As BMW have now decided to pull out of F1 after essentially failing to meet they’re own targets, I’ve decided to go for my top five F1 team failures, so here they are.
1. Life
Purchasing a single chassis from the aborted FIRST project from 1989, Life attempted to show off their W12 engine. This wasn’t a great idea as it had around 150-200bhp less than its competitors. This combined with the fact it was the heaviest car in the field meant that it had the pace of an F3 car, although they weren’t to know as it hadn’t been tested when they arrived at the first race. The team failed to pre-qualify for all 14 GPs they attempted to race in. Gary Brabham was signed to race, but left after two race weekends after the car blew up after 400m, because the striking Italian mechanics didn’t put any oil in the car. For the last two pre-qualifying attempts, they used a Judd V8, the car was still crap… and ugly as sin.
