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Posted 10 March 2015 - 19:38
Roberto Merhi is confirmed as second Manor F1 driver, but just for the first round. When were drivers signed just for a the first or first few races and not for a whole season.
Senna was on a race-to-race-contract with McLaren in 1993.
Then we had Klien and Liuzzi who should both drive the second Red Bull F1 seat.
More examples?
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 19:48
It used to happen toward the back of the grid quite a lot in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 19:59
Martin Brundle and Aguri Suzuki were signed on a seat-sharing arrangement in the second Ligier in 1995.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:00
Brundle/Suzuki in 95 for Ligier. Does Blundell from the same season count? Test-driver for McL, then supposed to only to race 1 and 2 to allow McLaren to get Mansell in the car. Then ending up driving the rest of the season after race 4.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:09
Michael Andretti and Mika Hakkinen shared a McLaren in 1993. Didn't end well for one of them.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:16
Michael Andretti and Mika Hakkinen shared a McLaren in 1993. Didn't end well for one of them.
Not really the same thing, Mika was the test driver and only ended up racing because Andretti got himself sacked.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:17
Didn't Fisichella only do a partial season for Minardi in '96? Not sure of the circumstances though.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:20
Not really the same thing, Mika was the test driver and only ended up racing because Andretti got himself sacked.
I am not sure. Wasn't it the meaning they would swap places anyhow? I could be mistaken...
Anyway, I know another double-act: Corrado en Theo Fabi at Brabham.
Edited by Nemo1965, 10 March 2015 - 20:20.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:54
Domenico Schiattarella had a contract for the first half of the 1995 season with Simtek, with Hideki Noda due to take over later on, but the team went under before this point.
I believe that Roland Ratzenberger's contract with the team in 1994 was also only for part of the season.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:55
Didn't Fisichella only do a partial season for Minardi in '96? Not sure of the circumstances though.
Yes: Tarso Marques replaced him for his "local" races in Brazil and Argentina, then Giovanni Lavaggi bought the seat permanently from Germany onwards.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 20:58
Isn't a team only allowed to use a maximum of four drivers across a whole season? So my guess is Merhi will still drive the majority of the races.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 21:03
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 21:07
I am not sure. Wasn't it the meaning they would swap places anyhow? I could be mistaken...
Anyway, I know another double-act: Corrado en Theo Fabi at Brabham.
No it wasn't a seat sharing deal, Andretti was supposed to do the full season but he never got to grips with F1 so McLaren sacked him after 13 races and put the test driver (Hakk) in for the last three.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 21:13
Bit off-topic, but I can imagine that being the done to fill in for Magnussen, or even in anticipation of Giedo vd Garde.Roberto Merhi is confirmed as second Manor F1 driver, but just for the first round. When were drivers signed just for a the first or first few races and not for a whole season.
Senna was on a race-to-race-contract with McLaren in 1993.
Then we had Klien and Liuzzi who should both drive the second Red Bull F1 seat.
More examples?
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 21:17
Isn't a team only allowed to use a maximum of four drivers across a whole season? So my guess is Merhi will still drive the majority of the races.
That's such a stupid rule, I'm fine with teams like Manor putting one off local drivers in or having two drivers seat-share or whatever if it means they don't go bankrupt.
I highly doubt Merhi will do the full season as he doesn't have the one thing manor really need; $$$$. I hope he does more races than just Australia though.
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 21:20
Last year they could get away with running a few different drivers just for the bucks. Next year they'll need to have a decent CV to drive an F1 carThat's such a stupid rule, I'm fine with teams like Manor putting one off local drivers in or having two drivers seat-share or whatever if it means they don't go bankrupt.
I highly doubt Merhi will do the full season as he doesn't have the one thing manor really need; $$$$. I hope he does more races than just Australia though.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 12:07
Brabham had the Fabi brothers share the monkey seat in 1984 as Teo was busy in Indycar.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 12:25
Wasn't Kobayashi signed on a race-by-race basis with Caterham last year?
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 12:43
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 13:17
Wasn't Barrichello signing new contract with Brawn each race of 2009 season?
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