Grand Prix Rejects

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Rob Walker

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I must admit the Ligier numerical domination of LMP3 in ELMS isn't great, but it's still a step up from LMPC in the same way that F3 is a step up from.... well pretty much every other junior single seater series on the planet, even if it is virtually all Dallaras itself. Still annoyed at LMP2 being ...

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Spirit?

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Another wild guess but I'm sure i read Mike Hawthorn had an illness that would likely have taken him even without his road accident so he 's my second guess

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Is it possible he said "no good news" (as in, no change), which was mis-translated as "news that is not good"? Genuine question as I'm far from an expert on Italian. Or any other foreign language. Or English.

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I'm going to assume it's not Charlie Kimball. Hmm... James Hunt? (based on nothing other than the fact I remember reading he'd often feel ill for other reasons before stepping in a car early in his career)

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I was about to ask for details of where you get your booze from before remembering the car as it ran in 1990, as opposed to this:

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My guesses (mostly educated ones with one stab in the dark):

1. Ferrari
2. Jacques Villeneuve
3. Ralf Schumacher
4. No idea! But as you didn't strictly specify F1, and for some reason AJ Foyt popped into my head I'm going to guess him
5. Jenson Button

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As much as those Minardis are among my favourite colour schemes of all time (I remember being disappointed with their 1993 offering), not really a fan of this. Was hoping for yellow with bits of black rather than the other way around. At least there's no Total red though so that's one thing! Or mayb...

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A Parmalat cap because he left it lying around in the factory?

(yes, that's a complete shot in the dark

)

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This'll be a massive stretch but what the hell:

Colin Chapman was technically an F1 driver, having qualified for the 1956 French Grand Prix only to DNS.

He died in 1982, but I remember reading that towards the end of his life he dabbled a bit in small aircraft. Is it him?

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David Purley?

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Something occurred to me recently that Fernando Alonso had swapped sides of the garage when he returned to McLaren 2007 Alonso, Hamilton 2008-9 Kovalainen, Hamilton 2010 -12 Button, Hamilton 2013 Button, Perez 2014 Button, Magnussen 2015- Button, Alonso I looked back to other drivers returning to t...

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Was the length of the longest track, the same as the distance of the entire shortest race?

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Jean Pierre Jaboulle has 2 wins both of which were his only points that season. Jim Clarks only points in 1968 was his win in South Africa with him being killed in a F2 race before the next race. Fisichella won the 2003 Brazilian GP eventually but only scored points once more that year. This is the...

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Nobody has it yet - for a clue, another Jean-Pierre has done this thing half as many times as Jabouille. Giancarlo Fisichella hasn't, but he came close.

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tommykl wrote:Won twice as many races in a car that had an engine with a number of cylinders that ended with 6

This answer is technically correct, although not what I'm looking for. If nobody does manage to get it in the time available it is probably worth the point

but we'll see...

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Throughout his career, what did Jean-Pierre Jabouille do twice as many times as Jim Clark?

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Possible made up or over-exaggerated details on a contract...

Mansell*?

*He remains my most favourite driver in the history of anything ever, but still

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What if Alfa Romeo's cars and engines were more reliable in 1984-1985? Could they have stayed in F1? I'm watching those seasons at the minute, and my own observation is that the problem with the Benetton-sponsored Alfas wasn't so much reliability, more that they were just slow. Well compared to whe...

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Hesnault – France - 1984 A. DNS – Gave up his entitlement to start to permit De Cesaris to start, after De Cesaris best qualifying times disallowed for having an empty fire extinguisher B. DNS – Gave up bits of his car to permit De Cesaris to start C. DNF – Gave up D. DNC – Incurred wrath of Guy Li...

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He should force Ferrari to use initials.

After first forcing them to rename themselves "Ferrari Automobile Racing Team".

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I believe the whole MRT thing has come about because Bernie prefers new teams without history to use abbreviations. Why? What does this achieve? Why is it even a bloody problem? That said, it wouldn't surprise me if the decision has been motivated by Booth and Lowdon leaving, thus the team isn't re...

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BMW Sauber was the actual name of the team that they called themselves... Indeed BMW did have a thing for that. Remember BMW Williams? On the entrant name yeah, as with Williams at least, BMW were basically acting as title sponsor as well as engine supplier and I guess it was neater than "BMW ...

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Ooo "BMW Sauber" irritated me too, it's either a Sauber-BMW or a BMW. Whenever that graphic came up I'd scream in my head "THIS ISN'T FRIGGING GRAND-AM*!!". The less said about 2010 when they had Ferrari engines but weren't allowed to change their name, the better. *Not sure if t...

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This is probably a stretch but it was the second F1 win (for Brooks only in the shared '57 Aintree drive, and that would include his non-championship Connaught win) for the winners of each of those races? Probably a stretch as I say as Monaco '56 was Moss's 2nd WDC win but he surely must have won at...

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It's a "Red Bull" not a "Red Bull Racing" It's a "Toro Rosso" not an "STR" It's "Midland" not "MF1" "Hispania" not "HRT" and getting back on current events, "Manor" not "MRT" And if Bernie disagrees h...

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I'll respond in the Rantbox thread.

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Alboreto has always seemed a weird one to me in that he seemed to peak spectacularly early. Impressive (and race winner) in a Tyrrell, not only that but once he did get an opportunity at Ferrari he actually took it initially - leading first time out before mechanical failure, winning third time out,...

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I won't leave a rant as I'm not a fan of NASCAR Trucks anyway so this doesn't affect me, but boy if I was... m "There will be a competition caution every 20 minutes during NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this year."..... I guess a cynic's view might be, at least they're being open ...

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I must admit I do remember getting mildly confused the first time I saw an FCY being used in a WEC race (of course predating its introduction in F1), because from my time watching IndyCar/CART/IRL/IndyCar again I had understood "full course yellow" to mean an actual safety car. Plus, as it...

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I think I've got an idea, I've been doing a bit of research into F3000 for my own series in the PMMF (shameless plug) and I recall that Volker Weidler raced in '86 with a Rial-sponsored Bromley. Obviously, the link being that he raced with Gunter Schmid's lot when they made it to Formula 1. So, uh,...

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You'd be right to take a shot in the dark, although it wasn't Caffi (or - while no doubt possessing the talent to win a race as a -5 year old, Chilton) One clue seeing as he was mentioned, as well as competing in that race and being a future F1 reject, the driver also has one other quite significant...

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Good guesses, but the Silverstone race was the one race that Tarquini didn't compete in 1986. Pirro was there and did indeed lead the race, but not who I was thinking of - in fact he was the whole reason for me specifying the link to the driver's F1 stint in order to narrow it down.

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Woohoo I must admit I don't think I'd have gotten that one before the safety car hint, immediately brought to mind Rubens two wins then I remembered about the guy at Singapore after that Next question: The opening race of the 1986 F3000 season at Silverstone was won by Pascal Fabre. However a fellow...

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Always won since 2000 when there has been a track invader? Rubens at Hockenheim that year and Silverstone '03, Vettel at Singapore this year?

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Slightly OT but its a similar sort of thing - I decided if I could try and find the smallest number of WDC links from Silverstone 1950 to the present day, but with the added restriction that the drivers didn't just compete against each other, but were teammates, my best effort was 7: Prince Bira Roy...

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They have entered every season with at least one driver who competed for them the previous year? McLaren replaced both drivers in 2007 Williams and Mercedes (Brawn) in 2010 Red Bull (as Jaguar) in 2003 "Lotus" (Renault) in 2012 Force India in 2014 Manor, Sauber and Toro Rosso in 2015 Ferra...

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Secure the championship in a race in which he finished behind his nearest challenger? Haven't looked it up to verify so might be wrong but Hamilton and Vettel in '08 and '12 and remember Schumacher limping across the line in '03 and must have done it at least once more for one of the other six I gue...

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This'll be a work in progress for me, currently I've got from the present day to April 1964 with two drivers (working backwards), might take a bit of research this one but I'll see how I do! EDIT: Reet I've got 9 (using the reasonably be expected to compete in 2016 starting point, not the Dakar). Wi...

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