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[nexfast]

Seems the question was indeed too specific. A last huge hint: the gentleman raced in Kyalami, was chief mechanic to Richie Ginther in the 1966 South African GP, worked in Stirling Moss Paint-a-Car-System (spray-painting company) and was contracted by Solar productions as a special effects man for the Le Mans film. If nobody knows him, I will disclose the name and pass the baton to whomever wants to ask the next question.

[marksixman]

Eddie Keitzen ?

[nexfast]

Regrettably, no. Probably not known outside South Africa or at least forgotten. The guy I was looking for is named Bud Rossler. I wonder if it is the first time no one was able to answer the quiz...

[marksixman]

Congratulations to 'nextfast' for out-foxing everyone !  Let's try this !!

 

You are looking for two drivers. They were half-brothers.

 

One rose quickly to near the top in F1. In the same year that his car racing career ended he raced a Ferrari P4 at Montlhéry, leading but failing to finish.

 

The other made it to F1, but with only two DNQs and one DNS. His racing in the lower formulae and sports cars was sporadic.

 

They died within 8 months of each other, both in crashes, and are buried in the same plot.

[Collombin]

I would call them "brousins", to capture the relationship between their mothers!

[marksixman]

I would call them "brousins", to capture the relationship between their mothers!

You are correct, of course, and very quick off the mark today !!!!

 

And you clearly have the answer, so well done for letting a bit of head scratching take place elsewhere !  We could have had one of the longer 'unanswered' questions immediately followed by one of the shortest !

[DeKnyff]

Maybe you're talking about these two guys?

 

[marksixman]

Maybe you're talking about these two guys?

 

Correct of course DeKnyff !  So still one of the shortest-lasting questions !

 

Didier Pironi and José Dolhem.

[ensign14]

Odd coincidence but I was looking out the Dolhem plane crash the other day, for some reason it popped into my head and I wanted to find out more about it.  Hadn't known Dolhem was a pilot; the accident though seems to be unexplained.

[MCS]

Wasn't there some story about Dolhem and Pironi having to make an emergency landing in Greenland for fuel, flying back from the United States? 

 

Monsieur Dolhem ws a bit of a dare-devil pilot apparently and some might say Pironi was of a similar nature.

[barrykm]

Eddie Keitzen ?

 

Good to see Eddie Keizan remembered 

[marksixman]

Good to see Eddie Keizan remembered 

Oops, sorry I spelt him incorrectly !!!

[Michael Ferner]

On the same day that his brother finished third in a 24-hour race at Le Mans, this former Ferrari F1 driver finished last in an F2 race on an Austrian airfield. Do you know who and when?

[Jim Thurman]

Regrettably, no. Probably not known outside South Africa or at least forgotten. The guy I was looking for is named Bud Rossler. I wonder if it is the first time no one was able to answer the quiz...

I don't know if my question about the connection between an auto racer and a California historic event was the first no one was able to answer, but it was one no one was able to answer.

[nexfast]

Quite possible, I have no recollection, but I trust what you're saying. Now if anyone would volunteer to check the more than 8000 posts and get the first unanswered question...

[DeKnyff]

On the same day that his brother finished third in a 24-hour race at Le Mans, this former Ferrari F1 driver finished last in an F2 race on an Austrian airfield. Do you know who and when?

 

I guess you are referring to Vittorio Brambilla (3rd at the 1971 Bol d'Or) and Ernesto Brambilla (NC at the Flugplatz Tulln-Langenlebarn F2 race on the same 12 Sept 1971).

 

However, I'm not sure Ernesto was dead last, he did not finished but so happened with other drivers with less laps (see results here).

[Michael Ferner]

Excellent, mon chevalier!
 
Actually, Tino did finish at TuLaLe, though he was delayed in the second heat and lost many laps. The F2 Register site is in error here; TB was classified 14th and last.
 
Your turn, Monsieur le Président (du CSI)!

Edited by Michael Ferner, 31 March 2024 - 17:35.

[marksixman]

Excellent, mon chevalier!
 
 

In memory of Chevalier, who is his namesake, an F1 winner, who could have sung  "Little 'ol wine maker me" (with due respect to Dean Martin !) ?

[small block]

Maurice Trintignant?

[marksixman]

Maurice Trintignant?

Correct of course. This is turning into a contest of who can post the shortest-lived question ! Me, perhaps !!

 

Your go small block. Let's keep it rolling.

[D28]

Trintignant, a  commendable record, double Monaco winner, plus Le Mans, with Gonzalez.

Edited by D28, 25 April 2024 - 18:57.