Formula One Features — February 1995

The opening Grand Prix in Brazil will see, for the first time in many years (ever?), a complete grid of brand new Formula 1 cars. The reason for this is simple: no design used last year can be modified to meet the FIA 1995 Formula 1 Technical Regulations.

When the Larrousse F1 team unveiled its 1994 package a year ago, things seemed to be going well for Gerard Larrousse's team. There was a big sponsorship deal from the BSN Group (now called Danone), which was the third biggest consumer company in Europe. It's Kronenberg offshoot, by itself, was the third largest brewing company in the world behind Kirin and Heineken. The team also announced that former F1 driver Patrick Tambay and his partner Michel Golay had taken a share of the team through their Fast Group SA sponsorship agency.

Jean Alesi has startling eyes. After one of his famously wild qualifying laps, Jean's eyes are wide open. If he was a cartoon character they would be standing out on stalks. But the most startling thing is that they are a piercing blue, like tiny bright swimming pools. And that is a surprise because Alesi is dark-skinned - even swarthy - and the chilling blue eyes sit beneath bushy dark eyebrows.