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#801 D28

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 13:47

It could be one of the american drivers who only 

drove the Indianapolis 500. As I have no idea which

one I leave it to Michael to give it a go.

 

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Except that it specifically mentions F1 driver.



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#802 ChrisJson

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 14:35

So no races during 52-53?

 

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#803 andreadecrasheris

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 17:46

Came across this Kickstarter today and the guys have one poster on F1 circuits!

 

I tried figuring out how many of them I could name off the top of my head and I think I couldn't even get to a half. And by the way, I never imagined there ever was any circuit larger than the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

 

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#804 Collombin

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 18:51

Except that it specifically mentions F1 driver.

And I can't think of any Indy 500 guys who fit the bill anyway.

Geoff Lees might though?

Edited by E.B., 26 October 2016 - 18:51.


#805 D28

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 19:41

Agreed. Pat O'Connor has 5 starts but he used the same car more than once.



#806 Graham Clayton

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 20:37

And I can't think of any Indy 500 guys who fit the bill anyway.

Geoff Lees might though?

 

 

We have a winner! Geoff Lees it is - Tyrrell, Shadow, Ensign, Theodore & Lotus.



#807 Ray Bell

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 21:54

Good question, Graham...

Keep them rolling, chaps.

Or answer this easy one:

Which two F1 driver/constructors drove each other's cars in World Championship races?



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#808 opplock

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 22:10

Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney



#809 Ray Bell

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Posted 26 October 2016 - 22:18

I knew it was easy...

What comes next?

#810 opplock

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 08:43

Another easy one I suspect.

 

Highest number of New Zealanders to start a round of F1 World Championship. When, where, who and what were they driving?



#811 Tim Murray

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 09:25

I'll go for four:

1973 British GP at Silverstone
Denny Hulme (McLaren M23)
Chris Amon (Tecno PA123)
Howden Ganley (Williams IR)
Graham McRae (Williams IR)

#812 opplock

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 09:52

Well done Tim. I'll accept Williams as the cars were described in Autocourse as Iso-Marlboro-Williams IR1. I imagine that race was the low point of Amon's F1 career. Last on the grid and retired after 7 laps.



#813 Tim Murray

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 10:06

Thanks Opplock.

What links Jacques Bignan and Sydney Allard (and no others)?

#814 Roger Clark

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 10:21

Both won the Monte Carlo Rally as driver and manufacturers?

#815 Tim Murray

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 10:28

Spot on, Roger. Jacques Ledure drove a Bignan 11CV to victory in the 1924 event, whilst Bignan himself won the 1928 event in a Fiat 509. Sydney Allard became the only person to win the event in a car bearing his name when he won the 1952 event in an Allard P1 saloon.

#816 Roger Clark

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 11:14

Name two formula 1 (or Grand Prix) team owners who also owned English football clubs and one other who was an honorary board member of a football club.



#817 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 13:25

Briatore
Fernandes
Bernie

All QPR


A harder question might be name the F1 car designer who in later years (he might still be) became President of his team's supporters club.

#818 ChrisJson

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 13:58

Robin Herd?

 

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#819 Roger Clark

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 14:29

I wasn't thinking of QPR and I don't think that any of them honorary board member.  Robin Herd (Oxford United) was one of mine.  I couldn't object too strongly if richard wants to set another question though.



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#820 DogEarred

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 14:33

I believe Briatore was just an employee of Benetton & not the owner of the team. (Thankfully)



#821 D28

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 17:14

I have an easy question, at least the first portion. Back to the Can-Am, and need I specify the original 1966-74 series:

 

Who holds the record for most starts, and how many did he start?



#822 ChrisJson

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 17:47

Denis Hulme  42?

 

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#823 D28

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 17:58

No Hulme didn't do the full 9 seasons.



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Posted 27 October 2016 - 18:19

Lothar Motschenbacher, 62?



#825 D28

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 18:31

Lothar Motschenbacher, 62?

Good work. You have the right guy but not the correct number



#826 Vitesse2

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 18:42

Good work. You have the right guy but not the correct number

62 according to Driver Database ...

 

https://www.driverdb...motschenbacher/



#827 D28

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 18:59

62 according to Driver Database ...

 

https://www.driverdb...motschenbacher/

Right, I counted individual races from racing Sports Cars a couple of times, and found more .I didn't find any quick authoritative Can-Am record base. I think that source is reliable.


Edited by D28, 27 October 2016 - 19:00.


#828 Vitesse2

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 19:34

Picture quiz. What's this? Who's the driver? And why was he unlucky?

 

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#829 D28

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 19:56

Right, I counted individual races from racing Sports Cars a couple of times, and found more .I didn't find any quick authoritative Can-Am record base. I think that source is reliable.

I was looking for an approximate number, so compared Driver data Base, WSRP and racingsportscars. Needless to say the difference is some DNS . I did check but missed a few and relied on racingsportscars for my total. They list a number of finishes where he did not in fact start. So 62 is the answer, I had 68 but the discrepancies are accounted for I think. However one looks at it Lothar certainly earned the title of Mr Can-Am, no one else comes close to his record 62 out of about 71 races total.



#830 Alexey Rogachev

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 20:31

I might give the complete answer right now... should I wait a little?



#831 Vitesse2

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 21:05

I might give the complete answer right now... should I wait a little?

Well, the fact that you know it may point others towards at least part of the right answer, Alexey. You're a bit of a star, aren't you?  ;) :wave:



#832 Alexey Rogachev

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Posted 27 October 2016 - 21:17

I don't think that my speciality in motor sport history makes me one  :)  It's not any merit of mine, just a coincidence. So let's consider my presence in this thread as a hint that, I believe, may help someone to find an answer   :wave:


Edited by Alexey Rogachev, 27 October 2016 - 21:18.


#833 ChrisJson

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 09:34

A russian Bluebird copy from the '50s. The driver is 

Alexey Rogachev Sr and due to the permafrost in 

Sibiria he skidded off the road into a tall pine.

 

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#834 Vitesse2

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 10:01

Well, you're right that it's Russian. And the driver's first name actually is Alexey. Other than that, everything else is wrong!

 

Although I'm pretty sure the design was inspired by earlier British record cars penned by a Blue Bird designer. And the skidding off the road bit is vaguely related in two ways.



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Posted 28 October 2016 - 10:03

You can´t win them all!

 

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#836 nexfast

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 21:43

Well, you're right that it's Russian. And the driver's first name actually is Alexey. Other than that, everything else is wrong!

 

Although I'm pretty sure the design was inspired by earlier British record cars penned by a Blue Bird designer. And the skidding off the road bit is vaguely related in two ways.

Looks like a Zvezda 5 to me, in which case the driver would be Alexey Ambrosenkov. Just guessing on the "unlucky" part that the car might have beaten a record in its class but was not homologated because the Soviet Union was not a member of FIA...



#837 Vitesse2

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 21:52

It is a Zvezda, but not 5. (Zvezda is Russian for star, BTW)

 

So still not the correct Alexey. You're also close on the reason for his bad luck.



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Posted 28 October 2016 - 22:15

It is a Zvezda, but not 5. (Zvezda is Russian for star, BTW)

 

So still not the correct Alexey. You're also close on the reason for his bad luck.

 

The only other Alexey I know who drove the record  Zvezda cars was  Alexey Podutkov whom I believe drove the  Zvezda 3M whose photo I must confess I never saw.



#839 Alexey Rogachev

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Posted 29 October 2016 - 06:00

Richard, I'm afraid that you are misleading the guessers. The driver's name was not Alexey   ;)



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#840 Graham Clayton

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 05:17

As the quiz appears to have ground to a halt, I'll start it up again:

 

Who is the only driver to have been disqualified in consecutive Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix races?



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Posted 04 November 2016 - 11:56

As the quiz appears to have ground to a halt, I'll start it up again:

 

Who is the only driver to have been disqualified in consecutive Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix races?

I can only think of Bellof, Brundle and Schumacher (sort of), but somehow I think you don't mean these ones



#842 Henk Vasmel

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 12:00

As the quiz appears to have ground to a halt, I'll start it up again:

 

Who is the only driver to have been disqualified in consecutive Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix races?

Checking my database, I found Vern Schuppan, and he is probably the one you mean, unless there is another one.



#843 Tim Murray

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 12:35

Does Ayrton Senna count? He was disqualified in the last championship Grand Prix of 1987 and the first in 1988, so consecutive races but different years.

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 18:14

Checking my database, I found Vern Schuppan, and he is probably the one you mean, unless there is another one.

And yes, there is also Senna, as Tim Murray mentions. Furthermore, we have to add Johanssen, Button, Sato.

So now we have eight names. Which one of them is the only one and why is he different from the rest? 

Bellof, Brundle, Johansson, Button & Sato could be excluded, being disqualified because of their teams.

Schumacher could be excluded because the results still stand, but the points don't.

Leaves Senna and Schuppan as the real contenders. I can't think of a reason to exclude either of them.



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Posted 04 November 2016 - 21:20

What did Vern do to get the chop twice in a row?



#846 Graham Clayton

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 21:37

What did Vern do to get the chop twice in a row?

 

 

First up, sloppy research on my behalf. I thought that being disqualified from consecutive GP's would be pretty unusual, so when I discovered that Schuppan had done it, I assumed that he was the only one.

 

Schuppan's disqualifications were in 1974 - Swedish GP (illegal start) and the Dutch GP (changing a tyre outside of the pits).



#847 Henk Vasmel

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Posted 04 November 2016 - 23:22

OK, so to shame Graham a little bit, how many drivers called Graham have started a F1/F2/Indy WC GP? And as a bonus, how many drivers called Henk?



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Posted 04 November 2016 - 23:58

OK, so to shame Graham a little bit, how many drivers called Graham have started a F1/F2/Indy WC GP? And as a bonus, how many drivers called Henk?

I make it 3 Grahams. Can't come up with any Henks but I assume there might be 1 since you asked. Did you enter any WC races?


Edited by D28, 05 November 2016 - 00:53.


#849 Tim Murray

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Posted 05 November 2016 - 05:24

Do we include the likes of Damon Graham Devereux Hill? ;)

#850 john winfield

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Posted 05 November 2016 - 08:39

Do we include the likes of Damon Graham Devereux Hill?  ;)

 

 

..or Tim ScHENKen?   :drunk: