Larini at Sauber?

poorboy · 3 Jul 2003, 15:19 (Ref:650978)

Hi!
I found an interresting picture. I think this is Larini's tests at Sauber C15 in the end of 1996. Am I right? Also I can't grasp on which track this shot was done? Mabe it's Le Castelle?
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poorboy · 3 Jul 2003, 15:24 (Ref:650986)

Thats it

**ghinzani** · 3 Jul 2003, 16:19 (Ref:651041)

He was Ferrari test driver at the time and thus got a ride - if only they'd do that with Luca now!

marcus · 3 Jul 2003, 23:16 (Ref:651454)

Im not sure if that Larini actually , i have no idea about the track but thats sure not Larini's helmet.

I will see if i can find a pic of his lid so we can compare

marcus · 3 Jul 2003, 23:21 (Ref:651459)

ok here is a shot of Larini driving for Coloni , this is the helmet he used in F1 , so unless he borrowed someone else's helmet I dont think thats him in the Sauber , which makes me wonder who it is then ???

Big Mac · 4 Jul 2003, 00:13 (Ref:651512)

The track looks like the A1 ring to me. If my memory serves me correctly, Larini drove one or two races for Sauber in '96 or '97. Time to go digging in the records!

**ghinzani** · 4 Jul 2003, 05:19 (Ref:651648)

Morbidelli?

ensign14 · 4 Jul 2003, 06:37 (Ref:651685)

Larini had lots of helmets, but that one looks like Bob Earl's. Or Palmer's.

alesi95 · 4 Jul 2003, 10:25 (Ref:651847)

What about Fontana?

f1manoz · 4 Jul 2003, 12:48 (Ref:652129)

Larini drove for Sauber-Petronas in the first five/six races of the 1997 season before being replaced by Gianni Mordidelli and Norberto Fontana.

Larini scored a sixth place and one point at the Australian GP.

As for the picture itself, I've got no idea!

marcus · 4 Jul 2003, 14:00 (Ref:652327)

it does look like Palmers helmet to me , but I doubt that very much.

and yes larini did have plenty of helmets but for the majority of the time he used the blue one thats pictured in the coloni.

its not morbidelli's helmet thats for sure his is very different , but it could be Fontana but i have no idea what his helmet is like ???

marcus · 4 Jul 2003, 14:02 (Ref:652331)

and i just noticed that the car still has Ford stickers on it (Saubers engine in 96 but not 97 they used ferrari)

so with that in mind then it possible isnt Larini at all , given his ferrari contacts at the time he wouldnt have been allowed to test the ford engine i believe.

this is very curious and im really interested to find out who it actually is ?

Fan · 4 Jul 2003, 14:16 (Ref:652354)

Did Palmer and John Watson not test a Sauber at the "new" A1 ring in 1996?

ensign14 · 4 Jul 2003, 16:04 (Ref:652445)

Quote:

Originally posted by marcus
it does look like Palmers helmet to me , but I doubt that very much.

and yes larini did have plenty of helmets but for the majority of the time he used the blue one thats pictured in the coloni.

its not morbidelli's helmet thats for sure his is very different , but it could be Fontana but i have no idea what his helmet is like ???

Fontana's was sort of 2 tone blue hoops. If Palmer did test a Sauber, that must be his helmet, it is very similar to his later design.

Dracula · 5 Jul 2003, 07:41 (Ref:653067)

It's another question from quiz in Russian "Formula" magazine...

**Adam43** · 5 Jul 2003, 09:51 (Ref:653149)

Quote:

Originally posted by Fan
Did Palmer and John Watson not test a Sauber at the "new" A1 ring in 1996?

I not sure about Palmer, but Watson did. It was during the launch of the new track.

mcurtis26 · 7 Jul 2003, 10:56 (Ref:654649)

Palmer did test the sauber at the A1 Ring in 96:

This from http://www.johnnyherbert.co.uk/intsa...hungry96.shtml

We had a slight problem with the engine at the test on the brand new Austrian track, the A1-Ring, but we changed it and I was immediately able to go faster than the lap record. To be twelve seconds faster than the Superbikes is an achievement and I am proud to have done that. It was fun watching the television commentary team driving the cars afterwards. Jonathan Palmer (BBC), Marc Surer (DFI) and John Watson (Eurosport) all had a go and were as impressed as Le Mans winner Alexander Wurz, who also tried out the car.

marcus · 7 Jul 2003, 23:40 (Ref:655375)

well there ya go , Its Jonathon Palmer

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