So you thought 1989 was a boring Grand Prix season of total McLaren domination? Think again. We had two of the greatest drivers of all time, at the height of their supreme powers, battling it out in equal machinery towards a thrilling finale that contained every element of why you both love and hate the sport. Henri Greuter pulled the season apart for us, to give his account of why 1989 ended with such drama and why it could all have gone very differently.

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Take any available list of Grand Prix teams throughout the decades and allow yourself a few moments of deceiving simplicity. There they are – the names of constructors that built the cars, and of the crews that ran them. Couldn’t be more obvious, could it? Yet many of these names and type numbers, presented in neatly ordered tables, are hiding a much more complex reality. So let’s dig in and see where the connections are, since the World Championship’s constructor history is full of reincarnation… Updated with BMW/Sauber and Toyota/Stefan additions.

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