Grand Prix Rejects

Lancia Beta, Carlo Facetti, 1981, Le Mans?

Lancia 037, Gianfranco Brancatelli, 1984, Hockenheim???

It's the Lancia Beta. I'll say Hans Heyer at the old Hockenheim in 1980?

Normal32 wrote:Lancia Beta, Carlo Facetti, 1981, Le Mans?

2/4.

novitopoli wrote:Lancia 037, Gianfranco Brancatelli, 1984, Hockenheim???

0/4

Miguel98 wrote:It's the Lancia Beta. I'll say Hans Heyer at the old Hockenheim in 1980?

0/4

1980, Dijon?

Normal32 wrote:1980, Dijon?

Wrong on both counts.

Facetti, 1980, Le Mans, Beta Montecarlo

DemocalypseNow wrote:

Normal32 wrote:1980, Dijon?

Wrong on both counts.

1981, Daytona?

novitopoli wrote:Facetti, 1980, Le Mans, Beta Montecarlo

2/4

Normal32 wrote:

DemocalypseNow wrote:

Normal32 wrote:1980, Dijon?

Wrong on both counts.

1981, Daytona?

2/4. What are the other two answers?

DemocalypseNow wrote:
1981, Daytona?

2/4. What are the other two answers?[/quote]

Carlo Facetti, Lancia Beta

Facetti, 1981, Daytona, Beta Montecarlo

novitopoli wrote:Facetti, 1981, Daytona, Beta Montecarlo

This was spot on, 4/4, but apparently I didn't play the game correctly, so we have to track back and hand out points for whoever mentioned each aspect correctly first.

Driver - The first person to mention Carlo Facetti was Normal32, so 1pt there.
Year - The first person to mention 1981 was Normal32, so another point.
Track - The first person to mention Daytona was Normal32, so a third point.
Car - The first person to mention Lancia Beta Montecarlo (an important distinction) was novitopoli, so a point there.

So, with three points of the four, Normal32 wins this round.

Round we go again...



Should be easy, no?

Simtek wrote:Round we go again...



Should be easy, no?

I guess Deletraz, at Monaco, in the Grand Prix Historique of Monaco?

Miguel98 wrote:

Simtek wrote:Round we go again...



Should be easy, no?

I guess Deletraz, at Monaco, in the Grand Prix Historique of Monaco?

That's the driver and circuit correct. Now for the year and car!

The car is a Surtees TS19 Cosworth and the year was 2014.

TheFlyingCaterham wrote:The car is a Surtees TS19 Cosworth and the year was 2014.

Yes and yes. And now the tiebreaker:

Who drove this specific TS19 for the most races in 1976?

Answers to be sent via PM.

The answer was Alan Jones, which means TheFlyingCaterham gets to post the next image.

No? Ok...

Simtek wrote:No? Ok...

1988, Jim Crawford, Indy, Lola T8700?

Normal32 wrote:

Simtek wrote:No? Ok...

1988, Jim Crawford, Indy, Lola T8700?

All correct. 4/4

Ferrari 166S...I'll guess Clemente Biondetti, Targa Florio, 1949?

tommykl wrote:Ferrari 166S...I'll guess Clemente Biondetti, Targa Florio, 1949?

All wrong. It's a Ferrari, but not the 166.

these are so hard ! But if its not a 166, then maybe its a 212 at Mille Miglia in 1952...no idea who might drive it .

yannicksamlad wrote:these are so hard ! But if its not a 166, then maybe its a 212 at Mille Miglia in 1952...no idea who might drive it .

All wrong, though the year is closer.

The time is up and... I'm also stumped by this one. My initial guess was, like Tommy, the 166S. After some searching I then settled on what happened to also be the next guessed answer, the 212. A more thorough search has led me to the conclusion that it must be the 250MM.

I thought it likely that the course/event wasn't the Mille Miglia because there's only one person in the car. The building in the background of the image didn't look very Sicilian to me, which ruled out the Targa Florio. So where else? I thought maybe a hillclimb or something in Germany, but I wouldn't know where to begin on that front.

I then started looking up results on Racing Sports Cars, trying along the way to think up a driver; Hermann Lang, Hans Ruesch (not an F1 driver, but he's one of those pre-war Grand Prix names that I sometimes think might have done) etc. It was when I had skimmed the results as far as the 1953 Portuguese Grand Prix that I got a hunch, a hunch which I believe to be correct: Casimiro de Oliveira, who I believe owned a Ferrari, if not a 250MM. So I looked Casimiro up on Google Images, with "Ferrari" as a term as well, and there was the image.

So, the answer is:

Year: 1953
Circuit: Merano (an 18km monstrosity in northern Italy that hosted the Supercortemaggiore at this time)
Car: Ferrari 250MM
Driver: Casimiro de Oliveira

Even if this turns out wrong, I still have to post the next image anyway.

Simtek wrote:The time is up and... I'm also stumped by this one. My initial guess was, like Tommy, the 166S. After some searching I then settled on what happened to also be the next guessed answer, the 212. A more thorough search has led me to the conclusion that it must be the 250MM.

I thought it likely that the course/event wasn't the Mille Miglia because there's only one person in the car. The building in the background of the image didn't look very Sicilian to me, which ruled out the Targa Florio. So where else? I thought maybe a hillclimb or something in Germany, but I wouldn't know where to begin on that front.

I then started looking up results on Racing Sports Cars, trying along the way to think up a driver; Hermann Lang, Hans Ruesch (not an F1 driver, but he's one of those pre-war Grand Prix names that I sometimes think might have done) etc. It was when I had skimmed the results as far as the 1953 Portuguese Grand Prix that I got a hunch, a hunch which I believe to be correct: Casimiro de Oliveira, who I believe owned a Ferrari, if not a 250MM. So I looked Casimiro up on Google Images, with "Ferrari" as a term as well, and there was the image.

So, the answer is:

Year: 1953
Circuit: Merano (an 18km monstrosity in northern Italy that hosted the Supercortemaggiore at this time)
Car: Ferrari 250MM
Driver: Casimiro de Oliveira

Even if this turns out wrong, I still have to post the next image anyway.

Correct!

The number 16 is the focus of your attention.

...and yes, bikes are now included.

Simtek wrote:

The number 16 is the focus of your attention.

...and yes, bikes are now included.

Paddy Driver, 1963, Matchless, Mann?

Normal32 wrote:

Simtek wrote:

The number 16 is the focus of your attention.

...and yes, bikes are now included.

Paddy Driver, 1963, Matchless, Mann?

All incorrect.

I'll take a stab at Kunimitsu Takahashi, in a 125cc Honda in, let's say, 1961. I'll take a punt at Hockenheim for the track.

tommykl wrote:I'll take a stab at Kunimitsu Takahashi, in a 125cc Honda in, let's say, 1961. I'll take a punt at Hockenheim for the track.

Rider is correct; manufacturer, but not class, is correct (class is acceptable if nobody can get the model); year is close, but no cigar; track is incorrect.

Let's then try:
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Honda 50cc
1962
Monza?

K. Takahashi, 1962, 50cc Honda RC110, Montjuich?

tommykl wrote:Let's then try:
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Honda 50cc
1962
Monza?

The year is now correct, but the bike and circuit are not.

Now that the class is becoming increasingly obvious, I will now only accept the model.

Let's say it's the RC161, then. As for the track...Tampere?

tommykl wrote:Let's say it's the RC161, then. As for the track...Tampere?

Getting close with the bike, but the track is still wrong.

Simtek wrote:

tommykl wrote:Let's say it's the RC161, then. As for the track...Tampere?

Getting close with the bike, but the track is still wrong.

RC163, Montjuich?

Normal32 wrote:

Simtek wrote:

tommykl wrote:Let's say it's the RC161, then. As for the track...Tampere?

Getting close with the bike, but the track is still wrong.

RC163, Montjuich?

Also close, but still incorrect.