Transmission failure on the final lap of the 1984 Dallas GP.
http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr397.html The text says he ran out fuel, the table says gearbox.
Cheers for that info.
Proper racing them days.
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Cheers for that info.
Proper racing them days.
Thats how I understood it yes. Its to encorage companies who arent competing in F1 as a team to be an engine supplier by providing a standard template. I can see major car makers like Audi or Peugot being interested in selling engines to F1, as it will get them the advertising for their road engines, without the cost of havign to run an F1 team. Especially seen as the ban on refueling means they can tote there 'Green' and 'Efficient' marketing spleal with the engines...
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Sounds good. Would be cool if we could get more teams into F1 and perhaps Audi and Peugeot etc to provide engines. Could make the future of F1 a little more definite.
I thought Max Mosley was thinking of having new engine rules where the teams would be allowed to use X kb of petrol for a GP and thus needed engines that would last the distance on that amount of petrol?
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and Jonathon Palmer was racing twiceTransmission failure on the final lap of the 1984 Dallas GP.
http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr397.html The text says he ran out fuel, the table says gearbox.
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Haha yes. Well spotted.and Jonathon Palmer was racing twice
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Imagine what would happen nowadays if a driver went to go and push his car across the finish line!
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Eyes of a hawk me...Haha yes. Well spotted.
That jsut reminded me. And I'm sure if requested it before.
Can anyone find the race probably early-mid 90's. where two cars crash I'm sure on the last corner. One flips over and the other rolls across the finish line. Sure one of them was white.
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Sounds like Monza to me. Cars touch on the start finish straight and one flips into the air. Think the other kind of rolls over the line?
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Yep. German and British races.
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/206/
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/207/
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And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why Mansell will always be a braver, tougher, more determined and better driver than Lewis Hamilton could ever hope to be.
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And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why Mansell will always be a braver, tougher, more determined and better driver than Lewis Hamilton could ever hope to be.
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To be fair to Hamilton - I couldn't picture many (if any) current F1 drivers pushing there car accross the line either
Massa would whine about it over the radio, Piquet would push it into a wall or a gravel trip, and Kimi would just go get an icecream.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why Mansell will always be a braver, tougher, more determined and better driver than Lewis Hamilton could ever hope to be.
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Mansell is and remains my favourite F1 driver ever. It was watching his antics that got me into F1 in the first instance.
To say that he will always be a better driver than Hamilton is a bit off, given that Hamilton has just started his career.
Personally, I feel that in time, Hamilton will show that he is a more complete driver than Mansell was and I strongly believe that providing he stays healthy, he will go onto win more than 5 world drivers championship titles (ie. beating Fangio's tally).
With regards to bravery and excitement - I dont think anyone beats Mansell.
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Mansell is still my favourite driver I actually remember watching (my parents weren't even thought of when Nuvolari was racing, and when Gilles was at his peak I was about 3)
For me, although I'm chuffed Hamilton and Button have had recent success, there has been nobody to beat our Nige. It's all about championing the underdog, the fighter - that 1992 Monaco GP was just mental...
For me, although I'm chuffed Hamilton and Button have had recent success, there has been nobody to beat our Nige. It's all about championing the underdog, the fighter - that 1992 Monaco GP was just mental...