Pacific Grand Prix's website

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 09 Apr 2009, 22:52

...has yet to be taken down off of the internet.

http://www.pacificgrandprix.com

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 10 Apr 2009, 00:55

You can't kill that which is immortal! :twisted:

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 10 Apr 2009, 09:48

They must have paid their internet service provider for years and years in advance. I guess that was cheap back in 1994 or 95.

Pedro_Diniz · Post by **Pedro_Diniz** » 10 Apr 2009, 14:04

Oh my! They really must've thought they'd last the distance, eh? :roll:

AstraJOM · Post by **AstraJOM** » 10 Apr 2009, 19:45

Thx for the link, its a great website. :lol:

Post by **Nuppiz** » 13 Apr 2009, 13:45

Last Modified: 1 October 1995 :lol:

Guess they just forgot the whole site when they withdrew.

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:20

I wish other ex-teams would keep their unupdated sites online...

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 13 Apr 2009, 15:24

THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF DELETRAZ:

"I am very happy to be returning to Formula One and we will work hard together to make this a competitive end to the season. Although the Pacific team is quite small, they have a lot of motivation and I think everyone knows that Keith Wiggins is determined to make strong progress in Formula One. For me it is a good opportunity to gain more Formula One experience, and to develop a programme which hopefully will lead to my participation in the 1996 Formula One World Championship."

http://www.pacificgrandprix.com/aboutjd.html

Life w12 · Post by **Life w12** » 13 Apr 2009, 23:43

"Old legends never die, they just fade away -Babe Ruth from The Sandlot

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 14 Apr 2009, 00:42

It also says that Bertrand Gachot is one of the fastest and most experienced drivers in the world :shock:

XurizManson · Post by **XurizManson** » 14 Apr 2009, 00:49

Geez, its for real!

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 14 Apr 2009, 05:01

Henrique wrote:It also says that Bertrand Gachot is one of the fastest and most experienced drivers in the world

If he's going backwards into a fence, maybe.

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 15 Apr 2009, 15:57

Waris wrote:I wish other ex-teams would keep their unupdated sites online...

http://www.midlandf1.com/ :mrgreen:

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 15 Apr 2009, 21:18

Henrique wrote:
Waris wrote:I wish other ex-teams would keep their unupdated sites online...

http://www.midlandf1.com/

Nicely done.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 16 Apr 2009, 00:34

This is great!The press releases are especially good. I mean where else would you find these headlines?
"MONTERMINI FINISHES DESPITE FIRST LAP INCIDENT"
"GACHOT PRODUCES GOOD FINISH FOR PACIFIC"
"JEAN-DENIS DELETRAZ (CH): Retired - severe cramp"
Also, apparently they were trying to finish, not do anything else.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 16 Apr 2009, 00:46

thehemogoblin wrote:
Henrique wrote:
Waris wrote:I wish other ex-teams would keep their unupdated sites online...

http://www.midlandf1.com/

Nicely done.

I remember getting on to the Super Aguri website a while back. I couldn't get on it when I tried it today. It was at this address http://www.saf1.co.jp
This is the Honda website, not that many people would want to go on: http://www.hondaracingf1.com/fans.html

runningboots · Post by **runningboots** » 16 Apr 2009, 11:47

tristan1117 wrote:"JEAN-DENIS DELETRAZ (CH): Retired - severe cramp"

That is very funny :lol:

Can someone do one of the web searches where theowner of the domain is listed ? Maybe we can all club together and buy the domain on a 100 year lease to keep it "secure".

Jack O Malley · Post by **Jack O Malley** » 17 Apr 2009, 10:31

Oh my god this is a great find! :lol:

(this is my first post here, hi to all!)

Post by **Nuppiz** » 17 Apr 2009, 11:51

Hmm...it's provided by Hewlett-Packard...maybe they've got some Pacific fans there? :mrgreen:

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 17 Apr 2009, 19:56

Presumably it's just sitting on some HP webspace somewhere, and has been quietly forgotten about by all concerned. I'm sure at some point they'll notice and wipe it off - unless of course it's being protected by a closet F1 fan somewhere in the company! Great that it still exists, though. A real piece of online archaeology!

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 08 May 2009, 21:17

Someone should mirror it somewhere.
Hmm... I have access to webspace, maybe I could do it... It doesn't seem to take up to much space...

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 08 May 2009, 22:04

It's one of the few things that has been left untouched in the time period since I've had the internet (1998).

Valrys · Post by **Valrys** » 08 May 2009, 23:06

Optimised for Netscape 1.1 eh? :shock:

Shame none of the photo links work

Edit: Very nice photo of inside the teams factory in the Team history section

hclw · Post by **hclw** » 08 May 2009, 23:18

This quote from the site says a lot:

Pacific Grand Prix currently employs 35 personnel and is expanding even further in readiness for the 1995 Formula One World Championship.

35 people!

and here is the factory, packed with staff busily rushing about....

...no wait, its empty

Irisado · Post by **Irisado** » 09 May 2009, 16:14

I cannot believe that Pacific's website is still up there after all this time!

I think the factory floor image just about sums things up though, especially since the text is all about the 1995 season, yet the the picture is of the old 1994 Pacific (or should I say Reynard) cars.

Still, in my view, their 1995 car wasn't all that bad, it was just very unreliable, due to a lack of resources and money, and was made to look very bad when Lavaggi, and in particular Deletraz (surely one of the slowest drivers ever to compete in F1), drove it. You certainly couldn't accuse Montermini and Gachot of being slouches. Gachot certainly performed solidly enough for Jordan in 1991 after all.

Valrys · Post by **Valrys** » 09 May 2009, 20:51

Irisado wrote:Still, in my view, their 1995 car wasn't all that bad, it was just very unreliable, due to a lack of resources and money.

The jump in performance from 1994 to 95, considering their lack of budget, was pretty astronomical; with a bit more money they'd have given Simtek a run for their money. It's a shame both teams ran out of money, as Simtek vs Pacific vs Forti vs the 107% time would have made for a very interesting 1996!

Irisado · Post by **Irisado** » 11 May 2009, 18:42

Valrys wrote:
Irisado wrote:Still, in my view, their 1995 car wasn't all that bad, it was just very unreliable, due to a lack of resources and money.

The jump in performance from 1994 to 95, considering their lack of budget, was pretty astronomical; with a bit more money they'd have given Simtek a run for their money. It's a shame both teams ran out of money, as Simtek vs Pacific vs Forti vs the 107% time would have made for a very interesting 1996!

I agree, and such a battle would have added an extra dimension to the 1996 season, which despite being quite dynamic at the front of the field, and including that Monaco Grand Prix, was rather a static season in other areas of the field.

stupot94 · Post by **stupot94** » 03 Aug 2011, 15:04

Its been taken offline

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 04 Aug 2011, 05:52

Aww. I wish I knew it's existance before

would loved to have seen it.

stupot94 · Post by **stupot94** » 04 Aug 2011, 06:31

AdrianSutil wrote:Aww. I wish I knew it's existance before would loved to have seen it.

Basically it looked like a basic 90s webpage, with words of hope for the Pacific team. Obviously now we can look back and laugh but thats the 90s for you.

To make up for the takedown of the website, I have put a picture of a poster i really want

f1-gast · Post by **f1-gast** » 05 Aug 2011, 19:49

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20031001 ... dprix.com/

Here the site is but it doesn't how it was before it not sure what happend with the rest ?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 11 Feb 2012, 02:09

Images don't work, but all of the text is available in this archived version:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090227080624/http://www.pacificgrandprix.com/

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 12 Feb 2012, 08:03

Pacific Grand Prix, Gachot Profile:
"in 1994 he drove the team's Pacific-Ilmor PR01 at the 16 Grands Prix which comprised the World Championship. Despite the car's lack of competitiveness, Bertrand remained fully motivated throughout the season and worked tirelessly on the technical and commercial sides of the team".

That's one way to describe his 94' season... :lol:

Myrvold · Post by **Myrvold** » 10 Mar 2012, 01:07

The site is... back up again! Woah!
Someone grab a copy! I think I will, and then upload it to my own homepage. Just to keep it forever and ever!

wmetcalf68 · Post by **wmetcalf68** » 10 Mar 2012, 02:25

It's back up! Yay!

Post by **Londoner** » 10 Mar 2012, 11:15

A glimpse into a simpler, more carefree and less cynical time. 1990s FTW!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 10 Mar 2012, 12:10

This site is just pure gold!

Pacific Press Release, 8th September 1995 wrote:Giovanni and Air Sicilia would like to invite all media to a Cannoli party at the Pacific motor home at 6.30pm this evening. This Sicilian specialiality dish is being flown in this afternoon by Air Sicilia, one of Giovanni's sponsors.

I also just saved it on my computer, the whole site takes a mighty 2,01 MB of space! :lol:

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 10 Mar 2012, 13:59

It's a pleasure to see Pacific's website working again.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 10 Mar 2012, 14:17

Epic. Just epic.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 Mar 2012, 15:10

Nuppiz wrote:This site is just pure gold!

Pacific Press Release, 8th September 1995 wrote:Giovanni and Air Sicilia would like to invite all media to a Cannoli party at the Pacific motor home at 6.30pm this evening. This Sicilian specialiality dish is being flown in this afternoon by Air Sicilia, one of Giovanni's sponsors.

I also just saved it on my computer, the whole site takes a mighty 2,01 MB of space!

2.01 MB? Wow...