A rocky start The first F1 safety car was a "lemon-yellow" Porsche 914, and it made its debut at the rain-soaked 1973 Canadian Grand Prix. It was a far cry from the kind of sports cars used today.

Mercedes-Benz is the official Formula One safety car, but there was a time when the F1 grid was paced by crazy safety cars.

Mercedes has provided AMG-badged safety cars for every F1 race for the past 25 years ... A decade on from the 914 came the coolest safety car of all time. A Lamborghini Countach did the honors ...

The first F1 safety car was a "lemon-yellow" Porsche 914, and it made its debut at the rain-soaked 1973 Canadian Grand Prix. It was a far cry from the kind of sports cars used today. A rear engine ...

The Porsche 914 is an often overlooked car from the German luxury car automaker, but it played an important role in Formula 1, as it was the first-ever safety car. It was used in 1973 at the ...

Though he did get the colour wrong. “The first safety car deployed at an F1 race was an orange Porsche 914 at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix,” Mayländer said to the table. I felt it not my ...

Used in: 1976 Monaco Grand Prix and 1995 Belgian Grand Prix There was a three year gap before the next official F1 safety car rolled out the garage, and it was another Porsche. This time ...

This weekend marks 50 years since the first use of a Safety Car in a Formula 1 race, when a Porsche 914 was deployed to neutralise ... the full-time driver of the F1 Safety Car since 1999, taking ...

Mercedes-Benz began providing the official Safety Car in 1996 and now shares the role with Aston Martin. Safety cars play a critical role at Formula One events. Their primary role is to ensure the ...