Formula One World Championshiphe remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously following his death at theItalian Grand Prixhe won sixGrands Prixacross seven seasons. Inendurance racing Rindt won the24 Hours of Le Mansin1965withNART. Ruhe im Frieden Jochen Rindt. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-04T08:40Z 4180 followers, 4640 engagements

"Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto"Nanni"Galli who died #OnThisDay in 2019. Galli was an Italian saloon sports-car and Formula One driver of the 1960s and 1970s. He raced in Formula One for McLarenMarchTecnoFerrari and Williamsscoring no championship points. May he rest in Peace πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #Italy"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-12T04:36Z 4180 followers, 2341 engagements

"#OnThisDay 1986 Mexican Grand Prix.Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Gerhard Berger won his first Formula One driving a Benetton B186 M12/13It would also be the final win for the turbochargedBMW engine. Alain Prost/McLaren finished second and Ayrton Senna/McLaren finished third. Good night y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1 #Mexico"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-12T17:37Z 4180 followers, 9569 engagements

"Philippe Jean Armand tancelin who died #OnThisDay in 1981 was a French racing driver and a winner of the 1934 XX Hours of Le Mans. He competed primarily on the Grand Prix circuit and was an early Formula One driver. Etancelin began racing for Bugatti (Privateer) and switched later to Maserati(Non works) and Talbot-Lago. tancelin participated in twelve World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on XX May 1950. He scored a total of three championship points. His fifth place in the 1950 Italian Grand Prix made him the oldest driver ever to score championship points. May he rest in Peace"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-13T05:39Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements

"@McLarenF1 Oscar was a bit too eageri would be worried by Fanboy Zak Brown yapping utter BS after the Sprint racethis what you get when a Fanboy becomes a CEO. Reviseand shuff that Papaya race rule book somewhere the sun don't shine. Karma happend in the sprint race"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-18T20:00Z 4180 followers, 1229 engagements

"Good morning y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ John Michael"Bowtie" Hawthorn finished second #OnThisDay in the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prixwhich secured him the Formula One World Championship.Stirling Moss/Vanwall won the 53-lap race and Phil Hill/Ferrari finished third.Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers. Mike Hawthorn became the first of XX British Formula One World Champions beating Stirling Moss to the title by one point. He announced his retirement upon his triumph having been profoundly affected by the"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-19T06:49Z 4180 followers, XXX engagements

"1991 Japanese Grand PrixSuzuka. #OnThisDay in 1991Ayrton Senna won his third and last Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won by McLaren driver Gerhard Berger after he started from pole position. His teammate Ayrton Senna finished second and Riccardo Patrese was third for the Williams team. Rest in Peace Ayrton Senna πŸ•Š #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP #McLaren"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T06:37Z 4181 followers, 3713 engagements

"Because F1 and Engineersrule makers convinced themselvesthat it's needed for the sportyou know something to do with the Pinnacle of Motorsport. Look at MotoGPdammmmmmm the samewhere they pushed it too far. Do #F1 fans get excited from cars going through Eau Rouge/Raidillon flat out or do they get excited from cars that are able to do close racing.you tell meπŸ€” I always said@F1 will be F1 again when the cars have to lift through Eau Rouge/Raidillon"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T15:07Z 4180 followers, XX engagements

"Title wise he's still under Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamiltonbut i rate him already as one of the best in the history of Formula One. I remain a Michael Schumacher Fanboy till i dieand if someone can match/pass Michael and Lewis seven WDCsit will be Max Verstappen. He is already the best RB driver in historyhe was already so much better than Sebastian Vettel. The reason Max Verstappen is that good because it doesn't matter what he driveshe'll be fast even on a broom"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T17:29Z 4181 followers, 1471 engagements

"If Max Verstappen manage to win this years WDC it'll be one of the greatest comebacks Championship wisoffcourse. Becausethe greatest comeback in the history of Formula One and one of the greatest comebacks in sportsis from Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda Good night y'all πŸ™‹πŸΎβ™‚ #F1 #RetroF1 #Formula1"
X Link @KrisVanD2 2025-10-20T18:02Z 4181 followers, 12.3K engagements

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