What's in store for Formula 1 as the second turbo era looms? 13 January, 2014 The turbo on Michele Alboreto's Ferrari 156/85 blows up in the pits during the 1985 British GP at Brands Hatch – turbo failures at the time were dramatic First, a question: who was the last F1 driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix in a turbo-charged car? (answer at end) Second, a history lesson: turbo-charged engines went out at the end of the 1988 season, when McLaren used Honda power to make Ayrton Senna the World Champion for the first time and to claim the Constructors’ Championship for what was the fourth time in the team’s history to that date. Obviously that means that none of the current...
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