Case#1
Both pictures supposed to have been taken at Imola in 1985. It looks like driver Michele Alboreto used two different types of front wings. Were these pictures really taken during the San Marino GP weekend or during testing perhaps?
Case#2
The captions of these pictures both say: ‘Mario Andretti – South African GP 1972’. Is this true? Did Andretti try the Ferrari 312s with two different types of front wings during the weekend?
Case#3
This is Jean-Pierre Beltoise during the 1972 Belgian GP weekend. Could anybody explain why the ‘Marlboro-BRM’ decals had been replaced with Beltoise’s name?
Case#4
This is Vittorio Brambilla in 1977, but where? Perhaps Fuji or Mosport?
Case#5
The caption says: ‘Jim Clark – Italian GP 1966’. I’ve got no record of Clark racing or even practicing the #20 Lotus there. Perhaps this picture was taken somewhere else?
Case#6
This is similar to the previous case. The captions says: ‘Graham Hill – 1967 German GP.’ According to my sources, Graham never drove the Lotus 49 with #3 on the side of it in a World Championship race. Is this a non-championship race?
Case#7
IIRC I found this picture on Forix. It shows Phil Hill during the 1963 Italian GP weekend. Or does it? I don’t seem to recall seeing this picture of Hill’s A.T.S. before.
Case#8
It’s Phil Hill again, this time in 1966. Or is he? The #30 Eagle-Weslake had been entered for Dan Gurney himself. Is this Hill practicing in Gurney’s car or Gurney wearing a different helmet than his regular black one?
Case#9
This is one of those mysterious Japanese entries. The driver is Kazuyoshi Hoshino, but in which car? The pictures supposed to have been taken during the 1976 Japanese GP weekend. Is this really true?
Case#10
The driver is Denis Hulme, the car is a McLaren. But which one? Perhaps an M19C? Or something completely different?
Case#11
This is Hulme and a McLaren again, obviously an M23. I have no record of Denny using #57 in any World Championship Grand Prix nor practice. Is this a non-championship event?
Case#12
The year is 1983 and the driver is Stefan Johansson in a Spirit Honda Turbo. Both pictures supposed to have taken at Monza. Is this true? According to Mike Lang, there were two Spirit Honda 201s. Did one of them have a white livery and the other a red and blue one?
Case#13
The picture shows Lella Lombardi in the Lavazza March. I suspect it’s a non-championship event since Lella never used #37 in a championship race. So where did this photo had been taken?
Case#14
This is similar to the previous case, Bruce McLaren driving his own car at Brands Hatch. Is this a non-championship race or did Bruce use #34 during practices for the 1968 British Grand Prix?
Case#15
Similar to the previous two. Could this be the 1973 Race of Champions or is this Ronnie Peterson practicing for the 1973 British Grand Prix with this odd starting number?
Case#16
Similar to case#2, two Ferrari 312B2s with a different nose, driver is Clay Regazzoni. He used #6 two times in a World Championship race: in the South African and in the Spanish Grands Prix. To me both pictures look like Jarama. Did he run with two different types of Ferraris during the weekend?
Case#17
Both pictures show Jochen Rindt obviously in a Lotus72. His car sported #6 only once in 1970, that was in Austria. Did Rindt wear two different types of helmets during that weekend?
Case#18
It’s the helmet problem once again, but a difficult one I guess. Both pictures supposed to have been taken at the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix of Bertil Roos. (The name is on the car.) Did he use two helmets with a different colour scheme?
Case#19
Similar to case#12. Both pictures show Huub Rothengatter during the 1984 Dutch Grand Prix weekend. Did he drive two Spirit Harts with a different colour scheme?
Case#20
This is most interesting! AFAIK the six-wheeler March 2-4-0 only competed in hillclimbs, but this picture shows Ian Scheckter driving the car perhaps at Interlagos. (Look at the barrier at the background.) What’s the story behind this picture?
Case#21
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This is Tim Schenken driving a Brabham BT33. According to Steve Small’s ‘Who’s, Who’, the car on the left was the one that helped the Aussie to finish third in the Austrian GP. I very much doubt that! According to Alan Henry’s ‘Brabham, the Grand Prix Cars’, Schenken drove the car with a ‘normal’ nose as seen in the other picture. So what’s the truth? When did Brabham introduce the ‘aerodinamic’ nose?
Case#22
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The picture shows Marc Surer in an Ensign, but where? Looks like Rio to me, but I’m not sure! What confuses me more is this picture! The paint job behind the driver’s head is different. Did the Ensign team paint over the Columbian flag overnight? (For the full story, click here.)
Case#23
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Another of those mysterious Japanese entries! This should be Noritake Takahara’s car, with which he participated in the 1977 Japanese GP. In the first and third picture the starting number is in the middle of the front wing, on the second picture, it is on the right. (This is the case in the photo I’ve found in David Hodges’s ‘Formula Racing Cars’ as well.) Did the Japanese change the position of the starting number during the weekend? Any other suggestions?
Case#24
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I’m totally puzzled by this picture!
Case#25
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And finally… a relatively simple case! This picture shows Derek Warwick and his Toleman in 1983. I’m not sure about the scene. Is this Zandvoort or Zeltweg?