The '6 Degrees' Team-Mate Game

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:05

So this is just a (slightly) more mentally stimulating alternative to the mindless drudgery of the Word Association thread. The basic premise is to take two drivers, and try to get from one to the other based on team-mates within six moves (and if that's not doable, keep going until it's eventually managed) - the inspiration coming from the always popular Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game.

So the idea of the thread is that everyone will work together - i.e., there's only one driver allowed per post, so there has to be a sort of 'collective consciousness' to get to the second driver. This is probably best explained through an example:

Jean-Denis Deletraz to Narain Karthikeyan

Post 1. Deletraz/Montermini at Pacific
Post 2. Montermini/Badoer at Forti
Post 3. Badoer/Raikkonen at Ferrari
Post 4. Raikkonen/de la Rosa at McLaren
Post 5. de la Rosa/Karthikeyan at HRT

Whoever makes the last connection can propose the next two drivers to be linked.

So ye all should have the idea at this point; could fall disastrously on its face, but sure why not give it a try?

Easy one to start off:

Ayrton Senna to Sebastian Vettel

Any feedback is of course also welcomed!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:12

Senna/Hill at Williams '94.

NAM · Post by **NAM** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:16

Hill/Coulthard at Williams '94 & '95

Post by **Ataxia** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:19

NAM wrote:Hill/Coulthard at Williams '94 & '95

Coulthard/Webber at Red Bull 2007/08

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:27

Webber and Vettel from 2009-today.

Alternatively, you can go:
Senna/Berger (McLaren 1990-1992)
Berger/Alesi (Benetton 1996-1997, Ferrari 1993-1995)
Alesi/Heidfeld (Prost 2000)
Heidfeld/Webber (Williams 2005)
Webber/Vettel (Red Bull 2009-2012)

Next, I suggest Jochen Mass to everyone's favorite world-destroyer, Alexander Wurz.

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:45

tristan1117 wrote:Next, I suggest Jochen Mass to everyone's favorite world-destroyer, Alexander Wurz.

Mass/Patrese (Arrows, 1979-1980)

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:47

Patrese/Schumacher Benetton 1993

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:51

Schumacher/Rosberg

Mercedes 2010-2012

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:56

Rosberg/Wurz Williams 2007. Yay!

How about Ludovico Scarfiotti to Takuma Sato

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 29 Nov 2012, 23:59

Scarfiotti to John Surtees at Ferrari 1963.

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Nov 2012, 00:09

John Surtees and Rolf Stommelen at Surtees, 1971.

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 30 Nov 2012, 00:15

Stommelen/Pace
1976 Italian GP Brabham

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 30 Nov 2012, 00:22

Pace and Carlos Reutemann at Brabham (I think) in 1974.

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 30 Nov 2012, 00:38

JeremyMcClean wrote:Pace and Carlos Reutemann at Brabham (I think) in 1974.

You're correct, Pace joined Reutemann from Britain on, replacing our favorite Leichtensteiner, Rikky von Opel.

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Nov 2012, 00:58

Reutemann & Jones, Williams in '80 and '81

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 30 Nov 2012, 02:09

Jones to Eddie Cheever at the Haas-Lola team in 1986

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 30 Nov 2012, 03:34

Eddie Cheever and Derek Warwick at Arrows from 1987-1989

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 30 Nov 2012, 04:21

Warwick/Tambay at Renault 1983

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Nov 2012, 05:03

whatisdeletrazdoing wrote:Warwick/Tambay at Renault 1983

I don't thnk Warwick/Tambay will work so instead I propose Warwick/Herbert at Lotus towards the end of 1990

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Nov 2012, 06:58

Johnny Herbert and Luciano Burti at Jaguar, Austria 2000.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:03

Luciano Burti and Eddie Irvine at Jaguar in 2001

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:12

Wizzie wrote:Luciano Burti and Eddie Irvine at Jaguar in 2001

Hmmm, I don't think you saw where I was going with that. Oh well...

Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa at Jaguar in 2002.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:15

Oi Wizzie! The Word Association thread needs you.

Anyway, PDLR and Karthikeyan, HRT, 2012.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:19

FMecha wrote:Oi Wizzie! The Word Association thread needs you.

Anyway, PDLR and Karthikeyan, HRT, 2012.

Yeah I don't think that's going to work very well. Instead, how about Pedro de la Rosa and Kimi Raikkonen at McLaren, Bahrain 2005?

EDIT: And the tail end of 2006. How did I forget that?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:20

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
FMecha wrote:Oi Wizzie! The Word Association thread needs you.

Anyway, PDLR and Karthikeyan, HRT, 2012.

Yeah I don't think that's going to work very well. Instead, how about Pedro de la Rosa and Kimi Raikkonen at McLaren, Bahrain 2005?

I was actually thinking along the lines of Irvine/Barrichello at Jordan but you ruined that idea the minute you brought Burti into this

If we're sticking with Kimi through, I'd say Raikkonen/Fisichella at Ferrari in 2009

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:21

Kimi/Fisichella in 2009 Ferrari.If anybody fails the next step it's deserving of a facepalm smiley.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:22

Fisichella/Sato at Jordan in 2002 :mrgreen:

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:24

Next up,time to go from Piercarlo Ghinzani to Tarso Marques.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:28

Wizzie wrote:I was actually thinking along the lines of Irvine/Barrichello at Jordan but you ruined that idea the minute you brought Burti into this

And how would that have worked better than Herbert/Burti/Alesi/Wurz?

WaffleCat wrote:Kimi/Fisichella in 2009 Ferrari.If anybody fails the next step it's deserving of a facepalm smiley.

Oh for crying out loud... I thought saying Bahrain 2005 would've completely given it away...

Wizzie wrote:Fisichella/Sato at Jordan in 2002

Fine, if that's how we're doing this, Takuma Sato/Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri 2007-08. :twisted:

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:28

Ghinzani/Larini in '89

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:31

Nicola Larini and Jean Alesi at Ferrari, Imola 1994.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 30 Nov 2012, 07:57

Jean Alesi/Jarno Trulli, Jordan, late 2001

(Larini and Alesi weren't team-mates in 1994, but in 1992 after Capelli sacking)

Post by **Nuppiz** » 30 Nov 2012, 08:10

Jarno Trulli/Ukyo Katayama, first part of 1997

You should get the final one easily...

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 30 Nov 2012, 08:37

Nuppiz wrote:Jarno Trulli/Ukyo Katayama, first part of 1997

You should get the final one easily...

Katayama/Marques, from the French Grand Prix 1997

Franck Montagny to Jacky Ickx

Post by **Nuppiz** » 30 Nov 2012, 08:43

Well there isn't much of a choice here :lol:

Franck Montagny/Takuma Sato, Super Aguri 2006

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 30 Nov 2012, 08:56

Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide, early 2006. Super Aguri.

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 30 Nov 2012, 08:57

Nuppiz wrote:Well there isn't much of a choice here

Oh yeah

Was originally going to go with Stéphane Sarrazin, but I thought "He only had one team-mate", so I went for Montagny who I thought had driven a full season for Super Aguri. My love of crap French drivers is let down by my lack of knowledge about them.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 30 Nov 2012, 09:05

FMecha wrote:Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide, early 2006. Super Aguri.

And that just broke the game, as we'd have to get back to Sato again...

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 30 Nov 2012, 09:15

Ignoring FMecha,The next pairing could be Sato/Button from 2004-05

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 30 Nov 2012, 09:33

Button and Fisichella 2001