Grand Prix Rejects

mario wrote:

James1978 wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Bruno Giacomelli about Andrea de Cesaris?

You're getting closer - the subject had a similar reputation to De Cesaris.

Was it Prost describing Arnoux?

Arnoux is correct but Prost isn't.

I guess that more or less gives it away now!

Stabbin' the dark...

René Arnoux about Olivier Grouillard? Now that'd be comical

Phoenix wrote:Stabbin' the dark...

René Arnoux about Olivier Grouillard? Now that'd be comical

No sorry - Arnoux was the subject of the quote.

Was it Laffite on Rene Arnoux then?

AndreaModa wrote:Was it Laffite on Rene Arnoux then?

Or perhaps Patrick Tambay. Only one of us can win this, Mr. Jones!

Phoenix wrote:

AndreaModa wrote:Was it Laffite on Rene Arnoux then?

Or perhaps Patrick Tambay. Only one of us can win this, Mr. Jones!

Yes it was Tambay! (In the 1986 Mexican GP it was from).

If anyone subscribes to Autosport Plus then the full race report is here:

http://plus.autosport.com/premium/featu ... n-gp-1986/

I just liked the quote as it made me think of something Massa might have said about Hamilton quarter of a century later.

Phoenix wrote:

AndreaModa wrote:Was it Laffite on Rene Arnoux then?

Or perhaps Patrick Tambay. Only one of us can win this, Mr. Jones!

Well you might have won this McAllister, but I'll cream all over you in the F1RWRS! Mwahaha!!

A few years ago, Jamie and Enoch held Turkish F1 Idol (*duhduhduhduhduhduhsuhaaaaaaahhhh*). I believe Jason Tahinci won.

However, a Formula 1 driver, although he didn't hold the Turkish nationality, was actually born in Turkey. Who was it?

Can you give a clue? Is it a driver who's racing in F1 right now?

Phoenix wrote:Can you give a clue? Is it a driver who's racing in F1 right now?

It is not a current Formula 1 driver.

tommykl wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Can you give a clue? Is it a driver who's racing in F1 right now?

It is not a current Formula 1 driver.

Was it a test driver? If so, Can Artam?

Cynon wrote:

tommykl wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Can you give a clue? Is it a driver who's racing in F1 right now?

It is not a current Formula 1 driver.

Was it a test driver? If so, Can Artam?

No, he actually drove in a Grand Prix.

tommykl wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Can you give a clue? Is it a driver who's racing in F1 right now?

It is not a current Formula 1 driver.

Prince Bira?

Bira is from what we now call Thailand.

Its a very hard question!

tommykl wrote:However, a Formula 1 driver, although he didn't hold the Turkish nationality, was actually born in Turkey. Who was it?

dr-baker wrote:Prince Bira?

David AGS wrote:Bira is from what we now call Thailand.

I know Bira is Thai but that doesn't necessarily mean he was born there as the question suggests! I'm assuming you're telling me that I'm wrong then?

dr-baker wrote:

tommykl wrote:However, a Formula 1 driver, although he didn't hold the Turkish nationality, was actually born in Turkey. Who was it?

dr-baker wrote:Prince Bira?

David AGS wrote:Bira is from what we now call Thailand.

I know Bira is Thai but that doesn't necessarily mean he was born there as the question suggests! I'm assuming you're telling me that I'm wrong then?

The mother and father of all oracles says that Prince Bira was born in Bangkok. So yes, it is highly likely that you are indeed wrong!

I will just ask, it is someone French?

DanielPT wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

tommykl wrote:However, a Formula 1 driver, although he didn't hold the Turkish nationality, was actually born in Turkey. Who was it?

dr-baker wrote:Prince Bira?

David AGS wrote:Bira is from what we now call Thailand.

I know Bira is Thai but that doesn't necessarily mean he was born there as the question suggests! I'm assuming you're telling me that I'm wrong then?

The mother and father of all oracles says that Prince Bira was born in Bangkok. So yes, it is highly likely that you are indeed wrong!

I will just ask, it is someone French?

It was not Bira, and he was not French.

Is it someone who raced from 2000 onwards?

Is he American?

AdrianSutil wrote:Is it someone who raced from 2000 onwards?

No.

FantometteBR wrote:Is he American?

He holds a double nationality, one of which is American.

tommykl wrote:

AdrianSutil wrote:Is it someone who raced from 2000 onwards?

No.

FantometteBR wrote:Is he American?

He holds a double nationality, one of which is American.

Surely it isn't Mario Andretti? (assuming he has dual Italian-American nationality, and he was the first American F1 driver I thought of that might possibly have dual citizenship...)

dr-baker wrote:

tommykl wrote:

AdrianSutil wrote:Is it someone who raced from 2000 onwards?

No.

FantometteBR wrote:Is he American?

He holds a double nationality, one of which is American.

Surely it isn't Mario Andretti? (assuming he has dual Italian-American nationality, and he was the first American F1 driver I thought of that might possibly have dual citizenship...)

It is not Mario Andretti, but the driver in question does have the dual Italian-American nationality.

tommykl wrote:It is not Mario Andretti, but the driver in question does have the dual Italian-American nationality.

I'll try with "L'americano di Roma" Eddie Cheever, but I'm not very much persuaded as I remember that he was born somewhere in US.

tommykl wrote:

dr-baker wrote:Surely it isn't Mario Andretti? (assuming he has dual Italian-American nationality, and he was the first American F1 driver I thought of that might possibly have dual citizenship...)

It is not Mario Andretti, but the driver in question does have the dual Italian-American nationality.

Without resorting to Mother Oracle it is almost impossible to guess the answer to this question, I am afraid... I am pretty sure tommykl is referring to a fairly obscure driver ... May I will ask in what decade he raced on?

Jack O Melley wrote:In the 60s, probably. Very famous indeed.

Correct!

tommykl wrote:

Jack O Melley wrote:In the 60s, probably. Very famous indeed.

Correct!

Of course! How could I have possibly forgetten HIM? *FACEPALM*

Well, at least I got something right...

Another question to try and stump all of you guys!!

What do these drivers have in common???

Toranosuke Takagi
Mark Webber
Esteben Tuero
Felipe Massa
Ralf Schumacher
Tarso Marques
Jacques Villeneuve
Giancarlo Fisichella
Pastor Maldonaldo
Adrian Sutil
Cristiano da Matta
Stephane Sarrazin
Nick Heidfeld
Robert Kubica

Now, I can go further, but have started from 1996 to 2011

Something to do with qualification?

YES

All had been qualified in the last place?

All of them started ahead of their teammates on debut?

Cynon wrote:All of them started ahead of their teammates on debut?

Correct. These guys have out-qualified their teammates on their debut race...

Toranosuke Takagi (Rosset) 13th to 20th
Mark Webber (Yoong) 18th-21st
Esteben Tuero (Nakano) 17th to 22nd
Felipe Massa (Heidfeld) 10th to 12th
Ralf Schumacher (Fisichella) 12th to 14th
Tarso Marques (Lamy) 14th WOW, to 16th?
Jacques Villeneuve (Hill) POLE
Giancarlo Fisichella (Lamy) 16th to 17th
Pastor Maldonaldo (Barrichello) 12th to 16th?
Adrian Sutil (Albers) 20th to 22nd
Cristiano da Matta (Panis) 14th to No Time
Stephane Sarrazin (Gene) 18th to 20th
Nick Heidfeld (Alesi) 14th to 16th
Robert Kubica (Heidfeld) 10th to 12th

How many former F1 drivers were there in the field for the 1987 Indianapolis 500? Out of that number, how many of them finished the race?

Wizzie wrote:How many former F1 drivers were there in the field for the 1987 Indianapolis 500? Out of that number, how many of them finished the race?

10. 4 of them finished.

I am guessing 9 and 4

eurobrun wrote:I am guessing 9 and 4

You got 9 right. Now we just need the number of finishers.

Wizzie wrote:

eurobrun wrote:I am guessing 9 and 4

You got 9 right. Now we just need the number of finishers.

3?

9 started 1 finished.

Both of you are incorrect.