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Inspired by a couple of shots I just found on Flickr, I thought it would be an idea to have a thread in which we can draw attention to photos of Reject drivers and teams on this and other photo-sharing websites.

To begin with, two shots by "R1 Racer" from pre-qualifying for the 1990 Portuguese Grand Prix:

Claudio Langes, EuroBrun ER189

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Bertrand Gachot, Coloni C3C (going fast enough to induce speed-blur :shock: )
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midgrid wrote:Bertrand Gachot, Coloni C3C (going fast enough to induce speed-blur :shock: )


Of course, since the background is also blurred, the photographer may just have moved the camera! :)
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Surely this must be a photoshop or something :lol:
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^It's at Goodwood.

Reference.
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shinji wrote:^It's at Goodwood.

Reference.


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Phoenix wrote:
shinji wrote:^It's at Goodwood.

Reference.


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"One day Bruno told me that he had heard the engine momentarily making a strange sound; his suspicion was that all the cylinders had been operating."
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Phoenix wrote:(Large pic - see original post)

Surely this must be a photoshop or something :lol:


That's a nice "baby got back" scene for that car! :lol:
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fjackdaw wrote:
midgrid wrote:Bertrand Gachot, Coloni C3C (going fast enough to induce speed-blur :shock: )


Of course, since the background is also blurred, the photographer may just have moved the camera! :)


Or a conspiracy to make anyone who sees that picture believe that Coloni was actually fast at one point... >_>
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Phoenix wrote:
Surely this must be a photoshop or something :lol:


Are the front wheels supposed to be cambered in at the top like that? :shock:
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Enforcer wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
Surely this must be a photoshop or something :lol:


Are the front wheels supposed to be cambered in at the top like that? :shock:


I think those are the brake disc refrigeration ducts.
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Bernd Schneider testing a McLaren MP4/10! Lots of good photos in this AMuS gallery.
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midgrid wrote:Bernd Schneider testing a McLaren MP4/10! Lots of good photos in this AMuS gallery.


That site is superb! Some lovely photos there, plenty of avatar material!
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AndreaModa wrote:
midgrid wrote:Bernd Schneider testing a McLaren MP4/10! Lots of good photos in this AMuS gallery.


That site is superb! Some lovely photos there, plenty of avatar material!

I will show it.

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...16 years later, and that car still looks ridiculously wrong. It's the Ford Scorpio of F1 car design.
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"One day Bruno told me that he had heard the engine momentarily making a strange sound; his suspicion was that all the cylinders had been operating."
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My goodness, that looks more spectacularly ugly than in any other photos I've seen. Not so much designed, more the result of giving an infant a piece of paper, a pen, a ruler and a set square.
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That comes close to making those oversized turbo cars of 1983/1984 look like works of art. Marlboro and yellow should NEVER go together.
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Apart from on my overalls in that picture on the right, yes.
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I've got a treat for you lovely people. A bloke I know (Chris) has scanned his old photos and he has some great photos of reject cars and drivers. These are in relatively low resolution. All of the photos were taken at Silverstone:

Luca Badoer in the Shannon-liveried Forti in 1996:

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Gregor Foitek in the Onyx in 1990:

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Gregor Foitek in the EuroBrun in 1989:

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Bruno Giacomelli in the Life in 1990:

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Claudio Langes in the EuroBrun in 1990:

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Roberto Moreno in the Coloni in 1989:

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Roberto Moreno in the EuroBrun in 1990:

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Gabriele Tarquini in the Coloni in 1988.

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Those pictures are the greatest collection I've ever seen. Just how high was the front of the Eurobrun in 89?! Loved the Forti one, I always liked that livery!! And a picture of the Life in all it's glory!!
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Some of these are very rare. I've never seen that many photos of Foitek or Langes in the EuroBruns.
I've got another 40 photos.
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Mate seriously, if you have the time I'd love to see them too, as I'm sure everyone else would too. I've never seen an 89 Eurobrun before and that's only the secnd picture I've seen of the 89 Coloni.
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That one of the Forti in 1996 must be one of the last ever glimpses of the car on track, because if I remember correctly, they were only allowed a bare minimum of track time as their engines had no more mileage (never understood this term, could someone explain it. I assume it's something to do with engine life? )
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These photos are a real late Christmas present!

I don't think I've seen a picture of that 89 Eurobrun before either. One thing I noticed is that despite their lack of success, Eurobrun obviously attracted a fair bit of sponsorship as both cars have quite a few logos on. I enjoyed seeing Gregor Foitek twice, as he was extremely rubbish - the only memories I have of him actually racing in F1 involve Brabhams crashing mainly.
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I'm glad you guys liked them! I'll post the rest, by year.

Let's start with 1977.
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1991 next.

Eric van de Poele in the Lambo:

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Nicola Larini in the Lambo:

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Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS:

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Fabrizio Barbazza in the AGS:

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Me in the sh!tbox - hooray!!

Not a nice car. Now, the Lambo - that was a nice car. But not much quicker sadly.
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1990.

Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS:

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Faustus wrote:I'm glad you guys liked them! I'll post the rest, by year.

Let's start with 1977.
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Just wondering - can I see partial skirts under the car? Is that an attempt at a crude partial ground effects car?
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i advise you to put your friend's name on the pics, because they're very interesting, and soon will be copied around the internets

mario wrote:Just wondering - can I see partial skirts under the car? Is that an attempt at a crude partial ground effects car?

i've seen this quite often on 1977 or 1978 cars, even 1976 cars if i remember correctly. Because at first, Lotus would like to believe it were only the skirts creating that ground effect, most teams weren't awere yet of how the tunnel system worked. The skirts did help slightly, but it was defenitely not enough.
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These are some great photos, especially the ones from the '70s and '80s :D
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Gregor Foitek

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JJ Lehto

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Olivier Grouillard

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That Lola livery differs quite a lot from the one they actually used...and it kind of looks better.
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mediocre wrote:That Lola livery differs quite a lot from the one they actually used...and it kind of looks better.

Agreed. Take away the orange and it would be complete.
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Pointrox wrote:http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6069/6086444985_f16de6b8eb_z.jpg
Gregor Foitek

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JJ Lehto

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Olivier Grouillard

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Lola Ford T94/30 :D


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I'll upload the rest in chunks before thursday, because I'm off on holiday for a week and I would like you guys to see them before I go.

From 1995:

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Andrea Montermini in the Pacific.
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From 1994:

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Paul Belmondo in the Pacific.

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Bertrand Gachot in the Pacific.

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David Brabham in the Simtek.

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Jean Marc-Gounon in the Simtek.

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A couple of Olivier Beretta in the Larrousse.

A non-reject one, but still cool:

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Erik Comas in the Larrousse.
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