Hi,
browsing some results on the Net, I've found a strange situation here .
Did the "XIV Prix de Paris 1969" had two winners?
thanks.
1969 French F3 Championship
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brickyard
, Apr 13 2006 18:23
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conjohn
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 18:59
Reine Wisell had a column in the Swedish magazine 'Illustrerad Motor Sport', and he had this to say (translated from Swedish) about this race in the July 1969 issue:
"... But the big fight was between Tim Schenken and me. We swapped the lead of the race, and when we started the last lap Tim was a little ahead. But I slip-streamed him on the finishing straight and dived out just right. Well, it wasn't exactly just right. It was a dead heat between Tim and me. We had the same time and the finishing judges couldn't separate us! Dead heats aren't exactly common."
/Conny
"... But the big fight was between Tim Schenken and me. We swapped the lead of the race, and when we started the last lap Tim was a little ahead. But I slip-streamed him on the finishing straight and dived out just right. Well, it wasn't exactly just right. It was a dead heat between Tim and me. We had the same time and the finishing judges couldn't separate us! Dead heats aren't exactly common."
/Conny
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brickyard
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Posted 17 April 2006 - 18:10
thanks conjohn.
Although dead heats aren't exactly common, the same thing happened a few weeks earlier at the Magny-Cours meeting... very strange indeed.
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Cirrus
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Posted 17 April 2006 - 18:19
That's why 1 Litre F3 produced the best racing EVER!
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Hieronymus
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 05:31
Can someone please provide me with the final points standings for the 1969 French F3 Championship?
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Rob Semmeling
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 09:59
I don't understand: according to the (fantastic!) Formula 2 Register, Wisell and Schencken did not finish exactly simultaneously during either of the two heats, but Wisell's column seems to suggest they did.
F2 Register says that it was a dead heat only after their times of both heats were added.
F2 Register says that it was a dead heat only after their times of both heats were added.
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Kpy
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 10:10
Originally posted by Rob Semmeling
I don't understand: according to the (fantastic!) Formula 2 Register, Wisell and Schencken did not finish exactly simultaneously during either of the two heats, but Wisell's column seems to suggest they did.
F2 Register says that it was a dead heat only after their times of both heats were added.
I think the race was two 10 lap heats followed by a 20 lap final. The result is not the times of two heats added together.
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ian senior
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 10:26
Originally posted by Cirrus
That's why 1 Litre F3 produced the best racing EVER!
I'll second that. It spoiled me for anything else. Was there ever a dull processional race in that formula?
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Rob Semmeling
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 11:47
Originally posted by Kpy
I think the race was two 10 lap heats followed by a 20 lap final. The result is not the times of two heats added together.
Ah, yes, now I see. Thanks for that.
