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Dallest vs Prost

Started by Pablo Vignone , Aug 05 2004 14:05

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#1 Pablo Vignone

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 14:05

Re-reading Christopher Hilton 's "Alain Prost" I've found this:

"Zandvoort, 4 June (1979) (...) Dallest locked Prost in a bedroom five floors up before the start of the race and Prost had to batter his way out. Good, honest prankmanship (...) On overall times he (Prost) beat Mauro Baldi by 17 seconds".

It sounds intriguing. Please, does anybody knows something more about that?

Many thanks in advance.

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#2 SEdward

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 14:07

So you can't keep a good man down... even by locking him up in his hotel room.

Edward.

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#3 Jodum5

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 14:13

Heheh maybe baricchello should try that at hungary

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#4 petefenelon

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 15:34

Dallest is one of those guys who I always thought should've got to F1, he made the AGS F2 cars look very good on occasion, but never really seemed to be part of the French production line of well-backed drivers in the 70s/early 80s - what went wrong for him?

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#5 BRG

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 15:41

IIRC, he only seemed to show well in the wet. Or was that just the AGS?

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#6 Pablo Vignone

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Posted 07 August 2004 - 03:06

Wasn't it at the traditional Bouwes Hotel?

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#7 angst

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Posted 07 August 2004 - 09:33

Originally posted by petefenelon
Dallest is one of those guys who I always thought should've got to F1, he made the AGS F2 cars look very good on occasion, but never really seemed to be part of the French production line of well-backed drivers in the 70s/early 80s - what went wrong for him?

I always wondered why he was NEVER considered for a F1 drive by any of the teams. He was very obviously a talented driver, not only did he make the AGS look good, he even managed to make the Merzario and Merzario Marches look good on occasion. AFAIK he was never even considered by the works F2 teams. Truly a case of wasted talent...

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#8 Pablo Vignone

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Posted 12 August 2004 - 16:18

Does anyone have the Auto Hebdo nº 167, of the second week of June 1979? Maybe there is some clue there. Unfortunately, I only have only one Auto Hedbo and that is of 1995...

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#9 Twin Window

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Posted 12 August 2004 - 22:55

Despite regarding Dallest as a talent, I personally think that the 'Frenchman who got away' of that same era was Patrick Gaillard.

Ok; he did a couple of GPs, but the Ensigns he drove weren't exactly the best tools with which to 'strut your stuff' and impress...

Twinny