Keijo 'Keke' Rosberg question - please help!
#1
Posted 01 April 2009 - 16:48
Any assistance you can provide in finding this photograph will be tremendously appreciated! Thank you!
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#2
Posted 01 April 2009 - 17:04
http://images.google...h...en&safe=off
Perhaps they thought the action shot you mention might discourage potential buyers!
#3
Posted 01 April 2009 - 17:09
#4
Posted 01 April 2009 - 19:02
#5
Posted 01 April 2009 - 19:19
#6
Posted 02 April 2009 - 04:56
#7
Posted 02 April 2009 - 05:10
#8
Posted 02 April 2009 - 05:23
Very good book bye the way should decide to pick one up.
Mo.
#9
Posted 02 April 2009 - 05:25
rob -at- revelstudios .com
#10
Posted 02 April 2009 - 11:47
It's rubbish quality repro!Originally posted by MoMurray
Although very exciting, it is not a great reproduction and appears grainy in the book.
Saved you the bother, Mo. Took three scans mated together and there's still a bit missing...
(Copyright unknown)
#11
Posted 02 April 2009 - 12:43
#12
Posted 02 April 2009 - 14:00
Mo
#13
Posted 02 April 2009 - 14:47
#14
Posted 02 April 2009 - 17:21
#16
Posted 02 April 2009 - 23:16
Thank you everyone for all of your help! Looks like the book scan is the best quality we can come up with for now. I really appreciate the effort though! I went ahead and retouched the book scan to bring the color closer to original and chop out the text layout so it's more of a solid photograph. I know the colors are still off and background way too dark, but it's not a bad retouch.
Again, I really appreciate the effort and my thanks to everyone. I'll keep this thread bookmarked just in case an original copy of the photo turns up. With regards, Rob
#17
Posted 03 April 2009 - 01:07
Your pix of the three Atlantic cars with KK trailing. That's not from the Hamilton race of 1978, is it? Now there's a story that needs telling!
#18
Posted 03 April 2009 - 01:16
But the whole Hamilton story would indeed be interesting.
#19
Posted 03 April 2009 - 01:19
So much for my powers of observation! Thanks for that correction, sprite.
Ah, yes... Hamilton. Spent hours on both a Saturday and a Sunday counting windows in the downtown buildings. Nothing better to do...
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#20
Posted 03 April 2009 - 05:57
The Chevron in post 10, 15, and 16 is, I think, Rosberg in the 1978 Chevron B45. Rosberg ran #41 at Long Beach, and doesn't appear in the Trois Rivieres results, so perhaps the photo in posts 10 and 16 is from Quebec City or Hamilton?...he won both (and Westwood!)
Vince H.
#21
Posted 03 April 2009 - 06:04
There was a time when I could tell a B39 from a B45 by sight : - but wasn't 1977 the Excita year (and therefore a B39)? And the car not repainted before LB? Note there's no Excita signwriting in evidence at LB
#22
Posted 03 April 2009 - 07:31
And, I found this link at 10 Tenths, under a post by Allen Brown:
http://www.btinterne...rgpic-1000x.jpg
The URL would indicate the photo is from Quebec, 1978
Here is the link to the webpage:
http://www.ten-tenth...hp/t-48483.html
There is some discussion on the webpage that Rosberg maybe ran a B39 at Quebec in 1978, though Allen Brown lists Rosberg in a B45 in his results on his site...Allen?
Vince H.
#23
Posted 28 April 2009 - 21:00
I have never worked out how to insert a quote into a message, but ...........PLEASE!!
A drift would have all four wheels in line with the car facing into the corner. Lock indicates a power slide.
Different things entirely.
In the interests of versimilitude you under stand.
Regards,
Bauble.
#25
Posted 29 April 2009 - 15:28
And got rather closer to the stout concrete barriers than even KK.
#26
Posted 29 April 2009 - 17:09
Originally posted by martyk
Here's the picture from FORMULA Magazine August 1978:
Hosted on Fotki
...Wowee..!!
#27
Posted 30 April 2010 - 05:49
Obviously he had.
Unfortunately I hadn't. One of only a few images I seriously rue missing during my photog career.
Also unfortunately, the slide that Paul took that day is now long gone. It was lost during a move from one house to another. I re-confirmed that fact with Paul recently.
Although I don't have anything of Keke that is quite that dramatic, I do have a fair number of him in Atlantic, Can Am and F1 cars. I also have a number of him in my "people" set.
I have only recently started scanning images from my archives. I know for a fact that there will be a lot more to come of Keke. It was definitely a treat to see him ply his trade in North America all those years ago.
http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/
#28
Posted 30 April 2010 - 07:06
Just had a look through your Flickr photostream Marc. It's great!
#29
Posted 30 April 2010 - 23:48
I have about 75k images in my archives and it is a serious amount of fun to go through my old stuff and get it up on flickr.
I am glad that others are enjoying it too.
#30
Posted 27 March 2014 - 20:17
I heard that Keke Rosberg's father (don't know the name, perhaps that will also help me) was also racing Rallyes. Does anyone have any details about that?
#31
Posted 27 March 2014 - 20:36
BOTH parents in fact - http://www.saunalaht...ers/rosberg.htm
Life dates of Lars - http://www.geni.com/...000012807234929
Some results; http://www.hankirall...toluettelot.pdf and http://www.dlg.speed...l/55miscra.html
#32
Posted 28 March 2014 - 06:35
Yes, an interesting picture! Most of the image links above are dead, so here's a new one ..
#33
Posted 28 March 2014 - 06:58
since i posted on this topie i have created a seperate set for keke.....
https://www.flickr.c...57630594543230/
this is the link to all my sets......
https://www.flickr.c...81980@N03/sets/
for those who don't already know.....the object on the nose of the car...below the "c" and "i" of excita. is a small piece wood fashioned into the piece of human anatomy to which the excita condom would be applied.
it started out as a gearshift knob.
keke's mechanics were the ones who came up with that piece of equipment, so to speak.
#34
Posted 28 March 2014 - 08:07
Nice touch...
#35
Posted 28 March 2014 - 09:11
Keke Rosberg's father (don't know the name)
Are you not even able to look up the German Wikipedia entry on Keke Rosberg?
#36
Posted 28 March 2014 - 12:08
BOTH parents in fact - http://www.saunalaht...ers/rosberg.htm
Life dates of Lars - http://www.geni.com/...000012807234929
Some results; http://www.hankirall...toluettelot.pdf and http://www.dlg.speed...l/55miscra.html
thanks
#37
Posted 30 March 2014 - 00:51
What a shot!
That bloke might have done all right if he'd ever shown some commitment...
Bruce Moxon
#38
Posted 30 March 2014 - 19:17
Yes, I well remember this bloke opposite-locking the Theodore through the Silverstone chicane in the wet back in 1978. With a bit of commitment, he could have spun off like Ickx, Reggazoni, Hunt and Lauda managed to do that day instead of just winning his F1 debut race.
#39
Posted 31 March 2014 - 04:11
What a shot!
That bloke might have done all right if he'd ever shown some commitment...
Bruce Moxon
kinda like this guy maybe?????
https://www.flickr.c...N03/6804756204/
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#40
Posted 31 March 2014 - 05:32
Yes, I well remember this bloke opposite-locking the Theodore through the Silverstone chicane in the wet back in 1978. With a bit of commitment, he could have spun off like Ickx, Reggazoni, Hunt and Lauda managed to do that day instead of just winning his F1 debut race.
Yes, a great performance. However, I believe this was not his F1 debut race. His first was in South Africa a few weeks earlier.
Vince H.
#41
Posted 10 December 2018 - 16:35
It's actually quite a famous photo - which somehow I can't find on line at the moment - from the F/Atlantic race at Trois Rivieres. The car is bright pink - magenta? - and sponsored by Excita condoms.
#42
Posted 10 December 2018 - 16:36
#43
Posted 11 December 2018 - 14:59
Having employed Keke Rosberg for F2, when he did the job for the team, why didn't Ron Dennis spot Rosberg's talent?
#44
Posted 11 December 2018 - 15:08
#45
Posted 11 December 2018 - 15:37
He did. Gave'm his last F 1 ride.
As ex-F1 champ, Keke probably earned a few bob for that deal. Ron had the opportunity to intervene when Keke raced in some challenging cars.
But Ron took a long time to understood how quickly John Watson drove his motors.
#46
Posted 11 December 2018 - 15:37
Question is which of McLaren's drivers would you get rid of to replace with Rosberg and when? Dennis took over McLaren for 1981 and he basically had to continue with Watson (steady hand) and accept de Cesaris (cigarette money). As soon as he could he ditched AdC - and replaced him with a double world champion. He couldn't easily get rid of the already-contracted WC runner-up for 1983, and for 1984 he got Prost for a song...
#47
Posted 11 December 2018 - 16:01
How many teams raced with Marlboro money in the 1980s? Keke had Marlboro money (sponsorship logos) but never enough to put him into a Marlboro-sponsored car.