200 not out?

RIKB · 23 Sep 2001, 16:07 (Ref:149823)

The US GP held at Indianapolis will see Jean Alesi compete in his 200th GP making him only the fifth driver to do so.

Your starter for ten is who were the other four?

and the bonus question is how many more will Jean be in?

BootsOntheSide · 23 Sep 2001, 16:23 (Ref:149825)

The others are Patrese, Berger, De Cesaris and Alboreto (?)

jiggly_puff · 23 Sep 2001, 16:25 (Ref:149826)

ok i will answer the bonus question! hopefully he will only be in 1 more after the U.S grand prix !

Damon · 23 Sep 2001, 16:31 (Ref:149830)

Patrese (for sure), Piquet (for sure), De cesaris (for sure), Berger (probably).

**Bononi** · 23 Sep 2001, 17:24 (Ref:149846)

Precisely Damon :

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255 - Riccardo Patrese (I)
210 - Gerhard Berger (A)
208 - Andrea De Cesaris (I)
203 - Nelson Piquet (BR)

Prost - 199

Alesi - 199 at the moment.

Ralf's Girl · 23 Sep 2001, 17:27 (Ref:149847)

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Originally posted by jiggly_puff
ok i will answer the bonus question! hopefully he will only be in 1 more after the U.S grand prix !

Ditto.

jiggly_puff · 23 Sep 2001, 18:01 (Ref:149858)

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Originally posted by Ralf's Girl

Ditto.

haha im glad someone agrees with me!!!!!

Speedworx · 23 Sep 2001, 18:03 (Ref:149859)

Alesi will do 1 more after the US GP. Jordan will take Sato (Honda's boy)

jiggly_puff · 23 Sep 2001, 18:05 (Ref:149860)

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Originally posted by hakkiman
Alesi will do 1 more after the US GP. Jordan will take Sato (Honda's boy)

OHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not SATO!!!!!!!!!

Speedworx · 23 Sep 2001, 18:14 (Ref:149869)

Sato rocks!

Alesi is past it.

Number Juan · 23 Sep 2001, 18:36 (Ref:149878)

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Originally posted by hakkiman
Sato rocks!

Alesi is past it.

alesi is not past it...you just wait until j_p answers this!!! i have warned you!!!

LucaBadoer · 23 Sep 2001, 18:47 (Ref:149883)

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Originally posted by hakkiman
Sato rocks!

Alesi is past it.

I totally agree with you - Sato will become the greatest Japanese racing driver EVER within the next few years (apart from the great Ukyo Katayama of course

). Takuma is just a superlative driver.

GO GO GO TAKUMA!!!!

LucaBadoer · 23 Sep 2001, 18:48 (Ref:149884)

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Originally posted by LucaBadoer

I totally agree with you - Sato will become the greatest Japanese racing driver EVER within the next few years (apart from the great Ukyo Katayama of course ). Takuma is just a superlative driver.

GO GO GO TAKUMA!!!!

How come I agree with a Hakkinen fan - is there something wrong with me...

**Bononi** · 23 Sep 2001, 21:50 (Ref:150007)

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Originally posted by Number Juan

alesi is not past it...you just wait until j_p answers this!!! i have warned you!!!

I don't know who is j_p, but personally I don;t have the same opinion !!!

Alesi is one the last drivers generation that we will never see again in the grid. And it's a common sense how he drives as a true racer.

I'm honoured to say that I saw when he came into the scene, giving Senna a trouble time and follow him all this time then. I'll be sad if he's leaving, and it seems to be happening, so I'll miss him, but hopefully we will see him getting a seat in a CART team, so we can see how he's going to master the wheels out there...

TimD · 23 Sep 2001, 22:21 (Ref:150025)

And I still want to see him try his hand at endurance sports cars.

But he's certainly not past it. The cars just evolved away from where his natural talents lie.

Ray Bell · 23 Sep 2001, 23:03 (Ref:150041)

Jacques Laffite... was it his 200th start when he crashed, so it didn't count because the race was restarted? Or was that 199?

DNQ · 23 Sep 2001, 23:10 (Ref:150044)

Ray, Jacques Laffite only made 176 race starts, 175 if you don't include the British GP 1986.

**Bononi** · 23 Sep 2001, 23:13 (Ref:150046)

DNQ, you beat me...

Ray, we're getting old.

Ray Bell · 23 Sep 2001, 23:18 (Ref:150048)

Okay... I must have been willing him on... used to like him a lot. Graham Hill did 199 though, didn't he?

Old, Bononi? How could that be... even my father isn't old yet...

**Bononi** · 23 Sep 2001, 23:25 (Ref:150052)

Nah, you just proved... Graham Hill not even close !!!

Conclusion, you're older than your dad !!!

marcus · 24 Sep 2001, 00:19 (Ref:150070)

Bononi Has it right..allthought Ricardo Patrese stands at 256 and holds the record, One out so not that bad an effort

The Alain Prost one confuses me actually..I have seen 199 and I have seen 200..but if you think back to 1991 and the San Marino GP he spun off on the warm up lap and retired on the spot..now is this counted as a start or not????

there are a few that come to mind like that..Michael Schumacher France 96 , Damon Hill Australia 97...umm thats all i can think of at present.

but does anybody know if these races counted as official starts or not ?

Ray Bell · 24 Sep 2001, 01:48 (Ref:150079)

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Originally posted by Bononi
...you're older than your dad !!!

Sometimes I wish I was... could have seen some real racing in his day, shame he wasted his life without seeing a single thing!

Anyway.. how many did Graham Hill finish up with?

f1manoz · 24 Sep 2001, 03:56 (Ref:150109)

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Originally posted by Ray Bell
Anyway.. how many did Graham Hill finish up with?

176 starts.

downforce · 24 Sep 2001, 09:18 (Ref:150176)

200, not 'in' either!!

Ole Alesi!...jus must goto the WRC.

TimD · 24 Sep 2001, 09:49 (Ref:150183)

176 starts - therein lies the Graham Hill/Jacques Laffite connection.

Graham was at one time the record holder for Grand Prix starts, and by a huge margin. The Brands Hatch '86 race was the one which would have Jacques Laffite equalling that record.

I'll never forget watching Thierry Boutsen's Arrows pirouetting past me, pulling all the sponsors hoardings with it, after it bounced off the tyres, and then watching Jacques' Ligier spearing across the inside of Paddock Hill, before it came to an abrupt head-on stop against the wall.

I didn't spectate at Paddock for about 5 years after that.