News Details

When a Williams found its way to the grid of the Indy 500

The 65th running of the Indy 500 held back in 1981 saw an interesting and somewhat familiar-looking car line up on the event's 33-car grid. A four-time winner at the Brickyard, Al Unser Sr was at the wheel of a Cosworth DFX-powered Longhorn which was actually a reconditioned Williams FW07 updated to IndyCar specs, a car Alan Jones had originally driven to the F1 world championship title in 1980. Despite the #88 car's prestigious pedigree, it wasn't of much help to Unser who was classified 17th at the end of the day, 34 laps down. There was a reason to rejoice however for the Unser family, as Big Al's brother Bobby took his third Indy 500 win on the day driving for Team Penske.
Full Story »
4y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren 'baffled' by electrical issues in Indy 500...

McLaren and Fernando Alonso's opening day of running at Indianapolis was...
4y ago from F1i.com

Scenes from the paddock - Barcelona

Blue skies, warm temperatures and a familiar track. The Spanish Grand...
4y ago from F1i.com

Norris ready to ‘hit the ground running' in Spain

McLaren's Lando Norris wants a strong showing at the Spanish Grand Prix...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Russell: Williams set for moment of truth at Spanish GP

Williams' George Russell believes the updates implemented on the team's...
4y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media are in talks to buy Madrid-based company...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle quickest in Safari shakedown

Reigning WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä set the benchmark time in Wednesday...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The reason why Barcelona have ruled out a move for...

La Liga champions Barcelona have ruled out a move for Arsenal manager...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Rodri vs Rice: The key battle to watch between Man...

Who will come out on top when Rodri and Declan Rice go head to head at the...
1h ago from SkySports.com

He comes from Portugal- now how does he play for...

Over the last few seasons, Arsenal have been able to create a strength in...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.