Grand Prix Rejects

It's been a short while since we had any new content, and that's largely because I burned through the summer stash more quickly than I thought. Lesson learned, won't happen again.

But, we've got something fun and semi-topical in two ways. Firstly, it's a riff on the Perez-Ocon inability to race without touching. Secondly (and serendipitously, I hasten to add), it links to the news that Didier Calmels of Larrousse fame is returning to motorsport to back Tristan Gommendy's 2018 Indy 500 entry.

With me so far? Okay, good. So, here's an article about a pair of Larrousse drivers.

Have fun.

Ataxia wrote:Have fun.

I did.

It's amazing how little of the 1992 season I remember, other than "oh, there goes Nigel Mansell powering off into the distance again", Michael Schumacher's first win, and the amazing feat that was Roberto Moreno hauling the Andrea Moda onto the grid at Monaco. This was a helpful reminder what was going on elsewhere than right at the front and right at the back.

Enjoyed this a bunch!

Never thought of Larrousse as anything other than bland, so you've added some excitement for me!

Nice feature. Thank you.

watka wrote:Enjoyed this a bunch!

Never thought of Larrousse as anything other than bland, so you've added some excitement for me!

Larrousse would be a candidate for the most average, middling, team in recent F1 history so "bland" is a correct term to describe them. Neither good nor bad, they are so boring that I don't think many people even remember them. Aside from Aguri Suzuki's podium the team never achieved anything notable.

dinizintheoven wrote:

Ataxia wrote:Have fun.

I did.

It's amazing how little of the 1992 season I remember, other than "oh, there goes Nigel Mansell powering off into the distance again", Michael Schumacher's first win, and the amazing feat that was Roberto Moreno hauling the Andrea Moda onto the grid at Monaco. This was a helpful reminder what was going on elsewhere than right at the front and right at the back.

'92 is a pretty poor season it must be said. The highlights were Schumacher's first win, Alboreto and DeCesaris, and Senna V. Mansell at Monaco. The FW14B+Mansell was just too much for anybody to handle.

Larrousse's incredibly colourful and distinctive livery schemes alone are enough to outright refute any suggestion implying the team was somehow boring.

Not to mention that AGURI SUZUKI drove for them.

Man, some people say that red and white Kroenburg car looked awful...

In my eyes, it's one of the best liveries ever in Formula One.