Grand Prix Rejects

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Heidfeld?

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Thanks for the clarification Sunshine_Baby_[IT] and midgrid on the Suzuki, Salo incident. Also Alesi threaten to kill Brundle after a collision during practice at San Marino 1992 (the pair also had another exchange of words following friday quail at Spa 1994). I could be wrong on this, but I think ...

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For what it is worth, I found it here; m Although unfortunately I cannot verify whether it was true or not. Perhaps someone else can? Given that a citation is needed, at the moment I would take it with a pitch of salt. It's true! This is a report on the incident in Autosport the next week: Suzuki, ...

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madmark1974 wrote:I'm-a-little-Teapot Schumacher

It's Wernher von Braun!

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Alan Taylor (best finish: 10th) Taylor, the owner of a seafood restaurant in Newcastle, first competed in the final two rounds of the 2007 season, driving a Honda Integra for Robertshaw Racing, scoring a point in his very first race at Knockhill. Things went downhill after that and he never came cl...

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I've been trawling my sources, searching for further evidence on the gestation of the 3152, and found this nugget, which although not strictly relevant, deserves repeating (from Autocourse): In an effort to get the message [that the 3512 was overweight] across to Porsche Chief of Engine Design Hans ...

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"Let's take the two drivers who battled for the British F3 championship in 1983, and meld them together in one glorious whole!"

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I have seen the tobacconist scene several times before, but I do not recall the courtroom scene. Love the last 30 seconds of it.... Brilliant isn’t it. I’ve seen it so many times before, but still find it absolutely hilarious. I think that version is from Monty Python’s 1st series (circa 1969). The...

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Your country: United Kingdom First Hungarian GP you watched: 1997 What were your feelings when finding out that Hungary is/will be part of the Formula One calendar: Ambivalence: the circuit may not be conducive to good racing, but it often produces eventful races nonetheless. Which country would be ...

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BTCC Masters

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Here's another classic BTCC moment!

Bonus: post-race fireworks.

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AndreaModa wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Insane. What's he up to these days?

Various part-time/one-off appearances in national touring car and GT series. Here's his career overview.

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East Londoner wrote:The source.

This source is extremely trustworthy in my opinion. And she wouldn't be the only one, as several others have already mentioned.

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The season is underway and there's even a race in a few hours' time! What's your excuse for F1 deprivation?

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Nick Leason (best finish: 13th) A veteran club racer to no great effect, Leason's most memorable moment was probably losing a wheel on a reconnaissance lap to the grid at Silverstone in 2006. He drove an aging Vauxhall Astra Coupé for NJL Racing in the final two meetings of 2006, an uncompetitive L...

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Phil Glew (best finish: 6th) The 2009 Renault Clio Cup champion, Glew moved up to the BTCC the following year with Triple 8. He performed respectably against team-mate and double champion Fabrizio Giovanardi, but both lost their seats after the opening round, when the team's title sponsor Uniq pull...

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Chris Swanwick (best finish: 17th) Briefly raced a second Audi for Rob Austin Racing in the final two rounds of the 2011 season. Martin Byford (best finish: 14th) Drove the underfunded VW Golf for AmD Milltek in the second half of the 2011 season after Tom Onslow-Cole (who had frequently dragged it...

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This is amazing, thank you!

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Martini testing the Subaru-engined Minardi M188.

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Although you mentioned him, you missed a separate entry for Robb Holland (best finish: 14th), a rare American import who raced Tony Gilham's Civic in two at Snetterton and Knockhill last year, and should be making a return this season as you mentioned. From the 2012 season: John Thorne (best finish:...

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And somewhere in a parallel universe in which his F1 career ended after 1985, he still is a reject!

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This thread reminds me of this classic British F3 crash video.

"The unfortunate Japanese driver's car - sponsored by Aeroflot! - is lifted out of the way."

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More bad news for Honda: Shedden has been excluded from Race 2 for failing the ride-height check. Jeff Smith moves up onto the podium and Mat Jackson will start the final race from pole position.

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This time it's Motor Sport's turn.

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Nice drive from Rob Austin, always happy to see him on the podium. Plato seemed remarkably un-pissed off in that interview, given that I was expecting some anti-Jordan rant from him. And finally, wonderful drives from Wrathall and Turkington, they could spring a surprise in races 2 and 3. Yeah, a b...

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James Hunt and Tom Pryce had start-line collisions in two consecutive races, at Zandvoort and Dijon in 1974.

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Alesi & Brundle at Brazil 1992 & possibly Monaco 1995? And I've got a feeling at some point during 1989 (either the Hungarian GP or Spainish GP IIRC). But perhaps even more famous than their on track collisons, was their several near punch ups Like Quali at San Marino 1992, (Where Alesi thr...

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Ukyo Katayama and Bertrand Gachot, twice in 1992 as team-mates (Canada and Japan).

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Giancarlo Martini, who raced a privately-entered Ferrari in two non-championship races in 1976, ran a team in conjunction with Giancarlo Minardi, and was the uncle of Pierluigi (and Oliver) has died.

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If you navigate to the home page of that forum (it's a motorsport image board), you should be able to register and enter in (I did).

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On the subject of Verstappen at Hockenheim in 1994, the fire wasn't the only incident he suffered during the weekend...

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A spectator's view of the infamous Verstappen pit fire in 1994.

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It's Argentina.

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The Jos Verstappen photo from 1997 was taken at Imola.

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It's the latest edition of the Pre-Qualifying Show, from San Marino in 1991!

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I'm surprised no one has a model 1990 Life Racing dog dirt? BTW, whats the best reject team car I can get for £15? There are good news on the Life. An Italian scale model company called CP Model has shown prototype builds of their brand new model of the Life L190. This is the widely-available (ish)...

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A special website, unfortunately I don't have any invites.

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Despite his bad experience in 1994, Bertrand Gachot still has trouble with temporary chicanes...

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3. Satoru Nakajima - 1988 - Hungary Is the Hungaroring that hilly? It looks more like Spa or maybe even Imola to me? I might be wrong, but I think it's the original Turn Three at the Hungaroring (the one that was installed due to the underground stream being found when the circuit was constructed, ...

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1. Satoru Nakajima - 1987 - Monaco
2. Satoru Nakajima - 1987 - Austria
3. Satoru Nakajima - 1988 - Hungary
4. Satoru Nakajima (& Alessandro Nannini) - 1988 - Great Britain

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