Grand Prix Rejects

The 1987 season

Motoring News 3rd September 1987.


Motoring News 30th September 1987.


Motoring News 23rd December 1987.[/spoiler]

The 1988 season
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Motoring News 16th March 1988.


Motoring News 30th March 1988.


Autosport 31st March 1988.


Autosport 31st March 1988.


Motoring News 6th July 1988.


Motoring News 13th July 1988.


Motoring News 20th July 1988.


Autosport 21st July 1988.


Motoring News 27th July 1988.

The Hungarian Grand Prix wrote:Larrauri: EuroBrun not suited to wet conditions and handling in dry proved troublesome. Tangled with Dalmas on Saturday morning then had a spin during qualifying thanks to brake balance problem, being bumped from the grid by his team mate in the dying minutes of the session. Did not qualify.

Modena: FIrst visit to Hungaroring, Spun three times in wet session. Suffered throttle problem so switched to spare. No rear brakes. Saturday qualifying was similarly fraught with radiator in race car failing after tow laps. Switched to spare but brake fluid leak led to spin and displaced nosecone. Went back to race car and set time in dying seconds of session, just before engine lapsed onto seven cylinders. Fought hard in early laps until rear tyres was shot. Misfiring badly by the finish.

Autosport 11th August 1988.


Autosport 25th August 1988.

Stefano Modena will not be staying with the EuroBrun Formula One team next season, although it is unsure as yet what the talented young Italian will move on to.

Autosport 1st September 1988.

The Belgian Grand Prix wrote:Larrauri: Spun at La Source in Friday morning, damaging the nose of his EuroBrun. Took over the team spare, but failed to pre-qualify, struggling with the ill-handling machine.

Modena: An untraceable engine problem during the all-important first qualifying session meant that Stefano could do no better than 29th. Sixteenth quickest in the wet on Saturday but failed to improve his time, thus failing to qualify.

Autosport 1st September 1988.


Motoring News 7th September 1988.

Gregor Foitek was nursing a healing wrist and a new crash helmet, and says he 'll be out at Le Mans for GA Motorsport, but wouldn't be drawn further on his possible future with Euro Brun. The Swiss spent all his time with Walter Brun's team.

Motoring News 14th September 1988.


Motoring News 28th September 1988.

Peter Windsor said his deal with Walter Brun is 99 per cent done.

Motoring News 5th October 1988.


Motoring News 2nd November 1988.


Autosport 3rd November 1988.

The Japanese Grand Prix wrote:Larrauri:
Using Modena's Jerez race car. Suffered engine failure on Friday morning and missed much of afternoon session while unit was changed. Saturday was scarcely better with big wings need to get grip in the corners affectign straightline speed. Failed to qualify.


Modena: Using spare car in wake of Jerez accident. Gearbox problems on Saturday morning saw switch to old five-speed 'box which further confused matters. Unable to get a good time in the afternoon and once again failed to qualify.

Autosport 3rd November 1988.


Motoring News 9th November 1988.



Motoring News 21st December 1988.[/spoiler]

The 1989 season
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Motoring News 25th January 1989.


Motoring News 1st March 1989.


Motoring News 15th March 1989.


Motoring News 20th December 1989.



Motoring News 22nd March 1989.


Motoring News 29th March 1989.

The San Marino Grand Prix wrote:Foitek: Used qualifiers for the pre-qualifying session and Gregor felt he had done well, but the old EuroBrun reached the mimit of its potential. Failed to pre-qualify.

Autosport 27th April 1989.

Euro Brun senior designer Wiet Huidekoper said in Mexico that the team hopes to have its new ER189, designed in conjunction with George Ryton, ready for Paul Ricard. "It depends on sub contractors at the moment, " said the Dutchman. "If we miss that race we'll miss Silverstone, but should then be out with it at Hockenheim."

Motoring News 1st June 1989.


Autosport 29th June 1989.


Motoring News 12th July 1989.


Motoring News 26th July 1989.

Having struggled to pre-qualify this season Gregor Foitek has embarked on a scheme to visit as many Grand Prix circuits as possible before each event, learning the tracks in a BMW 635. Last week he was in Hungary...

Autosport 29th July 1989.


Motoring News 2nd August 1989.


Motoring News 9th August 1989.

OScar Larrauri is to return to a F1 cockpit during the Monza tests this weeke, starting Wednesday. The Argentinian is scheduled to help his old team, Euro Brun, to try to sort the new ER 189.

Motoring News 16th August 1989.

The EuroBrun team will race its old ER188B chassis at Spa this weekend

Autosport 24th August 1989.


Autosport 31st August 1989.

The Belgian Grand Prix wrote:Foitek: Using old ER189B. Never looked like pre-qualifying.

Autosport 31st August 1989.


Motoring News 6th September 1989.


Motoring News 13th September 1989.


Motoring News 8th November 1989.


Motoring News 8th November 1989.


Motoring News 22nd November 1989.


Autosport 23rd November 1989.


Motoring News 6th December 1989.


Motoring News 20th December 1989.


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The 1990 season
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Motoring News 4th January 1990.


Motoring News 24th January 1990.


Motoring News 28th February 1990.


Motoring News 7th March 1990.


Motoring News 4th April 1990.


Motoring News 11th April 1990.


Motoring News 6th June 1990.


Motoring News 20th June 1990.


Motoring News 27th June 1990.


Motoring News 11th July 1990.

It seems unlikely that the EuroBrun team will continue in Grand Prix racing in 1991

Autosport 30th August 1990.

The Belgian Grand Prix wrote:Moreno: Because the team has not tested at all, Moreno has been to guess settings. Failed to pre-qualify.

Langes: No particular problem beyond lack of development and testing for the ER189B. Failed to pre-qualify.

Autosport 30th August 1990.


Motoring News 19th December 1990.

Moreno actually had to guess what his set-up should be at Spa? That's a whole new meaning to the phrase "ambitious, but rubbish".

These are superb threads bigears.

East Londoner wrote:Moreno actually had to guess what his set-up should be at Spa? That's a whole new meaning to the phrase "ambitious, but rubbish".

These are superb threads bigears.

I agree. Anyone who can make threads like these so quickly is impressive in my book. Maybe we should have a thread about the most impressive thread you've ever seen.

If Moreno and Tarquini had been paired in 1990 who knows how many qualifications could have happened

On Uncyclopedia, EuroBrun is known as EuroBun

In qualifying for the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix at Nelson Piquet's house, the car's results in qualifying were classified as "got eaten" and "tasty".

Fabulous stuff, bigears!

Kimi, you got your wish in the HWNSNBM forum!

It runs in the reject DNA, doesn't it? "I know, let's take this old chassis and rebuild it as our own"... Super Aguri's origins we knew about, and Forti's effective resurrection of Fondmetal, but I'd never heard of the 1988 EuroBrun being based on a three-year-old Alfa Romeo before.

And there's Roberto Moreno who nearly got a taste of the team two years earlier. Heh.

dinizintheoven wrote:It runs in the reject DNA, doesn't it? "I know, let's take this old chassis and rebuild it as our own"... Super Aguri's origins we knew about, and Forti's effective resurrection of Fondmetal, but I'd never heard of the 1988 EuroBrun being based on a three-year-old Alfa Romeo before.

And there's Roberto Moreno who nearly got a taste of the team two years earlier. Heh.

Supposedly AGS did the same thing in 1986 by using a Renault RE40 monocoque from 1983.

My personal opinion of using dated chassis from another team is that they reduce costs, they slow you down, and there is a lot of rejectfulness! Just what I like, being on this forum

jacksmith wrote:EuroBrun race was a Formula One constructor Senago, Milano, Italy with an Italian-Swiss property. They participated in 46 Grands Prix, entering a total of 76 cars.
The team was a combination of two teams - labor and mechanical ability Euroracing Pavanello Giampaolo, who also directed, Alfa Romeo Formula One team in 1984-1985, and the financial muscle and organizational skills of the Swiss Walter Brun who Brown led the team Motorsport sports car.

Only until the end of the 1988 season. After that, Brun's sportscar team ran the Formula 1 cars as well.

jacksmith wrote:EuroBrun race was a Formula One constructor Senago, Milano, Italy with an Italian-Swiss property. They participated in 46 Grands Prix, entering a total of 76 cars.
The team was a combination of two teams - labor and mechanical ability Euroracing Pavanello Giampaolo, who also directed, Alfa Romeo Formula One team in 1984-1985, and the financial muscle and organizational skills of the Swiss Walter Brun who Brown led the team Motorsport sports car.

Hmm... this post looks rather fishy.

Walter Brun should have just stayed in Group C, and maybe joined F1 later with manufacturer support, like Sauber did. In that case, we might still have his team around these days, running the circuits of the world.