Grand Prix Rejects

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I'm going to go for an even stupider one - Jenson Button in a Monaco-based amateur triathlon after giving the rest a small head-start. (Well the question didn't specify a motor race

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I'm guessing either Palmer has a more watertight contract, or PDVSA/Venezuela are pulling the plug (don't they have a new government and stuff?) Because not to be harsh, if you had a chance to replace one of your two pay drivers, surely it'd be the one who by all accounts brings less money, and also...

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I remember, before getting fed up with the place and leaving, replying to a post on the Autosport forums that - and I can't remember the exact topic or how it got to this post - but named Martini in a list of early-to-mid-90s no-hopers/pay drivers. Then again I wasn't the only replier to call them o...

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Another guess but a sort-of educated one I remember from the Token profile on the old site that Tom Pryce was refused an entry into the '74 Monaco race with them so went on to compete in the F3 race instead, and also know that he went on to win that which brought him to the attention of Shadow. What...

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I'm editing my post as I was making a snarky comment about them using more of the DRS band-aid, but I guess it shows how out of touch I am with the modern stuff that the main focus wasn't going to be more underbody downforce as I assumed, but just a general increase all round. To be honest part of m...

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Taking my own wild guess - I'm guessing also a non-F1 race and long enough ago that passing wasn't as difficult. Stirling Moss in a 500cc/F3 support race?

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In his own opinion, what did James Hunt consider his best season in F1 to have been, in terms of his own level of performance? I'm saying 1977. Correct. My "source" for this being some tapes of the early 80s with BBC commentary I've been watching, and on numerous occasions both in 1981, a...

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In his own opinion, what did James Hunt consider his best season in F1 to have been, in terms of his own level of performance?

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He was born in the year of their last (or only in Sullivan's case) F1 seasons? I only thought of this because I was born that year too EDIT: Right I'm going to be honest I wiki'd the date of the South African GP so if this disqualifies me I'll accept but I had an inkling...he was born on the day of ...

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WeirdKerr wrote:Karun Chandok??

Would be my choice too - Always seems to talk sense and comes across very knowledgeable whenever I've heard him either as a GP2 co-commentator or his appearances on Sky's various F1 programmes.

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Osella (even though badged engines don't count, that only covers 1988, their 1983-87 cars had Alfa Romeo engines, plus the '88 Osella was a rebadged Alfa anyway so maybe it does). And Tecno that built their own engines for as long as they lasted in F1. That's all I can think of right now though in a...

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Nicely done - I was aware of O'Brien running 13 on his Peugeot but not of Neal doing the same - I only started watching the BTCC mid-1993, can't remember the exact race but it was at around the point when Winkelhock had hit his stride and Radisich and the Mondeo had just shown up. Racking my brains ...

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I'm probably pushing the Matt Neal link too much, but since I can't think of any other really really really really really really tall BTCC drivers off the top of my head, I'm going to take a shot with James Kaye (fellow multiple privateer champion)

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Robb Gravett? (both fellow BTCC ST independents champ, and one of Neal's few Team Dynamics teammates during their time as an ST independent)

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Ian Ashley? I remember when I was first getting my hands on things like race results from the 1970s and stuff thinking "surely not the BTCC driver?" For the bonus question I'm going to guess Matt Neal. Although given the million points on offer I worry that might be too obvious an answer a...

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This'll be a good one: both of them have driven for two teams which are officially separate but had the same name. Jacques Laffite drove for Iso-Marlboro in 1974 and Williams in 1975 - which were both incarnations of the old pre-Patrick Head team, Frank Williams Racing Cars. And when he had a two y...

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What rare (i.e. unique or pretty close to it) feat have both Jacques Laffite and Heikki Kovalainen managed in F1?

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The Stebro-Ford (using a 4-pot 105E based engine) finished 7th driven by Peter Broeker in the 1963 US GP.

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Had two dreams in successive days. In the first, the FIA introduced a rule where teams were given so many "tokens" for team changes made in the off-season, not technical changes but things like driver, engine supplier, lead team personnel changes, sponsor additions, etc. and if they had re...

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Google didn't help me much, so figured I'd post it here. I'm simulating an alternate history of F1 (just for my own enjoyment, I may post one day) using RNGs, plus my Excel simulator I created for my NewF1 series I used to run. Due to an extremely unlikely occurrence (less likely than 1%, thanks RN...

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No more news on Rio, but I noticed this amusing little anecdote in an interview with John Booth which was conducted by Autosport after Manor were confirmed as one of the three original new teams for the 2010 season, midway through 2009: Q. Do you have any potential drivers in the pipeline? JB: &quo...

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Off the top of my head I figured Mike Thackwell had to be a contender, but turns out he came back for some one-offs in 1984, which would make him 23 by my rough calculations.

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We all know Lewis has been recording music for fun. A couple of years ago, there was a song supposedly with his vocals that later turned out to be fake, but this time it's for real! In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes, he plays clips from a couple of his songs. To me, they don't sound bad at all, ...

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My initial reaction was to be not impressed. Then I thought about it more, and given that countless spec-series have been squatting down and curling out a fresh one over the idea of "man and machine" for pretty much two decades, I figure what's the harm in flipping it around and making it ...

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I must admit I'm a little unnerved by the presence in the junior categories of drivers called Deletraz and Matsushita who actually happen to be fairly quick.

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I've been wondering lately - after watching races from the time - about what would have happened if Ronnie Peterson hadn't died (or even suffered career-affecting injuries) at Monza in 1978. Not the direct result which is already well known - he was off to McLaren for 1979 - where in hindsight he pr...

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or is it just this lift and coast form of "racing" that's causing me to question if I really want to watch the races any more Yes, because fuel saving was totally never an integral part of racing before 2014... I blame the radio broadcasts in part. Had they been open in the mid 80s you'd ...

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Are you talking about Jenson Button, World Champion in 2009, the guy who managed to be best of the rest behind the all conquering Ferrari in 04 and in a BAR, he who's only been beaten by a team-mate in 3 times after that and up until now in 11 years span and 2 of them were against Lewis Hamilton? A...

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Part of me agrees re. Indianapolis, another part of me felt weird seeing a race there that wasn't the Indy 500. Although of course that horse had long since bolted with the NASCAR race there.

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Currently watching a race from 1990, and Nicola Larini is driving a Ligier. Clean forgot about that one.

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And I don't agree that Villeneuve peak wasn't short. He just spent the best part of his career in below average machinery. He was still showing the way to Panis (who was highly rated back then) in 2003. It is all pretty much implicit. Results in the span of their career and the moment surrounding t...

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Awful news, RIP. Appropriate I've just been in the "what if" thread as I've always wondered what would have happened had he succeeded in his efforts to keep the original Lotus team going.

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What if Dome made it in 1997? Marco Apicella likely removes himself from the "who had the shortest GP career?" debate. Maybe Shinji Nakano lands in the other car freeing up that Prost for someone else (not sure who though, Trulli probably still goes to Minardi, maybe one of the slew of Fr...

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I consider the end-of-80's "generation" well overhyped, to be honest. IMO, It was rather the lack of challenge from the rest of the grid of that time (incl. Patrese and Boutsen) what made them look so superior, than the four champions being some mighty supertalents that normally only get ...

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I've always thought of The Slightly Boring One as a McLaren Junior driver, rather than as a Mercedes Junior... Well at the time he was, the two were basically the same thing I guess. I think he got placed in Merc's GT1 program around that time, He was definitely part of their 1999 Le Mans line up, ...

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Currently watching a recording of the 1985 Detroit Grand Prix (as you do), Keke Rosberg is leading and the commentators mention "it could be a doubly big day for him as his wife is currently expecting a baby due any day". Normally wouldn't give a crap about that but it feels weird them tal...

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Goes to show how relevant and interesting the DTM has become that no one has posted on this thread in months. I've tried watching some races and following it but it's really hard. The success ballast (I know it's hardly new in touring car racing) seems to lead to block-results where one manufacture...

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Creepily, Vettel ran in P1, Ricciardo in P2 and Kimi in P3, in those respective positions... for the entire race! When was the last time that happened? Currently at 2010 and still I have yet to find another occurrence of this phenomenon, though I think our Lap Points man tommykl might have the answ...

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It's all relative, in The Mechanic's Tale, Steve Matchett talks about how in 1993, the top 4 teams (Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, and Bennetton) were spending an ungodly sum (I believe he lists $40,000,000) on their "active cars" and dominating F1. So the FIA banned drivers aids to close th...

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I thought that Swift are still engaged in Formula Nippon, though it is true that Dallara is the most dominant chassis manufacturer by far in the single seater world (and is now extending its reach in the world of sportscar manufacturing now it is one of the four exclusive manufacturers for the LMP2...

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