Grand Prix Rejects

watka wrote:

eagleash wrote:Here's one which is kind of obscure but may not be too difficult.

Which former F1 driver rolled a brand new Merc 6.9 S class between Druids & Graham Hill Bend (Brands) when on a demonstration run to show what a great car the brand new beast was. Only clue........ mid/late 60s. Oh all right...British.

I would guess Stirling Moss as he is the only British driver that I can think of who was linked with Mercedes.

A driver who drove in F1 during mid-to-late 60s you mean?

watka wrote:

eagleash wrote:Here's one which is kind of obscure but may not be too difficult.

Which former F1 driver rolled a brand new Merc 6.9 S class between Druids & Graham Hill Bend (Brands) when on a demonstration run to show what a great car the brand new beast was. Only clue........ mid/late 60s. Oh all right...British.

I would guess Stirling Moss as he is the only British driver that I can think of who was linked with Mercedes.

Not Stirling sorry....right era though

Phoenix wrote:

watka wrote:

eagleash wrote:Here's one which is kind of obscure but may not be too difficult.

Which former F1 driver rolled a brand new Merc 6.9 S class between Druids & Graham Hill Bend (Brands) when on a demonstration run to show what a great car the brand new beast was. Only clue........ mid/late 60s. Oh all right...British.

I would guess Stirling Moss as he is the only British driver that I can think of who was linked with Mercedes.

A driver who drove in F1 during mid-to-late 60s you mean?

No that's when it happened

OK, I'll call time on this one as a) no-ones got it & b)I can't find the reference in my books.

The answer (if my memory is not playing tricks) (no age jokes please!) is Innes Ireland.

Can I post an easy one? Which F1 driver who had to prequalify was the most successful in F1?

No. Not till you give the answer to your previous question

Sod it i'm going to answer anyway,

MARTIN BRUNDLE

Brabham 1989

Had to prequalify the first half of the season because it was their first year back, the results in monaco for the team got them out of friday morning madness.

Its still your turn thoug eagleash, i knew innes ireland existed but i Did'nt know of his exploits.

ADx_Wales wrote:Sod it i'm going to answer anyway,

MARTIN BRUNDLE

Brabham 1989

Had to prequalify the first half of the season because it was their first year back, the results in monaco for the team got them out of friday morning madness.

Its still your turn thoug eagleash, i knew innes ireland existed but i Did'nt know of his exploits.

It's OK you have a go if you'd like to. I've posted 3 now which no ones got, so my era is obviously far too early.

Oh all righty then here's a two parter which I think someone should get....driver nicknames

Who was..

A) Jellybean?

B) Mon Ami, Mate?

eagleash wrote:Oh all righty then here's a two parter which I think someone should get....driver nicknames

Who was..

A) Jellybean?

B) Mon Ami, Mate?

I know the second without looking: Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn said that one to another before the races I think.

Phoenix wrote:

eagleash wrote:Oh all righty then here's a two parter which I think someone should get....driver nicknames

Who was..

A) Jellybean?

B) Mon Ami, Mate?

I know the second without looking: Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn said that one to another before the races I think.

Correct, though it later became applied more to Collins I think.

The other one is similar era.

Can I ask for a clue for the first one?

Phoenix wrote:Can I ask for a clue for the first one?

Shortish F1 career but was on Ferrari's books until retirement. Quite well known in sports cars. (That's 3 clues in total).

Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins famously called each other "Mon Ami Mate". I'm in the dark regarding the Jellybean, though.

CarlosFerreira wrote:Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins famously called each other "Mon Ami Mate". I'm in the dark regarding the Jellybean, though.

Yes that bit was easy...see above & for 3 clues.

I'll put in a third one which should also be very easy....

C) "Jumper"

eagleash wrote:Oh all righty then here's a two parter which I think someone should get....driver nicknames

Who was..

A) Jellybean?

I'm going for Olivier Gendebien on this one.

Regarding

eagleash wrote:C) "Jumper"

I'm guessing Fernando Alonso (note: that link is not family friendly!)

Very well done Carlos!!!!! 10/10

Not Nando,

Jumper is another wordplay on the name of the driver, 70s/80s.

Is 'Jumper' Jean-Pierre Jabouille?

Warren Hughes wrote:Is 'Jumper' Jean-Pierre Jabouille?

Very very close, around about the same time.

Another Jean-Pierre?


Jarier?

Warren Hughes wrote:Another Jean-Pierre?


Jarier?

Tada. bdm tsh

You are correct sir.

Your go!

OK, not very good at setting puzzles, but...

What do Rikky von Opel, Eliseo Salazar, Tomas Enge, Narain Karthikeyan, HWNSNBM and Alex Yoong have in common?

Warren Hughes wrote:OK, not very good at setting puzzles, but...

What do Rikky von Opel, Eliseo Salazar, Tomas Enge, Narain Karthikeyan, HWNSNBM and Alex Yoong have in common?

Only drivers from their respective countries.

Too easy! Your turn Mr Moderator

What do Takuma Sato and Marc Gene have in common?

thehemogoblin wrote:What do Takuma Sato and Marc Gene have in common?

Both were team-mate to a reject and a race-winner?

Probably not.

Not what I was looking for. It pertains to a single season.

In 2003 they were both test drivers who replaced other drivers, and both scored points in their one race.

thehemogoblin wrote:Not what I was looking for. It pertains to a single season.

Only thing I can think of is 2003 - they were both test drivers that had to step in mid-season replacements, but only competed in a single race that year...and scored points in said races.

Apart from that - not a clue.

Edit: SHINJI YOU F%*£!R!!! You beat me to it...

shinji wrote:In 2003 they were both test drivers who replaced other drivers, and both scored points in their one race.

Good boy.

thehemogoblin wrote:

shinji wrote:In 2003 they were both test drivers who replaced other drivers, and both scored points in their one race.

Good boy.

So... question...I'm on my iPod right now in bed (school night and all that), so I'll leave the question till tomorrow. If anyone has a question bursting out of them, go ahead, but I'll have one at some point around lunch on the morrow.

shinji wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:

shinji wrote:In 2003 they were both test drivers who replaced other drivers, and both scored points in their one race.

Good boy.

So... question...I'm on my iPod right now in bed (school night and all that), so I'll leave the question till tomorrow. If anyone has a question bursting out of them, go ahead, but I'll have one at some point around lunch on the morrow.

School NIGHT?! It's not even 3:00 here. Come on, you should have at least another nine to ten good hours left in you.

thehemogoblin wrote:

shinji wrote:So... question...I'm on my iPod right now in bed (school night and all that), so I'll leave the question till tomorrow. If anyone has a question bursting out of them, go ahead, but I'll have one at some point around lunch on the morrow.

School NIGHT?! It's not even 3:00 here. Come on, you should have at least another nine to ten good hours left in you.

Yes, didn't they tell you that the entire world runs on American time now?

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:

shinji wrote:So... question...I'm on my iPod right now in bed (school night and all that), so I'll leave the question till tomorrow. If anyone has a question bursting out of them, go ahead, but I'll have one at some point around lunch on the morrow.

School NIGHT?! It's not even 3:00 here. Come on, you should have at least another nine to ten good hours left in you.

Yes, didn't they tell you that the entire world runs on American time now?

When you run the world, you can make its citizens do whatever you want.

thehemogoblin wrote:When you run the world, you can make its citizens do whatever you want.

In my house we follow thermodynamics rules, boy.

Phoenix wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:When you run the world, you can make its citizens do whatever you want.

In my house we follow thermodynamics rules, boy.

Then we'll use a thermonuclear device on Majorca then.

Goblin don't go there you are on thin ice with Europeans when it comes to US military stuff.

Whilst we wait for Shinji to get out of detention or whatever is keeping him from posting a Q...

Here's one should be easy.

Which World Champ changed teams & trailered his own race car (behind a Ford Zodiac I think) from capetown to Kyalami for the next season's opener.

It's obviously quite old (It's me Godammit) so no other clues.

eagleash wrote:Goblin don't go there you are on thin ice with Europeans when it comes to US military stuff.

Whilst we wait for Shinji to get out of detention or whatever is keeping him from posting a Q...

Here's one should be easy.

Which World Champ changed teams & trailered his own race car (behind a Ford Zodiac I think) from capetown to Kyalami for the next season's opener.

It's obviously quite old (It's me Godammit) so no other clues.

If you'd like to do something about it, Eagleash, fight us. Oh wait, you tried that twice, we kicked your ass.

No idea eagleash, but here's mine.

Why should Lewis Hamilton have been listening to Cat Stevens at Brazil 08?

shinji wrote:No idea eagleash, but here's mine.

Why should Lewis Hamilton have been listening to Cat Stevens at Brazil 08?

Because he's so vain, he probably thinks F1's all about him?