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Having been an F2 driver for them alongside Stefan in 82 he was involved in the initial tests with Stefan of the 1983 F1 car, mainly out at Willow Springs. Stefan got the nod and Thierry signed up with Arrows after Monaco.
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He was taken on to scifically do the testing of the projected 4 cylinder motor. When that failed to materialise he drifted away from Ferrari. By the time of the European GP at Brands he wasnt really in Ferraris plans.
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Sadly Fulvia Maria Ballabio was refused a Superlicence and tragically his Dad died of a heart attack on hearing the news. Fulvia carried on his Group C career and later appeared in CART as well as producing his own F3000 car in 1986 the Monaco 001 based on an old Dywa AFX British F1 design. Its DNQ'ed at Imola and was never seen again. He also produced a Supercar built in Monaco that failed to qualify at Le Mans one year in the 90s. |
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4 Jan 2020, 09:12 (Ref:3949780) | #179 | ||
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If we are talking Spirit F1 team then Pascal Fabre was rumoured to be driving for them in 1984 after his out of the blue Hockenheim F2 win and again in 1985, even after they had withdrawn from F1.
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4 Jan 2020, 09:28 (Ref:3949783) | #180 | ||
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Really? he was a struggling F3 driver in Japan at the time so this is surprising. He did win the Japanese F3 championship in 1992 so maybe something after that was possible.
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"It was also Japan that brought Reid closest to realising his F1 dream. “I’d met a Japanese property developer who wanted to sponsor me in F1, so I met Eddie Jordan at the old factory at Silverstone and he sent me a letter saying the drive was mine if I could raise £2.5 million. Two weeks before contracts were signed, the Japanese bubble burst, the sponsor went bust and that was that. I still have the letter framed in the downstairs loo.”" |
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4 Jan 2020, 10:24 (Ref:3949787) | #182 | ||
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How? He was reluctant to come back to March in 82 and soon regretted the decision. Considering Williams had Jones and Reuteman in 81 he wasnt a likely candidate there, even when Jones retired Frank was straight on to Rosberg, then Daly when Lole retired at the start of 82.
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4 Jan 2020, 10:48 (Ref:3949788) | #183 | ||
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Bernie asked Frank to take Patrese as he was mothballing/selling Brabham to Afa and knew they wouldnt run in 88.
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4 Jan 2020, 11:48 (Ref:3949801) | #184 | ||
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Blimey Ghinz. you're like a double-decker bus! I've not seen a post from you for ages then seven come along one after the other! Happy New Year mate!
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Greco lacked the one important thing, a Superlicence. He'd raced GP level 500cc motorbikes previously which presumably didnt have such a high level of required attainment for a top level licence. |
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4 Jan 2020, 11:56 (Ref:3949806) | #187 | ||
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Hello Al, same to you mate. Must meet up at a suitable ciruit this year for a chinwag. My only resemblance to a double decker bus is I look a bit like Blakey!
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4 Jan 2020, 12:09 (Ref:3949808) | #188 | ||
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What a great idea and a coincidence, I now look more like Reg Varney (or to be more precise, more like someone who's been dead for 12 years!)
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I doubt that. he'd only done Euro FF1600 with any success and sproadic F3 experience, I doubt he would have got a superlicence. I think his family owned the Barron F3 & F3000 team that ran Tyrrells briefly in the latter category.
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4 Jan 2020, 18:42 (Ref:3949839) | #192 | |
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Pironi tested with AGS and Ligier midway through 86 with a view to coming. However he would have lost a lot of insurance money if he did come back
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4 Jan 2020, 22:12 (Ref:3949849) | #193 | |
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Tom Pryce had an offer from Lotus in 1976, to be Andretti's team mate next year. But he decided against it, because the Lotus cars were always accident prone.
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Justin Wilson was a strong contender for the second seat at Jordan in 2002. His height of course always counted against him, but I think the fact they had Honda engines contributed to them taking Sato
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That and some historic racing iirc James
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Bruno Senna was likely to have the second Honda seat for 2009, before they sold the team. He was still hoping to race with Brawn when the team was bought, but due to the lack of testing, they decided to stick with the experience of Rubens
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In 2011 Jaime Alguersuari turned down a Lotus offer-I mean the better Lotus, because this was a confusion at the time-because he tought his seat is safe at Toro Rosso.
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