You´re absolutely right.
i think it is sad, that the straights disappeared.
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Indeed!matt21 wrote:Aston Martin DBR4/250
Carroll Shelby
1959
over to youSo, unsurprisingly in a scene which was much more competitive than A.M.'s usual sportscar environment and on top of that was in the midst of a turbulent change to rear-engined designs, the DBR4/250 F1 car was a total flop. At the source of the failure was of course the front-engined chassis layout which also had Ferrari and BRM suffering. At the same time Colin Chapman put himself on a crash course in rear-engined chassis design. While the A.M. cars were undoubtedly beautifully crafted, the concept was obsolete and development slow. Bog slow, to be precise. The DB4/250 were space-framed cars with tuned-up sportscar engines (with an overoptimistically claimed 280bhp) and de Dion rear suspension - the last new GP car to make use of it. In the end, they entered just four 1959 events, its best results two sixths in Britain and Portugal. But what could you expect of a car that was originally penned in 1956, only to debut as late as 1959?
Within a year, Carroll Shelby had embarked on a course that would ultimately see the development of the British AC Cobra light sportscar creation into a fearsome US-bred powerhorse aptly named the Shelby Cobra, a world-class sportscar that in 1965 would win America's first World Championship. Concurrently the Texan formed All-American Racers, a Goodyear-funded partnership with Dan Gurney (who today is still heading the team) that would yield three Indy 500 winners and the splendid Eagle-Weslake T1G, America's first Grand Prix-winning car in 46 years. Finally, Shelby was at the head of a program that would turn around Ford's GT40 effort and produce the first all-American win at Le Mans.
Aren't you tired asking questions about that driver again and again?WhiteBlue wrote:My next question: Which driver traveled to the 1937 South African GP and the Grosvenor GP in his private plane using the 8 day trans Africa flight as a honey moon trip?
If I remember right it was just one. The question wasn't really meant serious. Just to hand over the question to someone with a good one quickly because I had nothing good prepared. So timbo, do us the honor of a tough question that makes us learn something interesting about F1 which is fascinating and unknown.Oh, c'mon, are you picking on me again?WhiteBlue wrote:So timbo, do us the honor of a tough question that makes us learn something interesting about F1 which is fascinating and unknown.
Not the first in F1 either.matt21 wrote:Lotus 99T