Let's go down in history to the race for Canadian GP leta 1973, where we witnessed the first use of a safety car. The driver of this, Eppie Wietzes, you are with your own Porsche 914 found the wrong leading racer in the race, so there is still debate today about who actually won the race for the Canadian Grand Prix. Wietzes is with his yellow Porsche, after a collision between Francois Cevert in Jody Scheckter, inadvertently stayed in front of the car Iso-Marlboro, which he managed Howden ganley. This, in turn, allowed some racers, including a later winner Peter Revsonthat they gained one round.
For the next twenty years, real anarchy ensued. Race organizers Formula 1 they did, in terms of a safety car, what they wanted. This led to some weird vehicles on the royal class tracks motorsport, which can also be seen from the photo gallery below. V Monaco have been used for many years Lamborghini, V Suzuki they have, logically, used Hondo, the Hungary cell Tatras and one model of this car is years old 1995 even ran over a poor racer Takiya Inoue.
Since 1993, v Formulas 1 it was prescribed that a safety car must be ready at all trainings, qualifications and in the race, but there was still no one supplier. Years 1996 je Mercedes Benz got an exclusive contract to Formulas 1 supplies safety cars, first used in 1996 in Magny-Cours. And here are all the safety cars that have been used in the past:
1973: Porsche 914
1981-1983: Lamborghini Countach
1992: Honda acura
1993: Fiat Tempra ST
1993: Ford Escort RS
1994: Opel Vectra Turbo 4 × 4
1994: Honda Prelude
1995: Porsche 911 GT2
1995: Tatras 613
1995: Lamborghini Diablo VT
1995: Renault Clio
1996: Renault Clio Williams
1996: Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG
1997-1999: Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG
2000: Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG
2001 / 2002: Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG
2003: Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG
2004 / 2005: Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG
2006 / 2007: Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG
2008 / 2009: Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG
2010-2012: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
2012-2014: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT
2015-2017: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S
From 2018: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT-R
In our photo gallery, we present the safety cars of the past, among which we can also find quite unusual models. Basically, however, it’s up to signing with Mercedes anarchy and chaos reigned.
