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#1 David Hyland

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 23:57

As a counterpoint to the "Jack" and "Frank" threads, how about trying to identify first names which are unique in motor racing?

I'd like to offer "Eppie" (as in Wietzes) as a candidate.

And maybe "Moises" (as in Solana)?

For added interest, let's include nicknames too, but only where the person was actually addressed by that name, e.g. "Keke" (Rosberg) would count, but "El Chueco" (for Fangio) wouldn't.

David.

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#2 bira

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 01:33

:wave:

#3 Jack-the-Lad

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 02:25

Only one "Masten" comes to mind.
If nicknames or derivatives count, how about "Parnelli"?

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#4 David Hyland

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 04:59

Gaetano (as in Starrabba) ?

#5 Gary Davies

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 05:17

Keijo?
Consalvo?
Horace?
Ignazio?


... off the top of the bonce.

#6 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 05:30

Sorry, there was Horace Richards as well as Horace Gould ;)

#7 Gary Davies

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 06:26

Ah, all that glitters ... :|

#8 h4887

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 06:42

Emerson

#9 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 06:45

Without checking and if my memory serves me right :



Piers ( Courage )
Tiago ( Monteiro )
Bertil ( Roos )
"Chico" ( -Francis- Serra )
Raul ( Boesel )
Roelof ( Wunderink )
Hector ( Rebaque )
"Paco" ( -Francis- Godia )
Reine ( Wisell )
Larry ( Perkins )
Vic ( Elford )
Howden ( Ganley )
Siegfried ( Stohr )
IƱaki ( Marimon )
Ayrton ( Senna )


#10 David Beard

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 06:49

Stirling, surely?

(Not counting Sterling, of course)

#11 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 07:04

Ivan ( Capelli )
Yannick ( Dalmas )
Innes ( Ireland )
Tarso ( Marques )
Eliseo ( Salazar )
Hubb ( Rothengatter )

#12 ian senior

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 07:17

Originally posted by WHITE
Hubb ( Rothengatter )


I seem to remember a Huub Vermeulen too.

#13 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 07:30

Ingo ( Hoffman )
Arturo ( Merzario )
Gilles ( Villeneuve )
Lella ( Lombardi )
Desiree ( Wilson )
Divina ( Gallica )
Bruce ( McLaren )

#14 ian senior

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:05

Cheating a bit, nowt to with motor racing and a fictional character anyway, but I always liked the name Student Mansfield, who appeared in Kingsley Amis's "I Want It Now". He was so-called because his father reckoned that, for that particular child, life would be one long learning curve.

#15 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:16

Originally posted by ian senior
Cheating a bit, nowt to with motor racing and a fictional character anyway, but I always liked the name Student Mansfield, who appeared in Kingsley Amis's "I Want It Now". He was so-called because his father reckoned that, for that particular child, life would be one long learning curve.


:up: Very poetic.

#16 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:26

Rubens ( Barrichello )
Luciano ( Burti )
Renee ( Arnoux )
Jose ( Dolhen )
Brett ( Lunger )


I think that it would have been easier ( perhaps even more interesting ) to talk about NOT unique first names ;)

for example: David ( Purley, Coulthard ) or Jacques ( Laffite, Villeneuve )

#17 kevthedrummer

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:36

Heinz-Harald?

#18 Stefan Ornerdal

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:43

Charlemagne (Tower) !!!

Looking thru the results of Mille Miglia or Targa Florio gives not so few beautiful names, my personal favourite is "Secondo". Surely not a winner.

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:46

Buckshot (Jones)
Hubert (Stomberger)
Fredrick (Elkblom)
Elliot (Sadler)
Hank (Parker Jr)
Forrest (Evers) - okay I cheated
Desire (Wilson)
Giovanna (Amati)
Hurley (Haywood)

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#20 Gary Davies

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:50

Originally posted by WHITE
Without checking and if my memory serves me right :

..."Chico" ( -Francis- Serra ) ...


Chico Landi. :wave:

#21 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:57

Originally posted by Vanwall


Chico Landi. :wave:


Thankyou Vanwall :kiss:

It was an unforgivable mistake given I come from Brazil :blush:

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:59

Originally posted by Pikachu Racing
Forrest (Evers) - okay I cheated


But you could have included Forrest Lycett.

#23 Macca

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:09

Jyrki (sp.?)
Wilson

Stanley? ( -Michael-Bailey-Hailwood)



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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:19

Maria-Teresa
Giovanna

:cool:

I was hoping for Mr Stoddard, but Mr Speed now stakes the claim.

:lol:

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#25 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:27

Sorry again :)
the following should be deleted:
Raul (because of Riganti)
Vic (Blackburn)
Ivan (Scotti)
Bruce (McLean)
Brett (Riley)
Hubert (Hahne)
Elliot (Forbes-Robinson)
Forrest (Cardon)
Stanley (Jones - and Alan Stanley Jones)
There have also been scores of Joses
and there was a pre-war Hector whose other names escape me at the moment - Suppidi Sedes?

#26 Tim Murray

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:51

Delete also:

Piers (Weld-Forrester)
Ayrton (Dare)
Rene (Carriere)

and if you need another Stanley there was Matthews (the racing driver, not the footballer)

#27 Patrick Fletcher

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:54

Dauntsey [Teagle]
Dene [Hollier]
Ultrig [Maag]

#28 Tim Murray

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:11

OTTOMH I can think of only the one Tazio.

#29 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:14

...apart from Tazio Taraschi
(who was of course named after the other)

#30 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:16

Originally posted by Patrick Fletcher

Dene [Hollier]

There was also a club driver called Dene Aitkenhead (in the same country)


Ultrig [Maag]

Wasn't he Ulrich (of whom there are many examples)?

#31 WHITE

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:19

Originally posted by David McKinney
Sorry again :)
the following should be deleted:
Raul (because of Riganti)
Vic (Blackburn)
Ivan (Scotti)
Bruce (McLean)
Brett (Riley)
Hubert (Hahne)
Elliot (Forbes-Robinson)
Forrest (Cardon)
Stanley (Jones - and Alan Stanley Jones)
There have also been scores of Joses
and there was a pre-war Hector whose other names escape me at the moment - Suppidi Sedes?



:up: Good David !

In fact, there was, at least, another Jose : JosƩ Carlos Pace

#32 ian senior

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:27

Holman (as in "Blackburn"), though he was often known as Les.

#33 Tim Murray

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:40

Originally posted by David McKinney
...apart from Tazio Taraschi
(who was of course named after the other)

The son of Berardo, I take it?

#34 Hieronymus

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:48

Lets not forget dear OTTORINO (Volonterio) and my favourite...


...OMOBONO (Tenni)

#35 Patrick Fletcher

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:50

Can we enter T.A.S.O. ? [ They may be around the wrong way - it is Friday night over here !!]

#36 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 11:03

Originally posted by Patrick Fletcher
Can we enter T.A.S.O. ? [ They may be around the wrong way - it is Friday night over here !!]

Not unless we're including other nicknames
(They were his initials, but I believe he was known as 'TASO')

#37 Racer.Demon

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 11:10

Originally posted by Tim Murray

Ayrton (Dare)


That is Airton Dare. :)

May I suggest Carel?

#38 Tim Murray

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 11:12

Originally posted by Racer.Demon
That is Airton Dare. :)


Oops! :blush:

#39 Hieronymus

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 11:18

Originally posted by ian senior
Holman (as in "Blackburn"), though he was often known as Les.


In my language "Holman" means something like "arse buddie"...so add B(l)ackburn to that, what does it all add up to?

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 12:00

Nelson (Piquet)
Jenson (Button)
Innes (Ireland)
Norberto (Fontana)

And should we open the Pandora's box of Japanese names and consider Aguri (Suzuki), Takuma (Sato), Satoru (Nakajima), Tetsu (Ikuzawa) and many more?

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 12:23

Originally posted by BRG
Nelson (Piquet)
Jenson (Button)
Innes (Ireland)
Norberto (Fontana)

And should we open the Pandora's box of Japanese names and consider Aguri (Suzuki), Takuma (Sato), Satoru (Nakajima), Tetsu (Ikuzawa) and many more?


well theres two Nelson Piquets, and Innes Marlow the rally driver and probably a fair few Innes's over the years at Knockhill its not an unusual name up here.

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 12:42

Froilan (Gonzales)?

#43 Mallory Dan

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 13:03

Originally posted by ian senior
Cheating a bit, nowt to with motor racing and a fictional character anyway, but I always liked the name Student Mansfield, who appeared in Kingsley Amis's "I Want It Now". He was so-called because his father reckoned that, for that particular child, life would be one long learning curve.


There's another well known 'Student', Ian, "Student Grant".

#44 ian senior

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 13:09

Originally posted by Mallory Dan


There's another well known 'Student', Ian, "Student Grant".


Changed his surname to "Loan". Unless you mean the Fiat Panda-driving one in Viz.

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 14:19

There was a 'Kent Price' before there was a Kent engine...

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 14:29

Originally posted by David Beard
Stirling, surely?

(Not counting Sterling, of course)


As reported by Raymond Baxter at the time on film, Mr Moss said of himself once, at a time when he was doing over 60 races per year :-

" A stationary Moss gathers no Sterling "

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 14:31

Originally posted by ian senior


Changed his surname to "Loan". Unless you mean the Fiat Panda-driving one in Viz.


Thats the one Ian, with his various girlfriends, all called Hilary !

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 17:16

Slim (Boorguud)
Bubbles (Horsley)
Duke (Nalon)

#49 David McKinney

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 18:14

Slim Corum (sorry to keep doing this)
though I suppose Duke Ofgrafton doesn't count :)

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 19:53

Duke Dinsmore