This Day in Reject History

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 15 Sep 2015, 11:47

September 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjunCawz2Zk really Felipe? :facepalm:

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 16 Sep 2015, 12:14

September 16

1914: Josef Peters, a German driver who drove in the 1952 Grand Prix of his country, was born.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 17 Sep 2015, 13:22

September 17th

1966 - John Campbell-Jones made his last appearance in a Formula One race, the Oulton Park Gold Cup. He was driving an old BRP, started last and retired with an oil leak.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 18 Sep 2015, 11:11

September 18th

1953 - Charles de Tornaco, co-founder of Ecurie Belgique, became the first fatality in a Formula One race. While practising for the Modena Grand Prix he rolled his Ferrari and suffered severe head and neck injuries. He died while being transported to hospital in a saloon car, aged 26.

girry · Post by **girry** » 19 Sep 2015, 12:20

^If we consider non-championship races to have been "Formula One races" based on the rules that were used, then a case should be made for Achille Varzi, driving the Alfa Romeo 158, to have been the first Formula One fatality in 1948 Swiss Grand Prix (albeit he obviously never was a F1 World Championship driver).

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 19 Sep 2015, 13:01

giraurd wrote:^If we consider non-championship races to have been "Formula One races" based on the rules that were used, then a case should be made for Achille Varzi, driving the Alfa Romeo 158, to have been the first Formula One fatality in 1948 Swiss Grand Prix (albeit he obviously never was a F1 World Championship driver).

True, and Jean-Pierre Wimille also died in the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. I guess we can say that Varzi (and possibly Wimille) were Formula A fatalities, and de Tornaco was the first to die after it became known as Formula One (though he died in a Formula Two car, which complicates things further).

Anyway, today's edition will come after qualifying

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 19 Sep 2015, 14:25

September 19th

1971 - The Canadian Grand Prix was the first red-flagged Formula One race, with Jackie Stewart winning the rain-shortened event by over half a minute from Ronnie Peterson. This was also the final appearance of George Eaton, who made a one-off return in his home event at the wheel of a BRM after an unsuccessful season with the team in 1970. He qualified 21st, last of the five (yes, five) BRM entries, while his team-mate Jo Siffert was on the front row. He did finish 15th, ahead of Nanni Galli and the unclassified Mike Beuttler and Pete Lovely.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 20 Sep 2015, 17:32

September 20th

1987 - A massive first lap accident at Estoril involving Piquet, Alboreto, Warwick, Nakajima, Brundle, Danner, Alliot, Arnoux and Campos saw the race red-flagged with each driver getting into their team's spare car, except Danner, as Zakspeed's spare car was taken by Brundle.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 21 Sep 2015, 18:04

Ya see, this is what happens when I have to go back to college...

September 21st

2014 - The 2014 Singapore Grand Prix saw the last F1 Rejects-certified Reject of the Race, which went to the mysterious foreign substance that caused Nico Rosberg's retirement. Expert forensics teams found that the substance was both mysterious and foreign in its nature.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 22 Sep 2015, 12:02

September 22

1928- Eric Broadley was born on this date. He was the founder of Lola Cars, more famously the site's celebrated MasterCard Lola.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 23 Sep 2015, 11:41

September 23

1990: The Portuguese Grand Prix would be the last F1 event that Martin Donnelly raced in. He of course attempted to compete in the Spanish GP but wouldn't after a terrible practice. I won't say any more.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 24 Sep 2015, 11:46

September 24

1989: The Portuguese Grand Prix happened on this day. It is notable for a number of reasons:
-Onyx's only podium where Stefan Johansson finished third
-Minardi led its one and only lap on lap 40 courtesy of Pierluigi Martini, who finished 5th
-Ten drivers from ten different teams finished in the top ten places in the race (Berger-Ferrari, Prost-McLaren, Johansson-Onyx, Nannini-Benetton, Martini-Minardi, Palmer-Tyrrell, Nakajima-Lotus, Brundle-Brabham, Alliot-Lola, and Gugelmin-March)
-Coloni's last start in a Grand Prix, though they attempted to race for two more years.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 25 Sep 2015, 15:20

September 25th

2005 - Tiago Monteiro's 16-race streak of finishes was ended when the Toyota engine in the back of his Midland Jordan failed in Interlagos. It was the most consecutive race finishes by a rookie at the time. The engine earned the Reject of the Race award.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 26 Sep 2015, 11:58

September 26th

1999 - One of the saddest days in reject history (discounting injuries and fatalities of course), this was the day of the 1999 European Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Remembered as a great race that saw Stewart gain their first victory, it can be said that it was a bad day for Italian fans of the sport (discounting Trulli's excellent podium, naturally). Fisichella spun out of the lead, Ferrari made one of the sloppiest pit stops in recent memory, which cost Eddie Irvine vital points, Zanardi was continuing to show he just couldn't cut it in this new era of grooved tyres and narrow cars and of course, the biggest heartbreak of them all: Luca Badoer retiring from 4th place and breaking down in tears beside his stopped Minardi. Had he gone on, he might have deservedly escaped reject status, but his gearbox just would not allow him to do that.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 26 Sep 2015, 20:56

Simtek wrote:September 26th

1999 - One of the saddest days in reject history (discounting injuries and fatalities of course), this was the day of the 1999 European Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Remembered as a great race that saw Stewart gain their first victory, it can be said that it was a bad day for Italian fans of the sport (discounting Trulli's excellent podium, naturally). Fisichella spun out of the lead, Ferrari made one of the sloppiest pit stops in recent memory, which cost Eddie Irvine vital points, Zanardi was continuing to show he just couldn't cut it in this new era of grooved tyres and narrow cars and of course, the biggest heartbreak of them all: Luca Badoer retiring from 4th place and breaking down in tears beside his stopped Minardi. Had he gone on, he might have deservedly escaped reject status, but his gearbox just would not allow him to do that.

Whilst the heartbreak of Badoer is defenitely felt by all of us, let us not forget that Gené also put down a very good performance in the other Minardi.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 27 Sep 2015, 12:10

Continuing my trend of forgetting to do this on a race day...

September 27th

1952 - Ken Downing won the non-championship Madgwick Cup race at Goodwood.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 28 Sep 2015, 02:37

This wrote:
Simtek wrote:September 26th

1999 - One of the saddest days in reject history (discounting injuries and fatalities of course), this was the day of the 1999 European Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Remembered as a great race that saw Stewart gain their first victory, it can be said that it was a bad day for Italian fans of the sport (discounting Trulli's excellent podium, naturally). Fisichella spun out of the lead, Ferrari made one of the sloppiest pit stops in recent memory, which cost Eddie Irvine vital points, Zanardi was continuing to show he just couldn't cut it in this new era of grooved tyres and narrow cars and of course, the biggest heartbreak of them all: Luca Badoer retiring from 4th place and breaking down in tears beside his stopped Minardi. Had he gone on, he might have deservedly escaped reject status, but his gearbox just would not allow him to do that.

Whilst the heartbreak of Badoer is defenitely felt by all of us, let us not forget that Gené also put down a very good performance in the other Minardi.

Don't forget this viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5543
Even sadder

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 28 Sep 2015, 09:55

September 28

2008: CRASHGATE ('nuff said)

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 29 Sep 2015, 18:03

September 29th

1951 - Tony Rolt finished 3rd in the Goodwood Trophy driving one of the more interesting car-engine combinations never seen in the World Championship: A Delage-ERA.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 02 Oct 2015, 15:25

The last two editions are in the seldom-used temporary forum.

October 2nd

2009 - The mighty Kazuki Nakajima was second fastest in the opening practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, his time only beaten at the last minute by Heikki Kovalainen.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 03 Oct 2015, 10:34

October 3rd

1971 - Cornwall's Chris Craft made his only World Championship start at the wheel of a Brabham BT33 entered by Alain de Cadanet's Ecurie Evergreen. He lasted 30 laps before the suspension failed.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 03 Oct 2015, 10:37

October 3rd

1969 - Max Papis was born. The Italian drove 7 races for Footwork during the 1995 season, replacing Gianni Morbidelli before being sacked and replaced by Morbidelli himself (who later scored a podium finish at Adelaide). Papis DNFed in five of his appearances, only coming close to scoring points in Italy (where he was running on sixth at the beginning of the last lap, before being overtaken by JC Boullion). Papis later moved to America, where he won the 2002 24 Hours of Daytona and a couple of CART races before moving to NASCAR (where he mainly started-and-parked in the Sprint Cup, while establishing himself as a road course ringer in the Nationwide Series). Inbetween, Papis also drove at Le Mans and had one-offs in A1GP, V8 Supercars and Indycar.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 03 Oct 2015, 23:08

October 4th

1970 - Sportscar legend Derek Bell scored the only point of his F1 career at Watkins Glen, in a one-off drive for the fledgling Surtees team.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 04 Oct 2015, 23:11

Hard to believe a year has passed already.

October 5th

2014 - Jules Bianchi crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix and suffered a severe head injury which rendered him comatose. He remained in this state for nine months before passing away two weeks short of his 26th birthday.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 05 Oct 2015, 11:52

October 5

1980: The United States Grand Prix was held at Watkins Glen for the final time with future Life driver Bruno Giacomelli on pole for the Alfa Romeo. He led the first 31 laps before an electrical problem forced his retirement from a likely win. Reject drivers Mike Thackwell and Geoff Lees DNQ'd in their Tyrrell and Williams cars respectively.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 06 Oct 2015, 10:28

October 6th

1974 - Rising star Helmuth Koinigg was killed in a horrific crash at Watkins Glen on the anniversary of Francois Cevert's death at the same track the previous year. The suspension of Koinigg's Surtees failed at turn 7, sending it head-on into an insecurely installed Armco barrier. The bottom section of the Armco buckled while the top portion remained in place, which decapitated the 25-year-old.

2013 - A little more light-hearted, the last Korean Grand Prix to date was held, and it had one of the most bizarre incidents in recent memory. After Mark Webber's exit from the race following a collision with Adrian Sutil and an engine fire, the safety car was due to be sent out while the marshals dealt with the blaze. Before this happened however, the over-eager marshals sent out a jeep with fire-fighting equipment in front of the 20-odd racing cars, resulting in much confusion up and down the pit lane.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 06 Oct 2015, 11:32

October 6

1985: The European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch saw a memorable drive from Alain Prost recover from a very poor start to wind up 4th, giving him the championship with two Grands Prix to go. It was also the first victory of Nigel Mansell's career.
The "God of the rats," otherwise known as Huub Rothengatter, was the only DNQ in the field, driving for Osella.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 07 Oct 2015, 11:43

Two reject birthdays!

October 7th

1965 - Marco Apicella, renowned for having the shortest Grand Prix career in terms of distance, was born near Bologna.

1966 - MasterCard Lola driver Vincenzo Sospiri was born in Forli.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 08 Oct 2015, 12:07

October 8

1954: Speaking of my previous post, Huub Rothengatter was born on this date. Happy birthday to him.

1978: The Canadian Grand Prix occurred on this date with Gilles Villeneuve scoring his first win. DNQs included former Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni in his Shadow, reject Beppe Gabbiani in a Surtees, Arturo Merzario in his hopeless (reject) machine, and Hector Rebaque in a Lotus. Two drivers who DNPQed were Rolf Stommelen in the Arrows (his last entry in F1) and Michael Bleekemolen (father of sports car driver Jeroen) in the ATS.

2006: The Japanese Grand Prix saw Michael Schumacher's engine fail on lap 36, effectively ending his chance on an 8th championship. It was his first engine failure since the 2000 French GP. The engine was ROTR for that reason.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 09 Oct 2015, 15:11

October 9th

1961 - Julian Bailey was born. Having been the first British driver to win in Formula 3000, Bailey was hired by Tyrrell for the 1988 season. However, his first season proved disappointing as he failed to qualify ten times and didn't score any points (by comparison, Jonathan Palmer's five points kept the Tyrrell ship afloat). After two years in sports prototypes, Bailey joined Lotus in 1991 to pair rookie Mika Hakkinen. He DNQ'ed in three of his four attempts: his only start at Imola gave him his first (and only) Formula One point, but this proved not to be enough as he was sacked and replaced by Johnny Herbert from Canada onwards. During the following season, Bailey attempted to replace Eric van de Poele in the struggling Brabham team. According to StatsF1, he was rumoured to join them in Hungary after van de Poele left to join Fondmetal, but the agreement wasn't finalized and Brabham only fielded one car for Damon Hill before leaving the sport for good at the end of the weekend.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 10 Oct 2015, 13:46

October 10th

1976 - Warwick Brown made his only appearance on a Formula One grid. He was signed by the Wolf-Williams team to drive for them at Watkins Glen. He struggled with the car in the race, losing 3rd and 5th gears as well as suffering rear brake problems, but still managed to bring the car home in 14th place.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 10 Oct 2015, 15:04

October 10

The only DNQ on the grid of the U.S. Grand Prix was Otto Stuppacher, who was an agonizing 27 seconds off the pace in qualifying. :shock:

leywso · Post by **leywso** » 10 Oct 2015, 16:36

Simtek wrote:September 20th

1987 - A massive first lap accident at Estoril involving Piquet, Alboreto, Warwick, Nakajima, Brundle, Danner, Alliot, Arnoux and Campos saw the race red-flagged with each driver getting into their team's spare car, except Danner, as Zakspeed's spare car was taken by Brundle.

Catching up on this thread after a few weeks away...

I realised I'd never seen footage of this, so checked it out on Youtube. It's really scary to see the cars coming round to start the second lap before the race is stopped. There could have been an almighty accident with all those people and course cars on the track.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 11 Oct 2015, 13:11

October 11th

1952 - Kenneth McAlpine finished 2nd in the Newcastle Journal Trophy. He was driving a Connaught.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 12 Oct 2015, 00:45

October 12th

1961 - The Coppa Italia was held to decide the Italian Drivers' Championship after it finished in a tie between Giancarlo Baghetti and Lorenzo Bandini. However, Bandini was not available to take part in the event, which handed the title to Baghetti, who won the race. Also on the grid were Ernesto Prinoth (2nd), Nino Vaccarella (3rd), Roberto Bussinello (4th), Roberto Lippi (5th) and Gaetano Starrabba (8th). Bussinello and Lippi were driving De Tomasos.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 13 Oct 2015, 11:46

October 13

The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix would be the last time Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo, Allan McNish, and Alex Yoong would enter in a Formula 1 Grand Prix, the latter two are celebrated Rejects. The ROTR was "The Whole Grid Bar Ferrari".

The same Grand Prix in 1996 saw one of the most celebrated names on the site, Giovanni Lavaggi, DNQ in the Minardi in his last attempt at Grand Prix racing. Fellow rejects Pedro Lamy and Ricardo Rosset finished 12th and 13th, 2 laps down of winner and champion Damon Hill. Lamy would go on to have a successful sports car career while Rosset would join MasterCard Lola & Tyrrell before taking a 10 year sabbatical from racing.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 14 Oct 2015, 11:48

October 14

1947: Frederick "Rikky" von Opel, the only driver from the country of Lichtenstein to race in Formula One, was born on this date to parents Fritz von Opel and Emita Herrán Olózaga. Great-grandson of Adam Opel, the founder of German carmaker Opel, Rikky raced for Ensign and Brabham from 1973-74. His best finish was a 9th place in both the Swedish and Dutch Grands Prix in succession for the latter team.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 14 Oct 2015, 23:24

October 15th

1995 - Norberto Fontana clinched the German F3 title.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 16 Oct 2015, 09:21

October 16th

1994 - The European GP at Jerez saw Hideki Noda's and Domenico Schiattarella's Formula 1 debut. Noda qualified 24th and DNFed, while Schiattarella qualified 26th and last (only ahead of the Pacifics, as usual) and finished 19th, 5 laps down.

2005 - Christian Klien unrejectified himself with a 5th place at the Chinese GP.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 16 Oct 2015, 17:33

novitopoli wrote:October 16th

2005 - Christian Klien unrejectified himself with a 5th place at the Chinese GP.

Also notable for more sombre reasons as the last grand prix for both Jordan and Minardi. Jordan being my favourite F1 team of all time with Minardi being my second favourite, as well as staking a claim to most popular team on this forum, even though they're not rejects.

I still miss both of them to this day.