Pacific PR01 on track
The independent Pacific Grand Prix archive

Small team.Huge story.

A digital museum devoted to Pacific Racing and its extraordinary Formula One adventure: photographs, surviving documents, technical material, race-by-race collections, video and the restored official 1995 website.

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From Formula Ford to Formula One

A decade at full speed.

1984

Pacific is born

Keith Wiggins’ team wins the Benelux and European Formula Ford championships with Harald Huysman.

1985–1988

Championship habit

Success with Bertrand Gachot and JJ Lehto culminates in the British Formula 3 title.

1989–1991

Formula 3000

Pacific climbs the international ladder and Christian Fittipaldi wins the 1991 championship.

1992–1993

The F1 plan

The Grand Prix project is announced; the PR01 is unveiled in October 1993.

1994

Formula One debut

Gachot and Belmondo contest the World Championship with the Ilmor-powered PR01.

1995

Pacific Team Lotus

The Ford-powered PR02 begins with ninth place in Brazil and races through a demanding final season.

Highlights

Open the collection.

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Pacific Grand Prix — Belgian GP
1994 · PhotographyBelgian GP
Pacific Grand Prix — Monaco
1994 · PhotographyMonaco
Pacific Grand Prix — British GP
1994 · PhotographyBritish GP
Pacific Grand Prix — Launch & testing
1993 · LaunchLaunch & testing
Pacific Grand Prix — Technical archive
1994 · TechnicalTechnical archive
Pacific Grand Prix — Press archive
1994 · PressPress archive
Pacific Grand Prix — People & paddock
1994 · PeoplePeople & paddock
Pacific Grand Prix — Australian GP
1994 · PhotographyAustralian GP
Oral history

The details only insiders remember.

Comments, period interviews and community posts can preserve facts that never appeared in race reports. Every item in this section is linked to its source and clearly labelled as documentary evidence, personal recollection or an unresolved question.

Pacific headquarters archive image
Verified testimony

“Still got some Team kit somewhere.”

Mark Shurety — listed by Pacific’s official 1995 website as a No.1 Mechanic — is one of the former team members whose comments survive on the fan page.

Read the stories and sources
Contact

Have a correction, source or memory to share?

If you know something about Pacific, have better scans, or want to report an inaccuracy, send a message. The form emails info@imdd.net and clearly marks the origin in the subject.

Why get in touch?

This is a fan archive, and the best additions often come from former team members, photographers, collectors and long-time followers.

  • Corrections or missing details
  • Photographs, scans or memorabilia
  • Team memories or technical notes
  • Rights requests or credits updates

The email subject will include the source: Pacific ArchiveBrain + the form origin.

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The web, as Pacific left it in 1995.

The original 52-page team website survives in the archive. We preserved its period graphics and wording, repaired its navigation and added transparent placeholders for linked files that did not survive.

Launch time machine