Bin Laden Formula 1

The mainstreaming of information knows no bounds. We ended April with the tragic news of the loss of Ernesto Sabato and linked to the sport. It is time now to talk about the news of the week, month, year ... From the decade?

We refer to the death of the man who changed the world on September 11 in 2001. The life of Osama Bin Laden ended this May 1, 2011 in Pakistan but before his family was linked to the sport, more precisely to Formula 1.

Is that when Frank Williams formed his team, convened several Arab oil to support him and one of those holdings owned by Mohammed Bin Laden, Osama's father. Arab tycoon died in 1968 in a traffic accident. This happened in 1979 when the leader of the Al Qaeda-seventeenth son of the businessman-had finished his studies in business administration, was 22 and was far from who they were.

The Williams had painted on one side the words "Bin Laden", as the company name. With that sponsor, Alain Jones won the first race in the history of the British team. Under the command of Australian, would the first World Championship in 1980. At that time, was supported by the Argentinian Carlos Alberto Reutemann.