wsrgo wrote:Michael Schumacher first saw an F1 race at Monaco in 1990, a race won by Ayrton Senna. He'd gone there to see someone else's performance in a support race. Who was that driver?
Shot in the dark, Jörg Müller? He raced in the F3 support race on Saturday.
I'm guessing Mika Hakkinen. Maybe he was taking a closer look at his future rival.
kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
Faustus wrote:What was McLaren's gift to David Coulthard when he left the team?
Would this be a reference to McLaren allowing Coulthard to take one of their steering wheels with him when he went over to Red Bull? I recall that he asked if they could replicate the steering wheel button arrangement that McLaren had because he considered it to be clearer and easier to use than the system Red Bull ran at the time. Unusually, McLaren agreed to let him take an old part (I think in part because they were changing systems at the time and therefore felt that there wasn't much of a threat from Red Bull copying their layout - you can't imagine such a thing happening now that Red Bull are a much stronger team...).
Martin Brundle, on watching a replay of Grosjean spinning: "The problem with Grosjean is that he want to take a look back at the corner he's just exited"
wsrgo wrote:Michael Schumacher first saw an F1 race at Monaco in 1990, a race won by Ayrton Senna. He'd gone there to see someone else's performance in a support race. Who was that driver?
Shot in the dark, Jörg Müller? He raced in the F3 support race on Saturday.
I'm guessing Mika Hakkinen. Maybe he was taking a closer look at his future rival.
It was actually Frank Schmikler, who won the 24 Hours Nurburgring that year with Jo Winkelhock as one of his teammates. Schmikler was Schumi's teammate in German F3 in 1990, in the Weber-Trella Stuttgart (yes, Wili Weber) team.
eytl wrote:I agree. Especially when he talks about one's nerves sending signals 111a and 6783 etc. to the brain upon seeing Ericsson's hairdo.
He's got it all wrong. When I see Ericsson and Chilton's hairdos, the only signal going to my brain is 1049.
Faustus wrote:What was McLaren's gift to David Coulthard when he left the team?
Would this be a reference to McLaren allowing Coulthard to take one of their steering wheels with him when he went over to Red Bull? I recall that he asked if they could replicate the steering wheel button arrangement that McLaren had because he considered it to be clearer and easier to use than the system Red Bull ran at the time. Unusually, McLaren agreed to let him take an old part (I think in part because they were changing systems at the time and therefore felt that there wasn't much of a threat from Red Bull copying their layout - you can't imagine such a thing happening now that Red Bull are a much stronger team...).
Sort of. It was a wing mirror, mounted on a 6-way adjustable plate, because of his fondness for endlessly fiddling with the position of his mirrors. He used to do it even in the DTM.
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takagi_for_the_win wrote:Which team had this to say about their drivers' less than cordial relationship?
"It's not true that they don't like each other; they hate each other."
My guess is Williams on Piquet and Mansell.
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Allard Kalff in 1994 wrote:OH!! Schumacher in the wall! Right in front of us, Michael Schumacher is in the wall! He's hit the pitwall, he c... Ah, it's Jos Verstappen.
AndreaModa wrote:Here's one which made me chuckle when I read it:
What period of motorsport has been described as an "engineering masturbation exercise" recently?
Late '80s/early '90s?
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!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
AndreaModa wrote:Here's one which made me chuckle when I read it:
What period of motorsport has been described as an "engineering masturbation exercise" recently?
Turns out my chance purchase of Autosport last week was worth it.
Super Touring in the late 1990s.
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
AndreaModa wrote:Here's one which made me chuckle when I read it:
What period of motorsport has been described as an "engineering masturbation exercise" recently?
Turns out my chance purchase of Autosport last week was worth it.
Super Touring in the late 1990s.
Why don't I have the time to keep up with reading my Autosport suscription?
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!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
AndreaModa wrote:Here's one which made me chuckle when I read it:
What period of motorsport has been described as an "engineering masturbation exercise" recently?
Turns out my chance purchase of Autosport last week was worth it.
Super Touring in the late 1990s.
Correct! This and the 1973 special edition before it have been two of the best issues of Autosport I've read in a very long time. Neither of them will find their way into the recycling bin if I can help it!
AndreaModa wrote:This and the 1973 special edition before it have been two of the best issues of Autosport I've read in a very long time. Neither of them will find their way into the recycling bin if I can help it!
I've got them as well. A while ago there were some really good issues devoted to Jackie Stewart, John Surtees and Jim Clark as well. Really good. I think I'm buying Autosport more now than ever, apart from when I subscribed to it. I definitely buy all the special issues and the occasional issue.
Following Formula 1 since 1984. Avid collector of Formula 1 season guides and reviews. Collector of reject merchandise and 1/43rd scale reject model cars.
Not sure if this has already been asked, or if this is the right place for it given that I'm not sure about the answer myself, but here goes...
Daniel Ricciardo's record in Formula One currently stands at forty-two entries (and starts) with no finishes in the top six, easily qualifying him for reject status. Yet Red Bull have selected him over several other, supposedly better suited candidates who lack such a status for their 2014 campaign.
My question: When was the last time that a reject driver with at least one full season of Formula One (or fifteen races over multiple seasons) was selected to drive for a top-three team* at the start of a season (i.e. not as a replacement)?
*Based on that or the previous season's championship.
Cynon wrote:Look further down the field, enjoy the view of the little guys and/or crap drivers in cars too good for them giving their all for a meager result.
Because that's what I thought this forum celebrates the most.
Ben Gilbert wrote:My question: When was the last time that a reject driver with at least one full season of Formula One (or fifteen races over multiple seasons) was selected to drive for a top-three team* at the start of a season (i.e. not as a replacement)?
*Based on that or the previous season's championship.
I could have said Nelson Piquet Jr. but he isn't a reject.
Antonio Pizzonia - He is an F1 reject and Williams were 3rd in 2003, the year before he subbed for Ralf.
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Allard Kalff in 1994 wrote:OH!! Schumacher in the wall! Right in front of us, Michael Schumacher is in the wall! He's hit the pitwall, he c... Ah, it's Jos Verstappen.
Ben Gilbert wrote:My question: When was the last time that a reject driver with at least one full season of Formula One (or fifteen races over multiple seasons) was selected to drive for a top-three team* at the start of a season (i.e. not as a replacement)?
*Based on that or the previous season's championship.
I could have said Nelson Piquet Jr. but he isn't a reject.
Antonio Pizzonia - He is an F1 reject and Williams were 3rd in 2003, the year before he subbed for Ralf.
It's generally a good idea to read the entire question before answering.
watka wrote:Alex Zanardi?
25 starts before joining third-placed (albeit only just) in 1998 Williams for 1999; is, was, and will forever be an F1 Reject. I think you have it!
Cynon wrote:Look further down the field, enjoy the view of the little guys and/or crap drivers in cars too good for them giving their all for a meager result.
Because that's what I thought this forum celebrates the most.
I have been looking through some old F1 News magazines from 1994 this afternoon, and I saw a news article in the post-Imola issue that I don't recall knowing before (although I would have read it at the time). So the challenge is: name the team and team principal!
F1 News magazine, 11th May 1994, page 43 wrote:New Blow to **** Team
The **** team have pledged to appear at Monaco this week - despite losing their transporter in a blaze on the way back from the San Marino Grand Prix.
In a bizarre twist to a simply awful weekend, it emerged that ****'s articulated trailer caught fire when, it is thought, the brakes overheated on an autoroute in France.
Team principal, **** *****, explained: "They were coming down the hill from Mont Blanc. The transporter is a write-off. They managed to get the cars out, but all the other gear has gone.
"I'm not sure just how we're going to get to Monte Carlo. But we'll be there!"
And of course, they did make it! But who were they? A clue - it wasn't Andrea Moda (although this story is something that they would claim happened to them!)
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!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Going along with the tone of the report, was it Simtek?
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Ataxia wrote:Going along with the tone of the report, was it Simtek?
No.
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!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Check out the position of the sun on 2 August at 20:08 in my garden
Allard Kalff in 1994 wrote:OH!! Schumacher in the wall! Right in front of us, Michael Schumacher is in the wall! He's hit the pitwall, he c... Ah, it's Jos Verstappen.
Bingo! With the team principal, of course, being Keith Wiggins. How well known is this story? I certainly had no recollection of it until I reread the story this evening...
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!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
1) What do Nigel Mansell and Jacky Ickx uniquely have in common? 2) What current F1 driver is closest to joining the two aforementioned drivers? 3) What one thing will the driver in 2) have to do before the end of his career in order for this to be the case?
1. Jochen Mass 2. Alan Jones 3. Ronnie Peterson 4. Riccardo Patrese 5. Thierry Boutsen 6. Arturio Merzario 7. Jean-Pierre Jabouille 8. Andrea de Cesaris 9. Patrick Depailler 10. Stefano Modena
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Why don't I have the time to keep up with reading my Autosport suscription?
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