EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 22 MIN
21st May 1950: The Crowd That Looked Away
from Chequered Past · host Martin Elliot
On the 21st of May, Formula One has produced three races that looked, at the time, like any other Sunday — and only revealed their true significance long after the chequered flag.In 1950, at the second round of the very first World Championship, a freak wave of seawater soaked the road at Monaco's Tabac corner and wiped out half the field in an instant. Juan Manuel Fangio survived — not because of luck, but because he noticed something no one else did. In 1978 at Zolder, Mario Andretti took the wheel of a car that would change Formula One forever, and his teammate Ronnie Peterson honoured a contract that would define both their seasons. And in 2000 at the Nürburgring, Michael Schumacher raced in the rain nineteen days after his rival survived a plane crash — and turned a championship on its head.Three dates. Three pivots. One episode.Send us Fan MailMusic by #Mubert Music Rendering
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On the 21st of May, Formula One has produced three races that looked, at the time, like any other Sunday — and only revealed their true significance long after the chequered flag. In 1950, at the second round of the very first World Championship, a freak wave of seawater soaked the road at Monaco's Tabac corner and wiped out half the field in an instant. Juan Manuel Fangio survived — not because of luck, but because he noticed something no one else did. In 1978 at Zolder, Mario Andretti took ...
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