Grand Prix Rejects

He thought that there was a problem with the fuel supply to the engine?

he wanted to give the others a head start ? Wanted Denny to win as his team mate?

The time is up, and by my understanding no one seems to have gotten the right answer. According to a Google translated version of this Emmo accidentally switched off the car, though I think I'll wait for either Mario or one of the Portuguese speaking forum members to confirm before deciding on the next question.

You are correct Simtek.

Ok then.

What innovation did Jack Brabham test on his BT24 at the 1967 Italian Grand Prix?

Simtek wrote:Ok then.

What innovation did Jack Brabham test on his BT24 at the 1967 Italian Grand Prix?

Some sort of form of DRS?

Enclosed cockpit?

MorbidelliObese wrote:Enclosed cockpit?

Is the right answer! Here is a photo of the experiment:

To be honest it mainly came to mind as I was recently spending time reading/posting a thread on another forum on the subject of whether closed cockpits are part of F1's "DNA" ...cue pictures of Vanwalls, Auto Unions, (F2)Protoses and that Brabham.

What was controversial about Nelson Piquet's second-placed finish in the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix?

Wasn't this race that was divided into two heats?

Piquet won the second heat, but he was deemed to finish 2nd because Ol'Nige had a massive lead during the first heat.

MorbidelliObese wrote::D

To be honest it mainly came to mind as I was recently spending time reading/posting a thread on another forum on the subject of whether closed cockpits are part of F1's "DNA" ...cue pictures of Vanwalls, Auto Unions, (F2)Protoses and that Brabham.

I think we were reading the same thread. TNF, yeah?

Miguel98 wrote:Wasn't this race that was divided into two heats?

Piquet won the second heat, but he was deemed to finish 2nd because Ol'Nige had a massive lead during the first heat.

Every word of this is correct, but wasn't the source of the controversy, as the aggregate time rule was fairly well established by this point and would remain until... well I don't know exactly when they scrapped it but it also came into effect in the 1994 Japanese GP, so at least until the end of that year.

EDIT: I looked it up to make sure I wasn't talking rubbish, and yeah the 1982 Detroit race was also on aggregate time, so it had been around for at least 5 years

Simtek wrote:

MorbidelliObese wrote::D

To be honest it mainly came to mind as I was recently spending time reading/posting a thread on another forum on the subject of whether closed cockpits are part of F1's "DNA" ...cue pictures of Vanwalls, Auto Unions, (F2)Protoses and that Brabham.

I think we were reading the same thread. TNF, yeah?

Actually come to think of it, one on TNF and also a similar one on RC, but basically yeah

Simtek wrote:The time is up, and by my understanding no one seems to have gotten the right answer. According to a Google translated version of this Emmo accidentally switched off the car, though I think I'll wait for either Mario or one of the Portuguese speaking forum members to confirm before deciding on the next question.

Sorry, as I wasn't able to access the forum last night (I kept getting SQL errors), I wasn't able to post the answer. You are indeed correct - Fittipaldi also mentioned this in an article for McLaren's website.

He explained that the high airboxes of the time tended to collect quite a lot of dust which could jam the throttle linkages open. As a precaution, McLaren equipped their cars with an ignition kill switch to shut the engine off, and it was that system which Fittipaldi accidentally triggered in the race.

Some clues for my question:

1) It was largely down to a loophole in the regs that was closed a few years later. After it was closed, Piquet himself was one of the first to fall foul of it.
2) In a race that took place at some unspecified time in the past relative to the '87 Mexican race, Piquet's teammate at the time took advantage of said loophole to win.
3) The incidents described in 1 and 2 both happened at the same circuit.

Did he get a push or something but didnt get disqualified for outside assistance

peteroli34 wrote:Did he get a push or something but didnt get disqualified for outside assistance

Correct! During the first part of the race, he spun and was push-started, and would eventually work his way up to second place over the course of the two segments of the race to earn six points that might have been critical in the championship if not for Mansell's injury in Japan that finished things off anyway. He wasn't disqualified as he was deemed to have been in a dangerous position. This loophole was shut off at some point prior to the 1990 Monaco Grand Prix, when Piquet's Benetton was push-started from a precarious position, but was disqualified regardless.

Eight years prior to this at the same track at the same corner, Piquet's Brabham teammate at the time Riccardo Patrese similarly got push-started after his late race spin, that allowed him to come through to win.

Over to you!

Rob Slotemaker.

(I admit checking for the right name, but I remembered there was an Indonesia-born Dutch driver from the early years )

Teddy Yip is an Indonesian businessman that co-owned Toleman team

novitopoli wrote:Rob Slotemaker.

(I admit checking for the right name, but I remembered there was an Indonesia-born Dutch driver from the early years )

Correct he was born in Batavia the capital of the Dutch East Indies. Which of course is modern day Jakarta teh capital of the Republic of Indonesia

And now for something completely different:

What did famous DTM reject Gianni Giudici say which inadvertently made him to a celebrity in Italy? Which Italian F1 reject was there when he said it?

No idea what could have been said but the driver he was with a complete guess Gabriele Tarquini

novitopoli wrote:And now for something completely different:

What did famous DTM reject Gianni Giudici say which inadvertently made him to a celebrity in Italy? Which Italian F1 reject was there when he said it?

I have no idea what this is, but I really wanted to know...

...so I Googled it, disqualifying myself. All I can say to that is wow.

tommykl wrote:...so I Googled it, disqualifying myself. All I can say to that is wow.

Nurse! Get the straitjacket, he's turned into Buzzfeed...

So I'll guess he said he had no desire to drive for Ferrari. It had never been a childhood dream..and the reject present was..Bernd Schneider

....looking forward to the answer

2 hours left. At least two of you already know the full answer and a few more of you who were in the chatroom yesterday probably at the very least know the driver, so come on guys

Two hours left: I'm willing to give the point to anyone who at least guesses the driver. A hint: he's a reject from the 90's (and, again, he's Italian, which means no Bernd Schneider...)

I'll guess either Giovanni Lavaggi or Vincenzo Sosperi.

dr-baker wrote:I'll guess either Giovanni Lavaggi or Vincenzo Sosperi.

No. He actually contested his last race before either Lavaggi or Sospiri had their debuts.

novitopoli wrote:

dr-baker wrote:I'll guess either Giovanni Lavaggi or Vincenzo Sosperi.

No. He actually contested his last race before either Lavaggi or Sospiri had their debuts.

Domenico Schiattarella?

Fabrizio Barbazza?

Normal32 wrote:

novitopoli wrote:

dr-baker wrote:I'll guess either Giovanni Lavaggi or Vincenzo Sosperi.

No. He actually contested his last race before either Lavaggi or Sospiri had their debuts.

Domenico Schiattarella?

You got it! Now just an hour left if someone's willing to try to guess what he said, otherwise this point is yours.

novitopoli wrote:
You got it! Now just an hour left if someone's willing to try to guess what he said, otherwise this point is yours.

*NSFW*




"un po’ di figa qua?"?

Normal32 wrote:

novitopoli wrote:
You got it! Now just an hour left if someone's willing to try to guess what he said, otherwise this point is yours.

*NSFW*




"un po’ di figa qua?"?

And that's it. While Mimmo Schiattarella was being interviewed, Gianni was caught in the background, asking loudly for the whereabouts of any pretty girls at the event, to say it politely, just to notice right after that the cameras where pointed on him. This was enough to give him some sort of cult status here in Italy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6-8vBHoFUY

Here the video

Alright.

What movie director is connected to a local F1 entry, and what has this director done in Grand Prix racing?

For the sake of it: Michael Bay. How else do you explain Heikki Kovalainen and his "PERKELE, CAR IS ON FIRE" episode?

Normal32 wrote:Alright.

What movie director is connected to a local F1 entry, and what has this director done in Grand Prix racing?

I'll take a wild stab and guess Roman Polansky. He filmed Jackie Stewart's 1973 Monaco Grand Prix weekend, didn't he?

I am guessing it's something to do with John Frankenheimer with his Grand Prix film of 1966, and having to hand over filming of the German race to Steve McQueen's rival film project?

No idea but possibly that some driver who after they raced in F1 became a film director

So this time I shall read the question properly.. and I note that the question refers to someone who IS connected ( present tense) , so they must be alive........
which narrows down my guesses to ; George Lucas, who has sponsored a team in F1 ( guessing the connection as well ) ..Star Wars tie-up...

I was going to guess that Graham Hill world champion connected to Embassy Hill Racing team had directed Terry Phillips in 'The Graham Hill Story'...but that would be past tense..