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[Beri]

The fact Minardi took one point for Marc Gene in 1999 European G.P. , mostly due to this:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=6IbFRDMAiy0

 

You are absolutely right! Edited!

[racinggeek]

Tying in to the earlier photos of the David Pearson/Wood Bros. 21 ...

 

 

... here's a replica of the 1963 Daytona 500 winner for the Wood Brothers and driver Tiny Lund, who famously subbed for regular driver Marvin Panch after Panch was injured shortly before the race while testing a sports car at Daytona, with Lund among his rescuers. The '63 For Galaxie is built around a 351 Ford Windsor engine and more modern chassis and safety gear. Unsure who was wheeling it here through Turn 4 in a historic stock car demo during the 2008 NASCAR weekend at the Milwaukee Mile, but Steve Lisa bought the car several years later and has run it in a number of vintage races, including at Road America.

[Bleu]

 

It's Monday here already and I'll put Alex Barron's picture this time. He drove for three different teams in the 2003 IndyCar season. He joined Mo Nunn Racing after Arie Luyendyk was injured in practice for his final attempt at the Indy. He would win later in the year at Michigan in the car 21.

[red stick]

Another day, another Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (2017).

 

Noted off-road racer Gay Smith competed in over two dozen Pikes Peak events in the Stock Car Division driving Fords from 1974-89 and from 1991-2002.  His highest finish was 2nd, which he achieved four times.

 

1977

 

 

1984

 

 

1987

 

 

1988

 

 

 

2002.

 

 

Edited by red stick, 13 February 2023 - 03:19.

[barrykm]

 

The ill-begotten BRM P207, the last car from the marque to qualify* for an F1 World Championship race, here taking part in a qualifying race for the Master Grand Prix vintage race at Road America in 2014. It actually managed two laps in the race but didn't take part in the feature.

 

*1977 Brazilian GP, six seconds slower than next-slowest car, retired on Lap 1. DNQed in an abbreviated schedule the rest of the season, but it managed a couple finishes in the British F1 series in 1978.

 

Well, at least we can say now that the car didn't look too bad..?

Edited by barrykm, 13 February 2023 - 06:03.

[Ivanhoe]

Chris Amon in the Matra MS120B at Monaco in 1971, where he would finish in 4th place.

[ensign14]

[Sabre1977]

#20 Gordon Jhoncock - AAR Eagle Offenhauser - Patrick Racing - 1973 Indy 500 (Winner)

 

 

A sad victory for Gordy Jhoncock, his teammate at Patrick Racing Swede Savage , and a pit crew member of Patrick Racing Armando Teran were fatally injured in this race.

 

After that a he had a remarkable carreer , even winning the USAC championship in 1976.

 

 

#20 Gordon Jhoncock - Wildcat8c Cosworth - Patrick Racing - 1982 Indy 500 (Winner)

#1 Rick Mears - Penske PC10 Ford -Team Penske (2nd)

 

But his peak occured on one of the closest finish of the Indy 500.

 

[DeKnyff]

 

Vicenzo Lancia in his FIAT 28/40, before the start of the 1907 Targa Florio. He would finish 2nd behind Felice Nazzaro in another FIAT.

 

It was around this time that Lancia started building his own cars. Unexpectedly, he was never engaged in racing as a constructor.

[OvDrone]

The Epsilon Euskadi ee1 is a forgotten relic of the early LMP1 era in Endurance Sportscar racing lore. It was born back in the 2008 Le Mans Series and iirc it was the second only LMP1 prototype with a closed cockpit after Peugeot's 2007 return with the 908. 

This project wanted to become the premier Spanish Sportscar team but eventually got sent into the abyss by the financial crisis and great recession. Below you can find on article about John Travis, the designer, joining the team and some of it's lofty ambitions before dissolving into the aethers. 

So today's entry is the #20 Epsilon Euskadi ee1 of 2004 Spanish GT Champions - Angel Burgueno and Miguel Angel de Castro. In it's debut, the crew finished 32nd which is full HRT territory ( what is up with Spanish teams and these elite minimal backmarker liveries around late 00s ) and the best was a 7th at the Spa 1000 being their only points scoring race.

Love checking out the LMP artifacts of past years, diamonds or duds alike.

https://www.supercar...n-euskadi-lmp1/ 

[Odseybod]

Stuart Graham and Reine Wisell shared he Brut 33 Camaro in the 1976 Silverstone TT. Sadly it failed to finish, having run out of brakes.

 

 

 

[JRodrigues]

 This was the 1st portuguese F1 GP and the winner would be Sir Stirling Moss (#2) with over 5 minutes over Hawthorn and 1 lap over 3rd place Lewis-Evans. The building on the right still exists and will appear once again in a few days.

 

 

 

 

Perhaps day 20 JRodrigues?

 

 

#20 - Graham Hill - VII Portuguese Grand Prix, Porto 1958

 

 

It was in front of this same building Grahamn Hill spun in his Lotus-Climax. He had qualified 12th out of 15 drivers (and the only Lotus car) but had to retire on the 25th lap. He also retired in the other 2 portuguese GP's he competed in.

 

This is an iconic building in the city due to its architecture and already served as caffe, restaurant and even disco club. Currently it is abandoned and was even in the risk of being demolished.

 

This circuit returned to F1 in 1960, and to WTCC in 2007 where this corner was very much the same as it was back in the days (but with new asphalt)

Edited by JRodrigues, 13 February 2023 - 09:16.

[Beri]

When you said "You are on to something", my initial reply was "But I'm not on a hay bale". That would have spoiled the picture, so I didn't reply 😉

Great picture! Also fun to see that since that day and age, the name always has been the same. It was called Bela Cruz then, and it's still Bela Cruz now.

[Anja]

 

17 June 1979, Andrzej Jaroszewicz driving a Wolf WR1 at the Poznań circuit. How and why did that happen? It's part of a larger story about one of the F1 races that never was - the Polish Grand Prix. 

 

But first let's explain who Jaroszewicz was, because he's the key figure here. In terms of results, he's probably most remembered for his ERC campaigns (finishing the European championship in 3rd position twice, in 1975 and 76). Overall one of the more notable Polish drivers of the 1970s and... a son of the Polish prime minister at the time. It's easy to assume that this came with certain privileges, and it did. He's had access to some top cars during his career, including the Lancia Stratos (later crashed and turned into... something different). But it also has to be said he always was a true passionate and used his position to benefit and promote Polish motorsport as a whole. At a fairly young age he was placed in charge of FSO's motorsport activity. FSO closely cooperated with Fiat and because of that Jaroszewicz gained a lot of contacts in the Italian motorsport circles, through which he met Walter Wolf and Bernie Ecclestone. As Jaroszewicz was nearing the end of his career as a driver, he came up with the idea of bringing F1 to Poland as the ultimate step in growing Polish motorsport presence. This was the late 70s and F1 was starting to look at organizing a Grand Prix somewhere behind the Iron Curtain. Poland had a freshly built modern circuit in Poznań. The timing was right. Ecclestone visited the circuit and prepared a complete list of necessary upgrades, he also invited Polish delegations to the races at Zandvoort and Hockenheim to observe and learn every detail of organizing such events. At some point Walter Wolf, who took great interest in the project, proposed to bring one of his cars to Poland for a demonstration run in order to build some interest (and supposedly even paid for the transport etc himself). And so it happened during one of the racing weekends on the Poznań circuit. Jaroszewicz himself had the honour, technically speaking becoming the first Pole to drive an F1 car. With some newfound publicity it seemed like the project was on the right track. But then the 80s came and the new decade turned out to be an economic disaster for Poland. The government changed and the new people in charge dismissed motorsport as a frivolous waste. And so, that was the end. 

 

Not for Andrzej Jaroszewicz though. Years later, in the early 2000s, he brought up the Polish GP project once again. It was supposed to be held on a new circuit in place of the existing Poznań one. Hermann Tilke was involved and supposedly Ecclestone was keen on the idea if the proposed venue could be built, but lack of any government support meant that it wasn't going to happen. A few years later, when Robert Kubica singlehandedly made F1's popularity in Poland explode, of course the subject reemerged. But this time it was even further from being realised. There was a very popular contest in which people could vote for a proposed street circuit in one of the major cities, with the winner supposed to be Poland's bid for a Grand Prix. But in the end it turned out be not much more than a publicity stunt and went nowhere. 

 

Right now, the old circuit in Poznań is still the only proper racing circuit in the country. 

Edited by Anja, 13 February 2023 - 09:29.

[BRG]

Traditionally, after the Safari Rally, the Acropolis Rally in Greece was considered the toughest challenge, being rough, hot and dusty.  

In 1980, the local Nissan agent, N I Theocharakis enter a team of four Datsun 160Js on behalf of the factory.  Star driver Timo Salonen took 2nd place, Harry Kallstrom, in the twilight of his career came in 7th whist local hero, and Theocharakis regular driver,  Giorgios Moschous in #20 took a respectable 13th place, co-driven by Alexandros Konstantakatos.  The fourth team car was 21st.   This was a excellent effort for Datsun as just to finish the Acropolis was a challenge with only 37 cars making it through whilst 117 had fallen by the wayside.  Well, I said it was rough and tough!

[JRodrigues]

When you said "You are on to something", my initial reply was "But I'm not on a hay bale". That would have spoiled the picture, so I didn't reply

Great picture! Also fun to see that since that day and age, the name always has been the same. It was called Bela Cruz then, and it's still Bela Cruz now.

 

 

My dad used to work on this avenue so when I was on my holidays I would go with him and stop by the newsstand on the right and buy the journal.

 

https://static.globa...=20211025164607

 

 

That was a dangerous corner, with a high speed approach and tram tracks mid-corner. Graham Hill was not the only one caught in the bales.

 

 

This is Filipe Nogueira in 1956:

 

I also could've posted this photo of Hawthorn sitting patiently

 

 

 

And I'll come back to this same corner in just a few days. Can you guess which one it is again? 

[Tim Murray]

Vicenzo Lancia in his FIAT 28/40, before the start of the 1907 Targa Florio. He would finish 2nd behind Felice Nazzaro in another FIAT.

With Pietro Bordino as riding mechanic. Bordino would go on to be one of the greatest drivers of the 1920s.

[B Squared]

Jim Clark, Monza 1967

[B Squared]

[DeKnyff]

 

That was a dangerous corner, with a high speed approach and tram tracks mid-corner. Graham Hill was not the only one caught in the bales.

 

This is Filipe Nogueira in 1956:

 

 

 

For those who could be worried, Filipe Nogueira survived that crash and he raced until the 1970s.

 

EDIT: a good post for day #61 

Edited by DeKnyff, 13 February 2023 - 10:50.

[Henri Greuter]

#20 Gordon Jhoncock - AAR Eagle Offenhauser - Patrick Racing - 1973 Indy 500 (Winner)

 

 

A sad victory for Gordy Jhoncock, his teammate at Patrick Racing Swede Savage , and a pit crew member of Patrick Racing Armando Teran were fatally injured in this race.

 

After that a he had a remarkable carreer , even winning the USAC championship in 1976.

 

 

#20 Gordon Jhoncock - Wildcat8c Cosworth - Patrick Racing - 1982 Indy 500 (Winner)

#1 Rick Mears - Penske PC10 Ford -Team Penske (2nd)

 

But his peak occured on one of the closest finish of the Indy 500.

 

 

 

Gordon Johncock has a bunch of statistics within the Indy 500 that are largely nor remembered or people not even being aware of because of 1973 is the race everyone wants to forget.

 

Luckily he also won the race that no-one can forget. The odd thing about it is that both his victories were races with an accident at the start.

Another little known fact about Gordy: though he wasn't the last driver ever with a front engined roadster in the race, he is the last ever driver at Indy who had his engine cross the finish line ahead of his body after going the full distance of 200 laps.

 

Also: his actual race time in the 1966 race was less than that of winner Graham Hill but repairs during the race made him loose time. Had this not happened, then Gordy would have won that race as well, and that was a third race with an accident during the start in which he had the shortest time of actual racing at the track!

[Henri Greuter]

#20 Gordon Jhoncock - AAR Eagle Offenhauser - Patrick Racing - 1973 Indy 500 (Winner)

 

 

A sad victory for Gordy Jhoncock, his teammate at Patrick Racing Swede Savage , and a pit crew member of Patrick Racing Armando Teran were fatally injured in this race.

 

 

 

STP as a sponsor and the Granatelli Brothers as the men behind STP had a kind of nightmare year in 1973.

Indy 1973 is mentioned here.

 

But perhaps even worse was yet to come that very same year, less than three months after the Indy tragedies, and that can be written with one, single word.

 

 

Zandvoort

[DeKnyff]

STP as a sponsor and the Granatelli Brothers as the men behind STP had a kind of nightmare year in 1973.

Indy 1973 is mentioned here.

 

But perhaps even worse was yet to come that very same year, less than three months after the Indy tragedies, and that can be written with one, single word.

 

 

Zandvoort

 

And Spa one week before Zandvoort.

[Henri Greuter]

And Spa one week before Zandvoort.

 

I know that Spa '73 was a nightmare race but I was not aware yet that one of the `bad` moments in that  race was with a STP sponsored entry.

Williamson drove the STP sponsored March of that year. Main spons rike with Savage & Jonhcock (& McRae)

I know STP did some minor sponsoring deals in Europe outside F1. But I have to do more homework to find out if other then the F1 cars in Europe they also were main sponsors in touring cars etc. 

[Sabre1977]

I know that Spa '73 was a nightmare race but I was not aware yet that one of the `bad` moments in that  race was with a STP sponsored entry.

Williamson drove the STP sponsored March of that year. Main spons rike with Savage & Jonhcock (& McRae)

I know STP did some minor sponsoring deals in Europe outside F1. But I have to do more homework to find out if other then the F1 cars in Europe they also were main sponsors in touring cars etc. 

 

Sometimes the destiny is pretty cruel. In other circumstances, a year where STP sponsored cars won the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 (By "King" Petty) would be considered a good year.

[Henri Greuter]

Sometimes the destiny is pretty cruel. In other circumstances, a year where STP sponsored cars won the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 (By "King" Petty) would be considered a good year.

 

Agreed.

 

Edit: I know STP was big in the USA, including NASCAR, but tbh apart from F1, I can not recall major sponsorship deals in European kinds of racing. STP decals on many cars was of course something well known but major sponsor deals like in NASCAR & USAC in Europe???

Edited by Henri Greuter, 13 February 2023 - 13:22.

[LegendInTheMaking]

Nelson Piquet crossing the line for his final F1 victory in Canada in 1991.

 

Following a successful career at Brabham and Williams, Piquet was not as successful at Lotus, coinciding with the downfall of the team after the departure of Senna. At the end of 1989 he was fed up and made a move to Benetton. While he joined Lotus as a world champion and became (one of) the best paid driver in F1 by doing so, by the time he joined Benetton his stock had fallen and he had to accept an incentive pay contract. In 1990, Piquet had some difficulties against teammate Alessandro Nannini, but managed to take 2 wins in the last 2 races to take 3rd in the Championship. 

 

The 1991 season started promising with a podium, but only 2 points in the next 3 races meant a title contest was out of the question. Luckily, Mansell suffered a brain fade electrical problems in the final lap of the Canadian GP, allowing Piquet to win the race. Later this season, a certain German driver made a stormy entry into F1, via Jordan to Benetton. Benetton's management placed their bets on their young gun and Piquet was out of a job. Talks to Ferrari and Ligier failed to materialize, so this was the end of his F1 career.

 

Some additional facts on this race:

• Mansell still classified 6th despite stalling in the final lap.
• Stefano Modena took his final podium.
• Jordan took their first points, with a 4th and 5th place.

[SenorSjon]

When having his inlaw for dinner, there are 5 WDC's in the family. Only topped by Hamilton and Schumacher. 

[Sabre1977]

 

Edit: I know STP was big in the USA, including NASCAR, but tbh apart from F1, I can not recall major sponsorship deals in European kinds of racing. STP decals on many cars was of course something well known but major sponsor deals like in NASCAR & USAC in Europe???

 

 

 

https://www.motortre...-ferrari-f-458/

Edited by Sabre1977, 13 February 2023 - 13:47.

[Sabre1977]

The Epsilon Euskadi ee1 is a forgotten relic of the early LMP1 era in Endurance Sportscar racing lore. It was born back in the 2008 Le Mans Series and iirc it was the second only LMP1 prototype with a closed cockpit after Peugeot's 2007 return with the 908. 

This project wanted to become the premier Spanish Sportscar team but eventually got sent into the abyss by the financial crisis and great recession. Below you can find on article about John Travis, the designer, joining the team and some of it's lofty ambitions before dissolving into the aethers. 

So today's entry is the #20 Epsilon Euskadi ee1 of 2004 Spanish GT Champions - Angel Burgueno and Miguel Angel de Castro. In it's debut, the crew finished 32nd which is full HRT territory ( what is up with Spanish teams and these elite minimal backmarker liveries around late 00s ) and the best was a 7th at the Spa 1000 being their only points scoring race.

Love checking out the LMP artifacts of past years, diamonds or duds alike.

https://www.supercar...n-euskadi-lmp1/ 

 

The dream of Joan Villadeprat. It turned out some time later into a nightmare.

[William Hunt]

Massimiliano "Max" Papis in the Vortex Reynard 93D, Donington, F3000 1993

Edited by William Hunt, 13 February 2023 - 14:43.

[Beri]

When having his inlaw for dinner, there are 5 WDC's in the family. Only topped by Hamilton and Schumacher. 

Like Riccardo said when he sat next to Vettel and Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Friday press conference in 2017; "Between us all we've got 8 world titles"

[B Squared]

Still a working man in timber in Michigan, Gordy couldn't make it Indianapolis for a photo with the Borg-Warner, so they brought it to him at his sawmill. 

[PayasYouRace]

[68targa]

The new 3 Litre GP formula introduced in 1966 saw a variety of engine/chassis combinations.  Cooper produced the T81 with Maserati V12 and sold these to any private entrant who wanted one. Guy Ligier was one and Jo Bonnier's Anglo-Suisse team another.  Rob Walker also obtained one for Jo Siffert to drive. The cars were rather heavy and although the works cars did manage a couple of wins, Siffert had little reward and a later switch to a Lotus 49 gave him more reward for his talents.

 

 

[racinggeek]

 

Katherine Legge, one day before her horrifying crash in the 2006 CART race at Road America, speeding down the straight out of T3 during Saturday practice. Legge qualified 8th-quick in changing wet conditions, just behind a rookie Will Power and ahead of Paul Tracy, Bruno Junqueira and Oriol Servia, but in the race ... well, the video and photos come up on an internet search quite readily. 

[racinggeek]

 

More of the eyeball-bleeding, put-on-your-protective-glasses Menard's Yellow colors in IndyCar/IRL, here donned by Ed Carpenter in 2008 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Edited by racinggeek, 13 February 2023 - 22:26.

[racinggeek]

 

Conor Daly in qualifying for the 2021 Road America IndyCar race, climbing into T13. Of the various US Air Force schemes Daly wore, this one was my favorite -- too bad it was the last one.

[Beri]

I love me some Menards livery any day 

[ensign14]

 

Talking about visibility on racing numbers, a discussion that has reemerged lately...

 

The nadir of that was the Jordan lineage in the 2000s.  Can you see the number on the Spyker M16, for instance?

 

 

Of course you can't.  Despite there being plenty of surface to put one on - especially with a slight re-jigging of the sponsors on the nose - and vast acres of empty space on the sides, the only place Spyker could apparently find to put the number was in a place that was invisible from almost every single possible angle.

 

 

And the Pravdas in F1 have NEVER raised this issue with the FIA.  Even though the rules have always said that numbers must be visible.

[Sabre1977]

 

#19 Sebastian Loeb / Isabelle Galmiche - Ford Puma Rally 1 - M-Sport - 2022 MonteCarlo Rally (winner)

 

[DeKnyff]

 

The humble 724 cc Crosley Hot Shot (or Hotshot?) of Deshon and Coster was the unlikey winner of the first race held at Sebring, the 6 Hours of 1950.

 

The final classification being established on an index performance, the tiny Crosley defeated several Ferraris, Astons, Allards and Jaguars.

 

There was no race in 1951, but from 1952 onwards, the format would extend to the well-known 12 hours and the final classification based on performance index would be dropped.

[Beri]

 

#19 Sebastian Loeb / Isabelle Galmiche - Ford Puma Rally 1 - M-Sport - 2022 MonteCarlo Rally (winner)

 

 

Looking at the current generation of Rally cars makes you wish we could go back to the Group A cars. Okay okay; I will rephrase that: We all want to go back to the Group B cars if we are honest. But that will never be, so I'd settle for Group A.

With all due respect, to me the new cars look so ridiculous. Its like looking at this in comparison to the earlier mentioned cars.

[Beri]

 

The humble 724 cc Crosley Hot Shot (or Hotshot?) of Deshon and Coster was the unlikey winner of the first race held at Sebring, the 6 Hours of 1950.

 

The final classification being established on an index performance, the tiny Crosley defeated several Ferraris, Astons, Allards and Jaguars.

 

There was no race in 1951, but from 1952 onwards, the format would extend to the well-known 12 hours and the final classification based on performance index would be dropped.

 

How did that work? Because it is quite a feat to beat those Ferraris, Astons and what not with just a 700cc engined car!

[mikeC]

To finish first, first you must finish!

 

For the 1938 Le Mans 24 Hours Alfa Romeo produced a one-off coupe version of their 8C-2900B for Raymond Sommer and Clemente Biondetti. With three hours to go they were leading the race by over 100 miles when the engine suffered valve-gear failure on the Mulsanne Straight. Here the Talbot of Morel and Prenant is passing the stricken Alfa, heading for third place. The Talbot completed 219 laps for that third place, the Alfa had just completed 219 laps when it suffered mechanical failure!

 

[ensign14]

How did that work? Because it is quite a feat to beat those Ferraris, Astons and what not with just a 700cc engined car!

Same as Le Mans.  Each capacity is given a target number of laps to complete and whoever beats it by the greatest percentage is the Index winner.

 

Which helps the smaller capacity cars.  Beat a 50 lap target by 1 lap means you have a better % than beating a 60 lap target by 1 lap. The winner of the Dundrod TT in 1954 was athe Armagnac/Laureau DB-Panhard for the same reason.

[Henri Greuter]

What's in a name? Is what we see really what it according its given name it should be?

 

 

This device on wheels made me dislike Ford stock block derived engines since I was exposed to it, if the 1997 Panoz GT1 cars had not achieved that yet already.

 

In the 1999 Rolex 24 there were 6 so called GTT category cars entered. Take a tub frame chassis, put an engine in it and put bodywork on it to resemble something and let's race. That year there were five such cars said to be Chevrolet Camaro's. As what was genuine Camaro on them?

The 6th one was this thing, fitted with a Ford engine and bodywork resembling something so it could be called Ford. It was named a Ford Mustang Cobra.

The car didn't impress me on first sight but it became the car that scared the hell out of me the most of all that wweekend. It was sóóóóó loud and thunderous that it brought back the uncomfortable feelings I had at Le Mans 1.5 years before because of the Panoz Esperante GT1 cars. It was the second time within a fairly short time I was exposed to how (at least for my senses) terrifying the sound and the noise levels of Ford Stock block based racing engines could be.

This #19 did win the GTT category, was ranked 28th in laps covered, 550. The winning R&S prototype did 706 laps. By the way, that car was also stock block Forde based engine but somehow that car (and the sister car) were not as loud and unpleasant to hear as this #19 was. I suppose it has something to do with the kind of crankshaft used and the ignition sequence.

I have already expressed a number of times how much I enjoyed my visit to the Daytona 24 hours in 1999. Only a very few things were negative. Having to cope with the awful amount and the kind of noise of this thing when it was in the neighbourhood was one of them.

Another less pleasant part of the experience is also captured within this picture: have a look at what the weather conditions were on Sunday….

Edited by Henri Greuter, 14 February 2023 - 08:43.

[LegendInTheMaking]

Alessandro Nannini en route to win the 1989 Japanese GP.

 

Nannini had a somewhat unusual background coming to F1, as he started in rallying, then went into F2 and ultimately reached F1 via sportscars. His first years were in hopelessly unreliable Minardi's with their Motori Moderni turbo engines, which for instance meant he had his first finish only in his 14th race. Nonetheless he made an impression by being quicker than experienced teammate Andrea de Cesaris. This earned him a seat at Benetton in 1988. Benetton had become the Ford works team in 1987 and his teammate was highly rated Thierry Boutsen. Even though Boutsen scored more points that year, Nannini solidly outqualified him. When Boutsen moved to Williams to replace Mansell for 1989, Nannini was the new team leader. He proved clearly better than rookie teammates Herbert and Pirro and scored consistent points and podium finishes. Then came the infamous incident between Prost and Senna at Suzuka. Prost was out and Nannini took first place from Senna. Senna then overtook Nannini to re-take first place but got disqualified, so Nannini took his first win.

 

In 1990 he became paired to Nelson Piquet and they were fairly well matched. Unfortunately, Nannini suffered a career-ending helicopter crash over his vineyard in his native Siena. He regained only partial use of his right hand but did manage to drive with decent success in DTM and FIA GT. After this he focused on his cafe's, which ran into financial problems and eventually went bankrupt in 2019. He was even accused of failure to pay taxes and had to appear in court for that last year. 

[Anja]

 

Swedish Rally 2001, local hero Thomas Rådström flying to the 2nd place (the highlight of his career) with Christina Thörner as his co-driver. 

Edited by Anja, 14 February 2023 - 09:27.

[B Squared]

A piece of heaven in Indy that I've been fortunate to be welcome at for 30 years.

Edited by B Squared, 14 February 2023 - 09:31.