Grand Prix Rejects

I don't know if this has been mentioned in another thread or indeed on the podcast but Bugatti recently set a new record for fastest production car ever using their new Veyron Super sport.

Initally this was driven by Top Gear's James May but he was replaced by Bugatti official test driver who then went even faster clocking 268mph (or 431kmh.)

The name of this Test Driver is







Pierre Henri Raphanel.

That has got me thinking aside from Raphanel and Badoer are any other F1 rejects official testers for car manufacturers?

Just found info about the following rejects.

Phillpe Adams is a sales director for SEAT.

Slim Borgudd is head of European Distribution for Radical Cars.

Enrico Bertaggia is head of racing for Ferrari UK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure if the following is a Reject but;

Vic Elford is a consultant for Porsche.

Tarquini is or was a test driver for Maserati.

Test-driver-reject Leinders is official test driver for belgian manufacturer and fia gt-reject gillet , or at least used to be.

obviously a reject-job, as gillet only makes like maximum 10 cars per year or so

This wrote:Test-driver-reject Leinders is official test driver for belgian manufacturer and fia gt-reject gillet , or at least used to be.

obviously a reject-job, as gillet only makes like maximum 10 cars per year or so

Aahhhh but is he the best test driver a man get get?

Gillet? I thought that was a brand of toiletries...

They also do cars to

indeed
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/adams/ ... rstone.jpg
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/vandep ... zolder.jpg

sdhammer, you're confusing it with gilette

This wrote:indeed
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/adams/ ... rstone.jpg

sdhammer, you're confusing it with gilette

I share a blood type with mister Adams.

This wrote:indeed
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/adams/ ... rstone.jpg
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/vandep ... zolder.jpg

sdhammer, you're confusing it with gilette

I know it was deliberate because judging by the razor blade i used this morning I would have had a closer shave using the above car!!!!!!!!

somehow i always underestimate others intelligence or maybe i overestimate my own intelligence... nah, would be the first option, for sure!

SDHammer wrote:

This wrote:indeed
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/adams/ ... rstone.jpg
http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/vandep ... zolder.jpg

sdhammer, you're confusing it with gilette

I know it was deliberate because judging by the razor blade i used this morning I would have had a closer shave using the above car!!!!!!!!

The gillettes are supposed to be very sharp cars.

This wrote:somehow i always underestimate others intelligence or maybe i overestimate my own intelligence... nah, would be the first option, for sure!

"You will never loose money by underestimating the intelligence of the public" - attributed to P.T. Barnum.

mario wrote:

This wrote:somehow i always underestimate others intelligence or maybe i overestimate my own intelligence... nah, would be the first option, for sure!

"You will never loose money by underestimating the intelligence of the public" - attributed to P.T. Barnum.

"There's a sucker born every minute."

thehemogoblin wrote:

mario wrote:

This wrote:somehow i always underestimate others intelligence or maybe i overestimate my own intelligence... nah, would be the first option, for sure!

"You will never loose money by underestimating the intelligence of the public" - attributed to P.T. Barnum.

"There's a sucker born every minute."

"There are only two things I believe to be infinate, the universe and human stupidity....and I'm not sure about the universe"

Albert Einstein

"A wise man never says everything he thinks, but always thinks everything he says."-Aristotle.