FORMULA ONE
STORIES
The exhibit
Engineering at the Edge of Possibility
Formula One has always been a proving ground for innovation. It is a place where engineers and drivers push machinery to its absolute limits. This exhibit showcases legendary cars that didn’t just compete, but redefined what was possible on track. From the lightweight, championship-winning Cooper T53 to turbocharged monsters like the Benetton B186, each car represents a moment when design, power, and ambition aligned to move the sport forward.
These machines tell the story of Formula One’s relentless pursuit of speed, where breakthroughs in chassis design, aerodynamics, and engine performance reshaped the grid and forced the sport to evolve.
Great Cars Needs Extraordinary Drivers
Throughout Formula One history, moments of brilliance have come from those willing to extract everything from their machines, sometimes in impossible conditions. From wet-weather masterclasses to championship-deciding overtakes, the stories reflect the superior skills of F1 drivers and the courage they have to not only compete but to excel.
Whether dominating a soaked Nürburgring, surviving mechanical failure to secure victory, or charging through the field under pressure, these performances helped cement Formula One’s most unforgettable races and rivalries.
The CARS ON exhibit
FEATURED RACERS
Juan Manuel Fangio
1911 – 1995
Fangio was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1958. Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles.
Alberto Ascari
1918 – 1955
Ascari was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, and won 13 Grand Prix across six seasons.
Bernie Ecclestone
b. 1930
Ecclestone is a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987, controlling the commercial rights to Formula One until 2017.
Ayrton Senna
1960 – 1994
Senna was a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994. He won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and at the time of his death, held the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grand Prix across 11 seasons.
Michael Schumacher
b. 1969
Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
Lewis Hamilton
b. 1985
Hamilton is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. He has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Michael Schumacher) and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (202), among others.
Max Verstappen
b. 1997
Verstappen is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2021 to 2024 with Red Bull, and has won 71 Grand Prix across 11 seasons.
Maria Teresa de Filippis
1926 – 2016
De Filippis was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One. She participated in five World Championship Grand Prix, but scored no championship points. Though her Formula One racing career was brief, she won races in other series and is remembered as a pioneer in the sport.
Lella Lombardi
1941 - 1992
Lella Lombardi was an Italian racing driver who participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grand Prix from 1974 to 1976. Lombardi was the second female driver to qualify for Formula One, after Maria Teresa de Filippis, and is the only female driver who scored points in Formula One.
Dan Gurney
1931 – 2018
Dan Gurney was an American racing driver, engineer and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1970. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of motorsport, Gurney won four Formula One Grand Prix across 11 seasons.
Sebastian Vettel
b. 1987
Sebastian Vettel is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022. Vettel won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, consecutively from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull, and remains the youngest-ever World Drivers' Champion.
Bruce McLaren
1937 - 1970
McLaren was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. McLaren was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1960 with Cooper and won four Grand Prix over 13 seasons.
Mario Andretti
b. 1940
Andretti is an American former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994. Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus and won 12 Grand Prix across 14 seasons.
Jack Brabham
1926 – 2014
Brabham was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1959, 1960 and 1966, and won 14 Grand Prix across 16 seasons.
Niki Lauda
1949 – 2019
Niki Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles.
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