Grand Prix Rejects

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For anyone familiar with it:

MAXIBON Hall

Looking forward to seeing him race in the BTCC this year.

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Are there any other teams that killed the careers of all their drivers?

Besides Team Merzario....

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Mikko Hirvonen at Subaru in the 2004 WRC. Finished only 7th in the championship with just 29 points and was the only full time works driver not to score a single podium while Petter Solberg finished runner up on 82 points with 7 podiums 5 of which were wins. He finished only one point ahead of Harr...

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Alain Menu and Jason Plato in the BTCC.

1997 and 1998 with Renault.

Final meeting of 2015 with Team BMR Volkswagen.

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You-Gee-Eee-Day wrote: ↑08 Apr 2025, 09:13
Nessafox wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 10:59 Esteban Ocon exists
Citation needed.

Ocon is of Spanish and Algerian descent.

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Mikko Hirvonen at Subaru in the 2004 WRC. Finished only 7th in the championship with just 29 points and was the only full time works driver not to score a single podium while Petter Solberg finished runner up on 82 points with 7 podiums 5 of which were wins. He finished only one point ahead of Harr...

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Nessafox wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 10:59
Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑06 Apr 2025, 21:19 Is Isack Hadjar the first F1 Driver of Algerian descent to score points?
Esteban Ocon exists

Of course

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Senna Proctor and Josh Cook in the British Touring Car Championship:

Power Maxed Racing in 2018 and BTC Racing in 2021, though Proctor only joined from the 2nd meeting onwards, replacing Dan Cammish.

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In light of his recent passing, Eddie Jordan raced in the Dunlop Rover GTI Championship that was a support race at the 1991 British Grand Prix, he was a guest entry in the #1 Celebrity car.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H5THBA4SE4A

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Is Isack Hadjar the first F1 Driver of Algerian descent to score points?

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My earliest memory of EJ is Barrichello shining at Donington in only his 3rd race in 1993.

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Gianni Morbidelli at Volvo in the 1998 British Touring Car Championship. No podiums and finished nearly 200 points behind his team-mate Rickard Rydell who WON the title! To think he was a candidate for the all-conquering Renault team the previous year! I’ll also throw Peter Kox into the mix from th...

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https://x.com/BTCC/status/1905605935793 ... gr%5Etweet

Michael Crees returns with Excelr8.

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dr-baker wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 21:26
Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 15:28 Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.
You could do it perhaps?

I think I will do that, now that Hamilton's confirmed to be returning for 2025!

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https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/hamilton-makes-surprise-return-to-btcc-grid/10707284/ In another surprise announcement, Nic Hamilton is returning to the BTCC for the first time since mid 2023. And he's planning to use the opportunity to promote ways into motorsport for people with disabilities....

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I suspect 44 and 33 are all the same driver in that list :-) In fact, that's not the case for 44! Maurice Trintignant won the 1955 Monaco GP in a Ferrari numbered 44 - though Max Verstappen has won every single GP ever won by a car with number 33. After that, the next number with all its wins score...

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We'll miss you Eddie.

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Sam Smelt in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship. Only scored 5 points in the Speedworks Toyota Corolla all season! Team-mate Rory Butcher? 3 Wins 6 Podiums 22 Points Finishes out of a possible 30 247 Points 7th in the Championship Suffice it to say, every Speedworks driver since then has done...

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Rickard Rydell and Kelvin Burt:

TOM'S GB in the 1991 British F3 Season (1 Race) and Volvo in the BTCC in 1996 and 1997.

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So which of these cars was the most obstinate immovable object to the irresistible force of its drivers? I'll rank them by the drivers' combined total number of participations. 11. Coloni C4 - 15 10. Scirocco - 27 9. Minardi PS04B - 38 8. Minardi M198 - 49 7. Caterham CT03 - 58 6. Life L190 - 84 5....

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PMR back with 1 car, hoping for 2.

https://btcc.net/motor-parts-direct-bec ... ed-racing/

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Alex Pilau rice

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dr-baker wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 09:13 https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/she ... /10701515/

Good news everybody! Gordon Shedden is back, this time with Toyota!

HO-LY...COW!

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Right, BTCC 2025 grid so far: No change at NAPA: Sutton, Cammish, Rowbottom, Osborne Excelr8: Ingram, Chilton, Morgan (switching from WSR), Zelos favourite for 4th seat but still trying to raise funds. Speedworks: Pearson, AT-S (with PMR seemingly pulling out, due to loss of Evans Halshaw sponsorshi...

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Damon Hill had a few one-make series cameos in 1987. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/screenshot_20250124_193008_youtube-jpg.1424149/ MG Maestro, also Silverstone, he's driving car #19. Finished 3rd. Incidentally, the #7 car was driven by Sir Jack Brabham's middle son, who won the race. H...

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Damon Hill had a few one-make series cameos in 1987. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/screenshot_20250124_193008_youtube-jpg.1424149/ MG Maestro, also Silverstone, he's driving car #19. Finished 3rd. Incidentally, the #7 car was driven by Sir Jack Brabham's middle son, who won the race.

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Mike Stick-of-Rockenfeller

Har1MAS1415 · Re: They drove that car? Nessafox wrote: ↑02 Mar 2025, 15:47Indeed Thank you.

Nessafox wrote: ↑02 Mar 2025, 15:47Indeed

Thank you.

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Nessafox wrote: ↑01 Mar 2025, 03:15 Here is Prince Laurent of Belgium driving a 2CV in Spa in 1995, interestingly enough sponsored by Prince biscuits, great branding there.

Was that a 24 Hour race?

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My favourite is definitely the Sauber. Apart from Ferrari going 1993, another nod to the early 90s is the Alpine reminds me of the 1992 Brabham Damon Hill debuted in! REALLY don't like the team formerly known as Minardi's car (I never know what to call them!), and the rest look just like last year!...

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Nessafox wrote: ↑01 Mar 2025, 03:11 Gabriel bortolettuce

In that case:

Ricardo Palettuce
Giancarlo Spaghetti

From Indycar:

Buddy Rice

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There's a lovely article on Autosport about the legendary Murray Walker, written by James Allen: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/end-of-an-era-murray-walkers-final-commentary/10686887/ Once the race was over, we all gathered for a final drink in the TV compound. It was brief. Murray normally didn...

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dr-baker wrote: ↑28 Feb 2025, 18:59
Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑28 Feb 2025, 14:40 Sushi Wolff
Ohh, very good!

Thanks.

Surprised that hadn't occurred to anyone else until now.

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My favourite is definitely the Sauber. Apart from Ferrari going 1993, another nod to the early 90s is the Alpine reminds me of the 1992 Brabham Damon Hill debuted in! REALLY don't like the team formerly known as Minardi's car (I never know what to call them!), and the rest look just like last year!...

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I would love to have a look at the statistics for win by car numbers. I suspect that 5 would come out higher than 1 as I can recall quite a few championships being won by car number 5 when the world champion has struggled to drag inferior equipment round/lost desire/moved to a less competitive team...

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Sushi Wolff

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https://media.evo.co.uk/image/private/s--6PCmSv9m--/f_auto,t_content-image-full-desktop@1/v1740565129/evo/2025/02%20Feb/Alan%20Gow.jpg British Touring Car Championship boss Alan Gow racing a Ford Fiesta. Having no luck trying to find out what year exactly. This is where I found the image but there'...

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Just realised:

Alpine's double-podium in Brazil 2024 was the first for Team Enstone since Korea 2013 when they were Lotus.

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dr-baker wrote: ↑29 Jan 2025, 06:58
Nessafox wrote: ↑28 Jan 2025, 22:09 But, all those liveries are... good?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or to use a more modern phrase, YMMV...

Those liveries just didn't impress me.

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MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑12 Jan 2025, 15:48 So apparently we won't be having a Lewis Hamilton on the grid this season Try and get your teeth round that...

Reminds me of Senna. He raced with his full name initially in the junior formulas.

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