Evening everyone.
It's time for another Driver Profile, and this may be one of the most important ones we've ever published. Out of nearly 800 Formula 1 drivers over the last 74 years, only five have been female, and only one has reached the scoreboard in a World Championship Grand Prix. Yes, we've chosen the trailblazer that is Lella Lombardi!
Our profile maestro Rob Dylan has worked his magic tenfold to tell Lella's story, which also took in copious Le Mans entries and even a one-off ride in NASCAR! It's hard to believe Lombardi rubbed shoulders with the likes of Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip and fellow GP Reject A.J. Foyt, but that's exactly what she did! She even outlasted future NASCAR stars such as Bill Elliott and Ricky Rudd! Read it all and more here!
Driver Profile - Lella Lombardi
Driver Profile - Lella Lombardi
Driver Profile - Lella Lombardi
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
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[Insert obligatory dr. baker post] 
I don't know what i want and i want it now!
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I can't possibly imagine what you mean. Lella Lombardi? Who he?!
I'd better read the article and find out.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
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Re: Driver Profile - Lella Lombardi
I found a couple of issues in this one - I read it on its release (which I haven't been doing recently, and should).
Twice there's the use of the word "grift" (of derivatives thereof) when what Rob/Jeremy meant was "graft". One of those is in a picture caption. "Grift" is, if anything, the complete opposite - and more than a bit derogatory.
And, (engage nasal nerd voice) "208" wasn't the frequency of Radio Luxembourg, it was the wavelength (in metres). AM stations tended to be classified that way at the time. "Make a date with 208", as the advertising tagline went. Incidentally, the frequency was 1440 kHz in the quantised-by-9 system (and quantised-by-10 over the Atlantic). 208 kHz would be a long wave frequency, and would be quantised to 207 kHz anyway.
Twice there's the use of the word "grift" (of derivatives thereof) when what Rob/Jeremy meant was "graft". One of those is in a picture caption. "Grift" is, if anything, the complete opposite - and more than a bit derogatory.
And, (engage nasal nerd voice) "208" wasn't the frequency of Radio Luxembourg, it was the wavelength (in metres). AM stations tended to be classified that way at the time. "Make a date with 208", as the advertising tagline went. Incidentally, the frequency was 1440 kHz in the quantised-by-9 system (and quantised-by-10 over the Atlantic). 208 kHz would be a long wave frequency, and would be quantised to 207 kHz anyway.
James Allen, on his favourite F1 engine of all time:
"...the Life W12, I can't describe the noise to you, but imagine filling your dustbin with nuts and bolts, and then throwing it down the stairs, it was something akin to that!"
"...the Life W12, I can't describe the noise to you, but imagine filling your dustbin with nuts and bolts, and then throwing it down the stairs, it was something akin to that!"
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Thank you for the feedback, I'll get these phrases corrected. I want to improve with every article so I do appreciate it.
Felipe Nasr - the least forgettable F1 driver!Murray Walker at the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix wrote:The other [Stewart] driver, who nobody's been paying attention to, because he's disappointing, is Jan Magnussen.