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This is ridiculous.
Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 17:41
by tommykl
I was bored and googled Paul Belmondo, who happens to also be the son of a huge movie star. His surname meanshe gets to be in tabloids, leading to this absurd article (
http://www.closermag.fr/content/41773/paul-belmondo) about his life.
Translation
Paul Belmondo
Date of birth: 23/04/1963
Residence: Vaucresson
Marital status: married
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Chinese sign: Cat
Character: sporty
Look: trendy
Who am I?
Born in a family of artists, Paul Belmondo seems to have chosen a different path than his father and grandfather.
After a few minor movie roles, Paul Belmondo falls in love with speed. At the age of 18, he wins his first karting race. Ten years later, he signs his first Formula One contract with a famous team.
In 1998, after many failures in Formula One, he turns to GT grands prix and founds his own team, Paul Belmondo Racing. His team ends up very often in the top spots in the Le Mans Series championship.
On the romantic side, he is married to an Italian, Luana Tenca, since 1990 and is the happy father of three boys.
Tabloids, do the world a favor and stay away from writing about racing.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 19:52
by Klon
Are you in any way implying March is not a famous team? Shame on you, fella.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 19:58
by FullMetalJack
Max Mosley was part of March IIRC.
It would have been funnier if they said he signed for March in 1992 and drove for another very famous team for 1994.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 22:18
by whatisdeletrazdoing
They seemed to have glossed over the part where he was pure crap in F1
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 06:21
by tommykl
Marche was once a famous team. Their later seasons weren't something to write home about in any case.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 08:15
by FMecha
tommykl wrote:March was once a famous team. Their later seasons weren't something to write home about in any case.
By the later times they were on
the back (as in backmarker) on the grid.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 11:44
by FullMetalJack
tommykl wrote:Marche was once a famous team. Their later seasons weren't something to write home about in any case.
1988 was, they beat Williams in the constructors championship and Ivan Capelli lead the Japanese Grand Prix.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 18:12
by mario
redbulljack14 wrote:tommykl wrote:Marche was once a famous team. Their later seasons weren't something to write home about in any case.
1988 was, they beat Williams in the constructors championship and Ivan Capelli lead the Japanese Grand Prix.
And they still do feature in the career of Adrian Newey - March was the first Formula 1 team where he worked as the lead designer, and was responsible for the March CG881 that was very competitive for a normally aspirated car.
That said, he was also responsible for the CG891, which had several typical Newey trademarks - Gugelmin and Capelli made it into the top 10, and sometimes even into the top 6, in qualifying, and the car was definitely fast enough to score points (and, at the French GP, Capelli was in the running for a podium, and perhaps the race victory, as he set the fastest lap of the race). However, the car was also chronically unreliable - they had only six finishes (one of which was an unclassified finish) in fourteen races.
Re: This is ridiculous.
Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 19:30
by Faustus
mario wrote:redbulljack14 wrote:tommykl wrote:Marche was once a famous team. Their later seasons weren't something to write home about in any case.
1988 was, they beat Williams in the constructors championship and Ivan Capelli lead the Japanese Grand Prix.
And they still do feature in the career of Adrian Newey - March was the first Formula 1 team where he worked as the lead designer, and was responsible for the March CG881 that was very competitive for a normally aspirated car.
That said, he was also responsible for the CG891, which had several typical Newey trademarks - Gugelmin and Capelli made it into the top 10, and sometimes even into the top 6, in qualifying, and the car was definitely fast enough to score points (and, at the French GP, Capelli was in the running for a podium, and perhaps the race victory, as he set the fastest lap of the race). However, the car was also chronically unreliable - they had only six finishes (one of which was an unclassified finish) in fourteen races.
The car was uncomfortable for the drivers, who had trouble lasting an entire race driving it and the car was far too aggressive on cooling, so the engine would overheat on a regular basis.