Grand Prix Rejects

Oh dear, maybe I should have left the limitation to the 1980s-2010s? Don't you think that it's not a minority any more? I thought of two, three racer drivers and some test drivers. Now it appears that both Sweden and Ireland had lots of drivers in F1 Henceforth, we're limiting the number of F1 full-...

I found some important details, that you should consider updating your list.

Jacky van de Ende was awarded with testing Stewart in 1997 but never drove the car due to the injury
Nicky Pastorelli was initially named as 3rd driver for '06 but ran out of cash

Bleu wrote:Not sure if he actually tested or not but at least he was signed as a test driver:

http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/22969/career/

Yes, he did. Here you have his full story:
http://www.czsk.net/svet/clanky/osobnos ... harek.html
And his photos in Minardi suit and in the car

Well, I didn't mention that one because it wasn't an official test (Walter Wolf was invited for the opening of Poznan Circuit, by the prime minister, Andrzej's father, and he brought the car with him to give prime minister's son a ride). But so be it

Hello, inspired by f1-gast's list of Dutch drivers I decided to start the thread with national minorities in F1. I mean, I will make a list of all the countries who: - had no more than 10 drivers to compete in F1 - had test drivers, that never advanced to full-time F1 racing Test drivers who turned ...

I'm not sure, what i remember is that he won the Formula Ford Festival back in 97 or 96. And in order of that he got a test with stewart, but i can't find anywhere that Ricardo won that ? Edit: The only van der Ende that i know that is jacky, but he won it in 98 if i'm right ? The one you're lookin...

You mean Ricardo van der Ende?

Henki Waldschmidt was testing for Toyota in 2009.
Giedo van de Garde also was testing in 2008 with Renault.

Hm, I think having a father who was a boss of the most rejectful team in the '90s is enough for being a reject son

I think we should mention Bas, Jan Lammers' son.

25 out of 77

How could I miss Burti, Buemi, Grosjean, Takagi, Noda or Montermini?
Eh...

Sassetti's second attempt to F1 Sassetti Corse F1 Car: SC2011 Engine: Cosworth CA2011 or - even better - some old Arrows engines modified to meet the 2010 regulations. Drivers: some very, very young and inexperienced drivers, like... hm, just find some in DriverDB How about Plamen Kralev and Ajith ...

Sassetti's second attempt to F1 Sassetti Corse F1 Car: SC2011. In other words, the remains of Super Aguri bought from Formtech, assembled on Sassetti's/one of his drivers'/one of his mechanics' backyard, with Toyota parts fitted with... erm... brute force. Engine: Cosworth CA2011 or - even better - ...

Phoenix wrote:I'd suggest Laguna Seca backwards, but I don't know the grade of the circuit. The Spa, Interlagos and Monaco suggestions are also terrific.

That would be nice, especially the Corkscrew section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67SQBKhjQNM
The best of Spyker... and Winkelhock.
Skip to 3:45

P_Friesacher wrote:The results from the first test are in - The Fire King has beaten Ajith Kumar by almost a second
http://www.formulatwo.com/news/jolyon-p ... t-day.aspx

Hail the Fire King
Can't wait to see these two having an intense battle... both with +2LAP loss to the leader

Actually, I'm registered here for a few days, but I forgot to find the thread like this, so... My name is Emil, and I live in Warsaw. I'm a F1 fan since 1995, and I always enjoyed watching all those low-budget teams with their underpowered cars and reckless paydrivers, like Forti or Pacific (and wha...

FIA GT1 World Championship Tomáš Enge New challenge for Tomas Enge. After the win in Le Mans Series 2009, he will compete in inaugural season of FIA GT1 World Championship this year. Czech driver will be partnered with Briton Darrenem Turnerem, with whom he will share Aston Martin DBR9 in colours o...

Comrades?

I hope he took some... erm... being-a-reject abilities after his father

Oh boy... Raw Pace - 7 I think he was "pushing like a hell", at least from his point of view. From my point of view, his speed was decent... as for Minardi and the engine that was purposed to selfdestruct during every race. Strategic Ability - 2 Did Minardi have any sensible strategy? ... ...

Raw Pace - 7 I think his pace seems to be better than the other drivers of his generation. Strategic Ability - 6 He doesn't seem to take much risk, but he makes it up with speed. Personal Reliability - 7 As I mentioned before, his driving style is not very risky, so apart from a few mistakes he seem...

There are some more drivers that wouldn't score any points with this system, like Tomas Enge or Vincenzo Sospiri.

Enrique Bernoldi 2001 Arrows: 7 points 2002 Arrows: 1 point Alex Yoong 2002 Minardi: 7 points Total of 7 points Luciano Burti 2001 Jaguar: 5 points 2001 Prost: 5 points Total of 10 points Gaston Mazzacane 2000 Minardi: 6 points Total of 6 points Toranosuke Takagi 1998 Tyrrell: 4 points 1999 Arrows:...

And what is Nissany doing? Well, maybe his performance wasn't the fastest, but we weren't expecting too much from a guy who was a racing driver for a few years He made up his lack of speed with those outstanding turning skills and enthusiasm. I really enjoyed his few laps around the track and I'm qu...