Grand Prix Rejects

Posted: **31 Oct 2011, 22:48**

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

and

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

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Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 09:23**

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

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

Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 21:51**

Surely this must be a photoshop or something :lol:

Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 21:54**

^It's at Goodwood.

Reference.

Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 22:02**

shinji wrote:^It's at Goodwood.

Reference.

Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 22:05**

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

Reference.

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Posted: **03 Nov 2011, 22:31**

Collision between Martin Brundle (Ligier JS43) and Pedro Diniz (Forti FG01) during the 1995 British Grand Prix weekend, by Anthony Fosh.

A harbinger of the Schumacher-Hill collision during the race?

Posted: **07 Nov 2011, 15:10**

Phoenix wrote:(Large pic - see original post)

Surely this must be a photoshop or something

That's a nice "baby got back" scene for that car! :lol:

Posted: **08 Nov 2011, 07:33**

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

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... >_>

Posted: **08 Nov 2011, 13:11**

Phoenix wrote:
Surely this must be a photoshop or something

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

Posted: **09 Nov 2011, 00:02**

Enforcer wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
Surely this must be a photoshop or something

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

I think those are the brake disc refrigeration ducts.

Posted: **17 Nov 2011, 23:17**

Adrián Campos, Minardi M187 by John Millar.

Posted: **21 Nov 2011, 23:28**

Bernd Schneider testing a McLaren MP4/10! Lots of good photos in this AMuS gallery.

Posted: **22 Nov 2011, 01:15**

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!

Posted: **23 Nov 2011, 18:26**

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.

Posted: **24 Nov 2011, 13:33**

...16 years later, and that car still looks ridiculously wrong. It's the Ford Scorpio of F1 car design.

Posted: **01 Dec 2011, 00:40**

Arturo Merzario's A1B at the 1979 French Grand Prix, by usainagaz.

Posted: **01 Dec 2011, 19:56**

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.

Posted: **01 Dec 2011, 21:24**

That comes close to making those oversized turbo cars of 1983/1984 look like works of art. Marlboro and yellow should NEVER go together.

Posted: **02 Dec 2011, 20:41**

Apart from on my overalls in that picture on the right, yes.

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 14:25**

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:

Gregor Foitek in the Onyx in 1990:

Gregor Foitek in the EuroBrun in 1989:

Bruno Giacomelli in the Life in 1990:

Claudio Langes in the EuroBrun in 1990:

Roberto Moreno in the Coloni in 1989:

Roberto Moreno in the EuroBrun in 1990:

Gabriele Tarquini in the Coloni in 1988.

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 16:35**

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!!

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 17:28**

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.

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 17:49**

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.

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 17:50**

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? )

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 19:20**

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.

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 20:28**

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

Let's start with 1977.
Brett Lunger in the privateer McLaren M23:

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 20:31**

1991 next.

Eric van de Poele in the Lambo:

Nicola Larini in the Lambo:

Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS:

Fabrizio Barbazza in the AGS:

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 20:38**

Me in the sh!tbox - hooray!!

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

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 20:40**

1990.

Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS:

Posted: **28 Dec 2011, 22:32**

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

Let's start with 1977.
Brett Lunger in the privateer McLaren M23:

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

Posted: **29 Dec 2011, 01:03**

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.

Posted: **29 Dec 2011, 01:32**

These are some great photos, especially the ones from the '70s and '80s

Posted: **29 Dec 2011, 19:04**

Gimax

Divina Galica

Maria Teresa de Filippis

Posted: **01 Jan 2012, 18:11**

Gregor Foitek

JJ Lehto

Olivier Grouillard

Lola Ford T94/30

Posted: **01 Jan 2012, 21:47**

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

Posted: **01 Jan 2012, 23:30**

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.

Posted: **03 Jan 2012, 14:23**

Pointrox wrote:http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6069/6086444985_f16de6b8eb_z.jpg
Gregor Foitek

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6199/6087 ... e85a_z.jpg
JJ Lehto

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6063/6086 ... 8427_z.jpg
Olivier Grouillard

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5092/5520 ... 63b7_z.jpg
Lola Ford T94/30

Great photos Pointrox!

Posted: **03 Jan 2012, 14:39**

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:

Andrea Montermini in the Pacific.

Posted: **03 Jan 2012, 14:43**

From 1994:

Paul Belmondo in the Pacific.

Bertrand Gachot in the Pacific.

David Brabham in the Simtek.

Jean Marc-Gounon in the Simtek.

A couple of Olivier Beretta in the Larrousse.

A non-reject one, but still cool:

Erik Comas in the Larrousse.

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