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2003 - An article in the Sunday Mirror revealed that the Stig, Top Gear's tame racing driver, was in fact Perry McCarthy!
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Some say he once went out for a dry qualifying lap on wet tyres. And that he beat Andrea Sassetti half to death with one of his own designer shoes.
All we know is, he's called The Stig!
All we know is, he's called The Stig!
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dinizintheoven wrote:Some say he once went out for a dry qualifying lap on wet tyres. And that he beat Andrea Sassetti half to death with one of his own designer shoes.
All we know is, he's called The Stig!
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January 13th
1909 - Helm Glöckler was born. He was mainly a sportscar driver and achieved a few wins driving some. He also entered the 1953 German Grand Prix driving an Equipe Anglaise Cooper alongside Alan Brown, but he blew the engine in qualifying and thus never took part in the race. This was his only World Championship entry.
1909 - Helm Glöckler was born. He was mainly a sportscar driver and achieved a few wins driving some. He also entered the 1953 German Grand Prix driving an Equipe Anglaise Cooper alongside Alan Brown, but he blew the engine in qualifying and thus never took part in the race. This was his only World Championship entry.
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January 14th
1960 - The last Argentine Grand Prix on the short but relatively fast no. 2 layout of the Buenos Aires circuit was held, before an 11-year hiatus. Several names made their one and only F1 appearance here, including Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, who finished 9th in a works Lotus 16, while his teammate Innes Ireland had the benefit of a new mid-engined Lotus 18. He was allegedly offered a full-time drive by Colin Chapman but he turned it down. Roberto Bonomi drove a Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51 to 11th, Gino Munaron drove the venerable Maserati 250F in 13th, as did Nasif Estéfano in 14th, a good 10 laps down. Retirements included Alan Stacey, the other works Lotus driver, Ettore Chimeri in an ex-Fangio Maserati and who was making history as Venezuela's first F1 driver. He sadly died a month later in the Cuban Grand Prix. Finally, there was the Spaniard Antonio Creus, another Maserati driver.
1960 - The last Argentine Grand Prix on the short but relatively fast no. 2 layout of the Buenos Aires circuit was held, before an 11-year hiatus. Several names made their one and only F1 appearance here, including Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, who finished 9th in a works Lotus 16, while his teammate Innes Ireland had the benefit of a new mid-engined Lotus 18. He was allegedly offered a full-time drive by Colin Chapman but he turned it down. Roberto Bonomi drove a Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51 to 11th, Gino Munaron drove the venerable Maserati 250F in 13th, as did Nasif Estéfano in 14th, a good 10 laps down. Retirements included Alan Stacey, the other works Lotus driver, Ettore Chimeri in an ex-Fangio Maserati and who was making history as Venezuela's first F1 driver. He sadly died a month later in the Cuban Grand Prix. Finally, there was the Spaniard Antonio Creus, another Maserati driver.
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January 15th
1953 - David Kennedy was born. Dave was part of a generation that saw many talented young Irish drivers that... never really made it anywhere. After finishing runner-up in the Aurora series in 1979 Dave stepped up to the big leagues in 1980 with the Teddy Yip-owned Shadow team. Unfortunately, the glory days of Tom Pryce and Jean-Pierre Jarier were well behind and the team struggled to qualify. Kennedy did make into the 1980 Spanish Grand Prix before it was stripped of its world championship status. The team folded after the French Grand Prix, by which time Dave had set the record for most DNQs without qualifying at seven, a record which still stands today. He later went on to have a rather successful sportscar career, even driving for the factory Mazda team in the early nineties. He also went into driver management, helping figures such as Ralph Firman through their careers. In 1995 he joined RTÉ's F1 coverage as a commentator, being kept on when the coverage moved to Setanta Sports in 2004 until 2009 when they practically stopped caring about F1. Nowadays, Dave is part of Teddy Yip, Jr.'s Status Grand Prix, a team hoping to bring the Theodore name back to F1 within the next few years.
1953 - David Kennedy was born. Dave was part of a generation that saw many talented young Irish drivers that... never really made it anywhere. After finishing runner-up in the Aurora series in 1979 Dave stepped up to the big leagues in 1980 with the Teddy Yip-owned Shadow team. Unfortunately, the glory days of Tom Pryce and Jean-Pierre Jarier were well behind and the team struggled to qualify. Kennedy did make into the 1980 Spanish Grand Prix before it was stripped of its world championship status. The team folded after the French Grand Prix, by which time Dave had set the record for most DNQs without qualifying at seven, a record which still stands today. He later went on to have a rather successful sportscar career, even driving for the factory Mazda team in the early nineties. He also went into driver management, helping figures such as Ralph Firman through their careers. In 1995 he joined RTÉ's F1 coverage as a commentator, being kept on when the coverage moved to Setanta Sports in 2004 until 2009 when they practically stopped caring about F1. Nowadays, Dave is part of Teddy Yip, Jr.'s Status Grand Prix, a team hoping to bring the Theodore name back to F1 within the next few years.
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January 16th
1955 - The Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aires opened the season, a race that would go down as one of the hottest ever at 40 degrees Celsius. The three hour event took its toll on the drivers as there were many substitutions, which created a scoring nightmare as all the finishers except Fangio and Mieres were shared drives. Race winner Fangio himself was in discomfort as his leg had been rubbing against the chassis frame, which was being heated by the exhaust. He suffered severe burns which took him three months to recover. Luckily, the next race was not until May. This was the Grand Prix début of Alberto Uria (private Maserati, ran out of fuel), the only appearance for Jesús Iglesias (Gordini, transmission failure), and it was the final race for Pablo Birger (Gordini, crashed out early on) and Clemar Bucci (Maserati, handed his car over to Harry Schell, who then handed it over to Carlos Menditeguy).
1955 - The Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aires opened the season, a race that would go down as one of the hottest ever at 40 degrees Celsius. The three hour event took its toll on the drivers as there were many substitutions, which created a scoring nightmare as all the finishers except Fangio and Mieres were shared drives. Race winner Fangio himself was in discomfort as his leg had been rubbing against the chassis frame, which was being heated by the exhaust. He suffered severe burns which took him three months to recover. Luckily, the next race was not until May. This was the Grand Prix début of Alberto Uria (private Maserati, ran out of fuel), the only appearance for Jesús Iglesias (Gordini, transmission failure), and it was the final race for Pablo Birger (Gordini, crashed out early on) and Clemar Bucci (Maserati, handed his car over to Harry Schell, who then handed it over to Carlos Menditeguy).
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January 17th
1924 - John Riseley-Prichard was born. John was... an interesting chap, becoming embroiled in a child pornography scandal and emigrating to Thailand, where he died in a remote village somewhere in the interior. His racing career, like many of his contemporaries, started with a Riley before buying a Connaught from Rob Walker and running it in the British Grand Prix in 1954. A year later he retired from the sport after the Le Mans tragedy and worked in insurance before... the events mentioned in the first sentence happened.
1924 - John Riseley-Prichard was born. John was... an interesting chap, becoming embroiled in a child pornography scandal and emigrating to Thailand, where he died in a remote village somewhere in the interior. His racing career, like many of his contemporaries, started with a Riley before buying a Connaught from Rob Walker and running it in the British Grand Prix in 1954. A year later he retired from the sport after the Le Mans tragedy and worked in insurance before... the events mentioned in the first sentence happened.
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January 18th
1950 - Gianfranco Brancatelli was born. The Italian driver had the "honour" to be the only one to drive a Kauhsen in a World Championship weekend, at the 1979 Spain and Belgium GPs: in both cases he finished dead last, even seconds away from Arturo Merzario. After these two outings, Kauhsen folded and Merzario took over the assets of the abysmal German team: Brancatelli was called in to sub for the injured Arturo at the Monaco GP, where he was the only one to fail to prequalify. That would have been his last Formula One weekend: Brancatelli turned over his attention to touring cars and sportscars, where he enjoyed some success, even winning the 1985 ETCC and finishing second at Le Mans in 1989.
1950 - Gianfranco Brancatelli was born. The Italian driver had the "honour" to be the only one to drive a Kauhsen in a World Championship weekend, at the 1979 Spain and Belgium GPs: in both cases he finished dead last, even seconds away from Arturo Merzario. After these two outings, Kauhsen folded and Merzario took over the assets of the abysmal German team: Brancatelli was called in to sub for the injured Arturo at the Monaco GP, where he was the only one to fail to prequalify. That would have been his last Formula One weekend: Brancatelli turned over his attention to touring cars and sportscars, where he enjoyed some success, even winning the 1985 ETCC and finishing second at Le Mans in 1989.
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January 19th
1976 - Tarso Marques was born. Marques drove three separate seasons F1 without completing one of them, all for Minardi. At the time he made his début in 1996 he was the youngest driver in the sport, having just turned 20. The high point of his career is perhaps beating Fernando Alonso in the standings in 2001, thanks to a pair of 9th place finishes in Brazil and Canada. He also raced in CART for Penske and Dale Coyne, achieving a best finish of 7th at Fontana in 2000. Since turning his back on single seaters in 2005 Tarso has been racing tintops in South America.
1976 - Tarso Marques was born. Marques drove three separate seasons F1 without completing one of them, all for Minardi. At the time he made his début in 1996 he was the youngest driver in the sport, having just turned 20. The high point of his career is perhaps beating Fernando Alonso in the standings in 2001, thanks to a pair of 9th place finishes in Brazil and Canada. He also raced in CART for Penske and Dale Coyne, achieving a best finish of 7th at Fontana in 2000. Since turning his back on single seaters in 2005 Tarso has been racing tintops in South America.
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January 20th
1975 - Norberto Fontana was born. Norberto was among the last generation of F1 drivers from Argentina and had a promising junior series career, winning the German F3 title against opposition that included the likes of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli. This was followed by a couple of seasons in Formula Nippon, where he achieved several wins and podiums, but was also often stuck in the midfield. At this time he was also a test driver for Sauber, and after Gianni Morbidelli was injured he made his début for them at the 1997 French Grand Prix. Fontana's performances at Sauber left much to be desired and he gained some notoriety when he blocked Jacques Villeneuve at the final round in Jerez, with some claiming it was a deliberate move to help Michael Schumacher's title chances, as Sauber was a Ferrari engine customer. Nevertheless, Ken Tyrrell was interested in signing the 22-year-old for his team in 1998, but new owners British American Tobacco favoured the considerably more wealthy Ricardo Rosset, causing Fontana to lose a chance of a drive and Tyrrell to resign from the team he founded. A further comeback attempt for Minardi in 1999 also failed for sponsorship reasons. Since then Norberto has raced in CART for a short period before switching to touring cars back home in Argentina.
1934 - Giorgio Bassi was born. Not as much to write about Giorgio, sadly. He raced in the Italian Grand Prix in 1965 for Scuderia Centro Sud, starting on the final row and retiring early on with engine problems. He also took a class win at the Targa Florio that same year.
1975 - Norberto Fontana was born. Norberto was among the last generation of F1 drivers from Argentina and had a promising junior series career, winning the German F3 title against opposition that included the likes of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli. This was followed by a couple of seasons in Formula Nippon, where he achieved several wins and podiums, but was also often stuck in the midfield. At this time he was also a test driver for Sauber, and after Gianni Morbidelli was injured he made his début for them at the 1997 French Grand Prix. Fontana's performances at Sauber left much to be desired and he gained some notoriety when he blocked Jacques Villeneuve at the final round in Jerez, with some claiming it was a deliberate move to help Michael Schumacher's title chances, as Sauber was a Ferrari engine customer. Nevertheless, Ken Tyrrell was interested in signing the 22-year-old for his team in 1998, but new owners British American Tobacco favoured the considerably more wealthy Ricardo Rosset, causing Fontana to lose a chance of a drive and Tyrrell to resign from the team he founded. A further comeback attempt for Minardi in 1999 also failed for sponsorship reasons. Since then Norberto has raced in CART for a short period before switching to touring cars back home in Argentina.
1934 - Giorgio Bassi was born. Not as much to write about Giorgio, sadly. He raced in the Italian Grand Prix in 1965 for Scuderia Centro Sud, starting on the final row and retiring early on with engine problems. He also took a class win at the Targa Florio that same year.
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January 21st
1930 - John Campbell-Jones was born. He did a number of one-offs in the early sixties, the highlight of which was the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix, where his Emeryson's gearbox failed in practice, so he had to borrow a Lotus, but then the gearbox failed in that too. He was still classified 11th in the end.
1975 - Yuji Ide was born. If I need to explain to you who this is, I honestly wonder how you came to be reading this website
1930 - John Campbell-Jones was born. He did a number of one-offs in the early sixties, the highlight of which was the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix, where his Emeryson's gearbox failed in practice, so he had to borrow a Lotus, but then the gearbox failed in that too. He was still classified 11th in the end.
1975 - Yuji Ide was born. If I need to explain to you who this is, I honestly wonder how you came to be reading this website
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January 22nd
1956 - The Argentine Grand Prix opened the season as usual. This race is unique in that the championship leader after the opening race was not the race winner - instead it was 2nd place man Jean Behra, as the win and the points that came with it were shared between Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Musso. This was the final appearance for Uruguayan drivers Alberto Uria and Oscar González, the only appearance in the latter's case. They shared a Maserati in 6th place, a modest 10 laps down.
1956 - The Argentine Grand Prix opened the season as usual. This race is unique in that the championship leader after the opening race was not the race winner - instead it was 2nd place man Jean Behra, as the win and the points that came with it were shared between Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Musso. This was the final appearance for Uruguayan drivers Alberto Uria and Oscar González, the only appearance in the latter's case. They shared a Maserati in 6th place, a modest 10 laps down.
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January 23rd
1972 - Dave Walker began his legendary 1972 campaign by getting himself disqualified from the Argentine Grand Prix. He would go on to score no points during the season, while his teammate Emerson Fittipaldi won the title.
1972 - Dave Walker began his legendary 1972 campaign by getting himself disqualified from the Argentine Grand Prix. He would go on to score no points during the season, while his teammate Emerson Fittipaldi won the title.
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January 24th
2005 - Eddie Jordan completed the sale of his team to Alex Schnaider of the Midland Group, thus bringing a team which had been in decline for the past five years... even further into decline, as Schnaider's questionable commitment to the sport saw the team sold again in 2006.
2005 - Eddie Jordan completed the sale of his team to Alex Schnaider of the Midland Group, thus bringing a team which had been in decline for the past five years... even further into decline, as Schnaider's questionable commitment to the sport saw the team sold again in 2006.
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"Questionable" is putting it mildly. I always saw Alex Shnaider as having about as much enthusiasm for running the team he'd just bought as Ken Block does for chartered accountancy.
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"...the Life W12, I can't describe the noise to you, but imagine filling your dustbin with nuts and bolts, and then throwing it down the stairs, it was something akin to that!"
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January 25th
1971 - A happy birthday to one of the community's more celebrated rejects: Luca Badoer!
1971 - A happy birthday to one of the community's more celebrated rejects: Luca Badoer!
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Simtek wrote:January 25th
1971 - A happy birthday to one of the community's more celebrated rejects: Luca Badoer!
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5543 a very good and sad read about one race
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January 26th
1945 - David Purley was born. He is perhaps best remembered for his vain attempts to rescue Roger Williamson in the latter's fatal crash at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix, for which he was awarded the George Medal. He also held the world record for the highest G-forces survived by an individual, when a violent crash in pre-qualifying for the 1977 British Grand Prix saw him decelerate from 173 km/h to 0 in a distance of just 66 cm, destroying his self-entered LEC chassis, which bore the name of the refrigerator manufacturer founded by his father.
1945 - David Purley was born. He is perhaps best remembered for his vain attempts to rescue Roger Williamson in the latter's fatal crash at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix, for which he was awarded the George Medal. He also held the world record for the highest G-forces survived by an individual, when a violent crash in pre-qualifying for the 1977 British Grand Prix saw him decelerate from 173 km/h to 0 in a distance of just 66 cm, destroying his self-entered LEC chassis, which bore the name of the refrigerator manufacturer founded by his father.
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January 27th
1974 - The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix was delayed while the track had to be swept of broken glass left behind by over-exuberant fans celebrating local boy Emerson Fittipaldi's pole position. One can imagine it had to be done again after he won the race.
1974 - The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix was delayed while the track had to be swept of broken glass left behind by over-exuberant fans celebrating local boy Emerson Fittipaldi's pole position. One can imagine it had to be done again after he won the race.
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January 28th
1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu was born. He was entered by the UDT Laystall Team for the 1961 French Grand Prix, but the car was driven by Lucien Bianchi.
1915 - Brian Shawe-Taylor was born in Dublin to a family belonging to the Anglo-Irish ascendancy. He entered three Grands Prix with a best finish of 8th. His racing career was ended in an accident at Goodwood.
1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu was born. He was entered by the UDT Laystall Team for the 1961 French Grand Prix, but the car was driven by Lucien Bianchi.
1915 - Brian Shawe-Taylor was born in Dublin to a family belonging to the Anglo-Irish ascendancy. He entered three Grands Prix with a best finish of 8th. His racing career was ended in an accident at Goodwood.
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January 29
The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix occurred with Michelin scoring its first win as a tire supplier with Carlos Reutemann victorious.
Reject drivers Brett Lunger and "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Danny Ongais, both of the United States, were both out on laps 11 and 13 respectively due to overheating for the former and brake problems for the latter. British driver Rupert Keegan had an accident on lap 5 while Italian Lamberto Leoni never even started due to a transmission failure in the car.
DNQs were Arturo Merzario in his own rejectful car, Eddie Cheever in the Theodore, Vittorio Brambilla in the Surtees, and female British driver Divina Galica in the Hesketh. It would be her last attempt in Formula One, never able to qualify for any Grand Prix.
The day was also the birth of 2 and 4 wheeled driver Kunimitsu Takahashi of Japan, who scored an impressive 9th at his home track in his one and only Grand Prix.
The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix occurred with Michelin scoring its first win as a tire supplier with Carlos Reutemann victorious.
Reject drivers Brett Lunger and "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Danny Ongais, both of the United States, were both out on laps 11 and 13 respectively due to overheating for the former and brake problems for the latter. British driver Rupert Keegan had an accident on lap 5 while Italian Lamberto Leoni never even started due to a transmission failure in the car.
DNQs were Arturo Merzario in his own rejectful car, Eddie Cheever in the Theodore, Vittorio Brambilla in the Surtees, and female British driver Divina Galica in the Hesketh. It would be her last attempt in Formula One, never able to qualify for any Grand Prix.
The day was also the birth of 2 and 4 wheeled driver Kunimitsu Takahashi of Japan, who scored an impressive 9th at his home track in his one and only Grand Prix.
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January 30th
1971 - Dave Charlton continued his dominant South African campaign by winning the Highveld 100.
1971 - Dave Charlton continued his dominant South African campaign by winning the Highveld 100.
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January 31st
1934 - Ernesto 'Tino' Brambilla, the older brother of seventies legend Vittorio Brambilla, was born.
1934 - Ernesto 'Tino' Brambilla, the older brother of seventies legend Vittorio Brambilla, was born.
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February 1st
1953 - Um, the Buenos Aires Grand Prix was held... and um, it was a Formula Libre race... and Óscar Gálvez was 6th.
Yeah, I don't have much to work with today, and you know why that is? The 2005 United States Grand Prix! If it weren't for that race I would be talking about the announcement of Narain Karthikeyan signing for Jordan, but alas...
1953 - Um, the Buenos Aires Grand Prix was held... and um, it was a Formula Libre race... and Óscar Gálvez was 6th.
Yeah, I don't have much to work with today, and you know why that is? The 2005 United States Grand Prix! If it weren't for that race I would be talking about the announcement of Narain Karthikeyan signing for Jordan, but alas...
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February 2nd
2005 - He may not qualify for reject status, and he may not have signed for a reject team (at least by definition), but the names Nissany and Minardi are nevertheless revered by the F1 GP Rejects community. Yes, on this day 11(!) years ago Chanoch Nissany was announced as part of Minardi's testing lineup, and we were in for a treat when he drove the PS05 at the Hungaroring later in the year!
2005 - He may not qualify for reject status, and he may not have signed for a reject team (at least by definition), but the names Nissany and Minardi are nevertheless revered by the F1 GP Rejects community. Yes, on this day 11(!) years ago Chanoch Nissany was announced as part of Minardi's testing lineup, and we were in for a treat when he drove the PS05 at the Hungaroring later in the year!
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Simtek wrote:February 2nd
2005 - He may not qualify for reject status, and he may not have signed for a reject team (at least by definition), but the names Nissany and Minardi are nevertheless revered by the F1 GP Rejects community. Yes, on this day 11(!) years ago Chanoch Nissany was announced as part of Minardi's testing lineup, and we were in for a treat when he drove the PS05 at the Hungaroring later in the year!
Amen brother
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February 3rd
2006 - Midland launched their 2006 title challenger: The M16.
2006 - Midland launched their 2006 title challenger: The M16.
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February 4th
1979 - Happy birthday to former Jordan driver and 2008 GP2 champion Giorgio Pantano!
1979 - Happy birthday to former Jordan driver and 2008 GP2 champion Giorgio Pantano!
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Simtek wrote:February 4th
1979 - Happy birthday to former Jordan driver and 2008 GP2 champion Giorgio Pantano!
Who knows what could have been had he been at Jaguar and not at a about-to-be-dying Jordan. The world will never know. But happy birthday (again) Giorgio. Williams in the last few years http://imgur.com/sNFFMYF
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golic_2004 wrote:Simtek wrote:February 4th
1979 - Happy birthday to former Jordan driver and 2008 GP2 champion Giorgio Pantano!
Multiple time world champion [/buxton]
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Simtek wrote:February 3rd
2006 - Midland launched their 2006 title challenger: The M16.
You could say that they were gunning for victory.
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Re: This Day in Reject History
Rob Dylan wrote:Simtek wrote:February 3rd
2006 - Midland launched their 2006 title challenger: The M16.
You could say that they were gunning for victory.
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Bobby Doorknobs
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Re: This Day in Reject History
February 5th
1922 - Alain de Changy was born. He made one championship attempt at the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix at the wheel of an ENB Cooper T51. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 72.
1922 - Alain de Changy was born. He made one championship attempt at the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix at the wheel of an ENB Cooper T51. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 72.
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AndreaModa
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Re: This Day in Reject History
AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:<Another pic of that girl>
You like her don't you?
Re: This Day in Reject History
AndreaModa wrote:AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:<Another pic of that girl>
You like her don't you?
If I shut up enough and he continues in this vein, could Baker's Law be renamed Belmonte's Law?
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
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Bobby Doorknobs
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Re: This Day in Reject History
dr-baker wrote:AndreaModa wrote:AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:<Another pic of that girl>
You like her don't you?
If I shut up enough and he continues in this vein, could Baker's Law be renamed Belmonte's Law?
Well, in Adrian's case it's centered around just one girl
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Re: This Day in Reject History
Simtek wrote:Well, in Adrian's case it's centered around just one girl
Yes, I had noticed that... Good luck for 14th February, Adrian!
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
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Bobby Doorknobs
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Re: This Day in Reject History
February 6th
2008 - Tony Rolt, the last surviving driver (and reject) from the inaugural world championship race at Silverstone in 1950, passed away at the age of 89.
2008 - Tony Rolt, the last surviving driver (and reject) from the inaugural world championship race at Silverstone in 1950, passed away at the age of 89.
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novitopoli
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Re: This Day in Reject History
February 7th
1981 - The South African GP opened the 1981 season. Rejects Chico Serra and Siegfried Stohr debuted driving for respectively Fittipaldi and Arrows, while local star Desirè Wilson had a one-off in a Tyrrell and DNF'ed after 51 laps, thus making her the third woman to race in the World Championship...hadn't the race been axed from the Championship due to the ongoing FISA-FOCA war. The race was in fact run under Formula Libre regulations, with most teams fielding their 1980 cars sporting side skirts and other devices which were deemed illegal by the Federation. Those teams who stood by the FISA's side (Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Renault, Ligier, Osella and Toleman) didn't take part in the race.
1981 - The South African GP opened the 1981 season. Rejects Chico Serra and Siegfried Stohr debuted driving for respectively Fittipaldi and Arrows, while local star Desirè Wilson had a one-off in a Tyrrell and DNF'ed after 51 laps, thus making her the third woman to race in the World Championship...hadn't the race been axed from the Championship due to the ongoing FISA-FOCA war. The race was in fact run under Formula Libre regulations, with most teams fielding their 1980 cars sporting side skirts and other devices which were deemed illegal by the Federation. Those teams who stood by the FISA's side (Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Renault, Ligier, Osella and Toleman) didn't take part in the race.
sw3ishida wrote:Jolyon Palmer brought us closer as a couple, for which I am grateful.
Ataxia wrote:Londoner wrote:Something I've thought about - what happens to our canon should we have a worldwide recession or some other outside event?
We'll be fine. It's Canon, non Kodak.