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dr-baker wrote:
RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Anyone remember Nicolas Kiesa?

Me neither.

I remember his win in Monaco. In F3000... Thanks only to Bjorn Wirdheim!

Ahh thats right. I remember Wirdheim pissing away a certain race win, but forgot who was the beneficiary.
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I already have a hard time remembering Lucas Di Grassi or Charles Pic.
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I certainly remember Lucas di Grassi, with him being up the sharp end of Formula E - ditto his successor, Jérôme d'Ambrosio. However, it's a good point on Charles Pic - if asked to name all the Caterham-Marussia-HRT drivers who have passed through Formula E at some stage, Charles Pic is the one I'd have been most likely to miss.
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dinizintheoven wrote:I certainly remember Lucas di Grassi, with him being up the sharp end of Formula E - ditto his successor, Jérôme d'Ambrosio. However, it's a good point on Charles Pic - if asked to name all the Caterham-Marussia-HRT drivers who have passed through Formula E at some stage, Charles Pic is the one I'd have been most likely to miss.

But I remember him because of his punny surname!
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dr-baker wrote:
dinizintheoven wrote:I certainly remember Lucas di Grassi, with him being up the sharp end of Formula E - ditto his successor, Jérôme d'Ambrosio. However, it's a good point on Charles Pic - if asked to name all the Caterham-Marussia-HRT drivers who have passed through Formula E at some stage, Charles Pic is the one I'd have been most likely to miss.

But I remember him because of his punny surname!

But that doesnt distinguish him from other race drivers like Arthur Pic. In both cases no-one remembered they ever drove in F1. In the second case, it never even happened.
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Two seasons on from his last Grand Prix start, I already find it very easy to forget that Adrian Sutil was ever an F1 driver.
Out of the current crop of drivers, I think Esteban Gutiérrez is quite forgettable.
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Waris wrote:Out of the current crop of drivers, I think Esteban Gutiérrez is quite forgettable.

Even this year, I forget that he is on the grid, and when I do remember, I forget whether he drives for Haas or Sauber...
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dr-baker wrote:
Waris wrote:Out of the current crop of drivers, I think Esteban Gutiérrez is quite forgettable.

Even this year, I forget that he is on the grid, and when I do remember, I forget whether he drives for Haas or Sauber...


The only reason I don't forget him is that he drives for Haas.
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I had forgotten all about Julian Bailey
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In May I attended the Minardi Day at Imola, the great Tarso Marques was there. I had forgotten all about him, but looking thru his races it surprised me how well he did in the 2 GPs he had in 1996 :chilton:
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Indycar note : How did Milka Duno actually get a ride?
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Dexter249 wrote:Indycar note : How did Milka Duno actually get a ride?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8
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Dexter249 wrote:Indycar note : How did Milka Duno actually get a ride?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8

She is also a former model in her home country of Venezuela. Before you dismiss that, don't forget that Danica Patrick featured in Sports Illustrated...

Oh and according to her Wikipedia entry, "Duno holds master's degrees in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Maritime Business, and Marine Biology."
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As shown in the Unusual Stats thread, I managed to completely forget that Honda was still in F1.
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Was talking F1 with a friend, and he mentioned some Roberto guy who apparently raced in F1, all of last year in fact! My memory certainly needed jogging for a few seconds...
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Kazuki Nakajima, Volker Weidler, Ralph Firman, Nicolas Kiesa and both Manor drivers from last year.
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Franco Forini. Two DNFs, one DNQ in 1987 for Osella. Completely forgot who he was.
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novitopoli wrote:Franco Forini. Two DNFs, one DNQ in 1987 for Osella. Completely forgot who he was.

How can you forget dat 'stache though?
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Nuppiz wrote:
novitopoli wrote:Franco Forini. Two DNFs, one DNQ in 1987 for Osella. Completely forgot who he was.

How can you forget dat 'stache though?
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He stole that 'tache from Damon Hill's dad!
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Its not even been a full year and I've already forgotten that Roberto Mehri existed.
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Dartanian wrote:Its not even been a full year and I've already forgotten that Roberto Mehri existed.



Oh yeah...
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Dartanian wrote:Its not even been a full year and I've already forgotten that Roberto Mehri existed.

They don't call it a "Mehri-go-round" for nothing :vergne:

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I'm not suggesting we need a separate thread for this (please nobody start a separate thread for this) but I was reading an article about Ferrari and it referenced previous Team Principle Marco Mattiacci and, for the life of me, I couldn't remember him. It took me a while to recall him as that little bloke who was running the race team for about half an hour some time ago. In my head it went from Domenicalli to Arrivabene so forgettable was he.
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I was watching some f1 reviews the other day, and found out that Robert Doornbos (sp) drive for Red Bull in 3 races.
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I seem to remember there being a round on Pointless where the question was to name any of Red Bull's F1 drivers.

Robert Doornbos was pointless - as were Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi. I remembered all three of those.

The episode was old enough that Daniil Kvyat hadn't signed for them yet.
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CoopsII wrote:I'm not suggesting we need a separate thread for this (please nobody start a separate thread for this) but I was reading an article about Ferrari and it referenced previous Team Principle Marco Mattiacci and, for the life of me, I couldn't remember him. It took me a while to recall him as that little bloke who was running the race team for about half an hour some time ago. In my head it went from Domenicalli to Arrivabene so forgettable was he.

I'm sure he would want it that way. :pantano:
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Do you remember when the rumours were true and Ross Brawn made that incredible comeback out of retirement to lead Ferrari once again on the road to greatness? :badoer:
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Apologies if previously discussed, but would like to throw these names up for discussion:
Jean-Marc Gounon
Gaston Mazzacane
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Mazzacane I remember pretty well, I even remember that he drove for Minardi in 2000 partnering Gené. I don't remember the Prost drive though.
Gounon I dont remember at all besides "mid-90's"
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AlliotsUsualAccident wrote:Apologies if previously discussed, but would like to throw these names up for discussion:
Jean-Marc Gounon
Gaston Mazzacane

you're on the wrong site
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AlliotsUsualAccident wrote:Apologies if previously discussed, but would like to throw these names up for discussion:
Jean-Marc Gounon
Gaston Mazzacane

you're on the wrong site

To be fair, he's got a point about Gounon. Being forgettable despite having driven for Minardi and Simtek. That's quite an achievement...
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Felipe Massa... oh hang on a minute.
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Spectoremg wrote:Felipe Massa... oh hang on a minute.

Felipe Nasr on the other hand... ;)
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Just read on Autosport about Gianmaria Bruni leaving a GT Ferrari squad, and I knew he had been an F1 driver, but I had forgotten that it had been for the legendary Minardi team.
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dr-baker wrote:Just read on Autosport about Gianmaria Bruni leaving a GT Ferrari squad, and I knew he had been an F1 driver, but I had forgotten that it had been for the legendary Minardi team.

How can you forget the team mate of none other than HWNSNBM? :chilton:
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Nuppiz wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Just read on Autosport about Gianmaria Bruni leaving a GT Ferrari squad, and I knew he had been an F1 driver, but I had forgotten that it had been for the legendary Minardi team.

How can you forget the team mate of none other than HWNSNBM? :chilton:

Because all of my focus was on HWNSNBM himself? D'uh? :facepalm:
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Being in that close proximity to HWNSNBM tends to tamper with your existence some what.
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dr-baker wrote:Just read on Autosport about Gianmaria Bruni leaving a GT Ferrari squad, and I knew he had been an F1 driver, but I had forgotten that it had been for the legendary Minardi team.

You know who else drove that year? Only the very driver in my avatar
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When I saw about the death of John Surtees, I took a look at the list of drivers who drove for his team and saw of one Luiz Bueno, a Brazilian who made only one start at his home Grand Prix at Interlagos back in 1973, which was the first F1 championship race in Brazil. He finished 12th (and last), 4 laps behind the winner and fellow countryman Emerson Fittipaldi.
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Anyone remember Stephen South? He drove for McLaren in 1980.
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