F1 Quiz Chain

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Can someone tell me who only F1 driver to have taken part in stages of the Tour de France? NO CHEATING!

[zgred]

Peter Whitehead?

(..)Peter and Graham (his half-brother) were competing together in the Tour de France, when their Jaguar crashed off a bridge into a 30-foot ravine at Lasalle, after overturning twice,[7] with Graham at the wheel. Graham was badly injured, but Peter was killed instantly.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Peter Whitehead?

(..)Peter and Graham (his half-brother) were competing together in the Tour de France, when their Jaguar crashed off a bridge into a 30-foot ravine at Lasalle, after overturning twice,[7] with Graham at the wheel. Graham was badly injured, but Peter was killed instantly.

Er, okay thast means there are 2! hahahaha
Alain Prost the other....

[andrew]

THX andrew :]



What F1 car we can observe on the picture?

@mx_tifosi - I left few letters as a trace...

Ligier!



http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1862

Took some digging but I found it on the web!

[zgred]

Correct =D>

Ligier JS11



And the toy is the Transformers - Autobot Mirage.

[andrew]

Thank goodness for that!! [-o< It took a lot of digging.

I'll pose another head scratcher on either Sunday or Monday and if it is picture based, I'll do it right this time!

[dumrick]

Peter Whitehead?

(..)Peter and Graham (his half-brother) were competing together in the Tour de France, when their Jaguar crashed off a bridge into a 30-foot ravine at Lasalle, after overturning twice,[7] with Graham at the wheel. Graham was badly injured, but Peter was killed instantly.

Er, okay thast means there are 2! hahahaha
Alain Prost the other....

I believe you are talking about two different Tours de France.

I remember Prost did the bike Tour, that quote clearly refers to the Tour de France Automobile (which now is a classic vehicle event).

[xpensive]

Correct =D>

Ligier JS11



And the toy is the Transformers - Autobot Mirage.

In the mean time, as I was correct on the Eagle-Weslake, figure this one out:

After winning the two first GPs of 1979 in style, the JS11 never really found its form again for the rest of the season.
There's a wonderful legend, true or false, around this phenomenon, but how does it go? Details and people involved please.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Dumrick

Thank you! I was about to burn my encyclopedia until I read your post!

[zgred]

Can someone tell me who only F1 driver to have taken part in stages of the Tour de France? NO CHEATING!

I swear I was using loophole in the question - I was not cheating :]

[xpensive]

Does anyone bother about my Ligier JS11 question above? I cracked the Eagle remember?

[zgred]

I didn't find answer xpensive so I give up.

Only theory i have found is that they were not sure why they are fast, didn't have much money to figure out and conduct development. And while they lost pace while the championships progresses, they also didn't know why.

I have found nice scan of the article in this forum: Ligier JS11

PS. Funny cheat with movable aero is described in this article.

[xpensive]

Legend is so out of this world Z, it got to be true. By chance they had initiallly found the perfect suspension settings for the JS11 already in Argentina, why the chain-smoking Ducarouge scribbled them down on a pack of Gitanes, which he of course forgot at the airport bar in Rio. After coming back to Europe with the now disassembled cars, they were nowhere.

Was this good enough for me to have another go?

[zgred]

Legend is so out of this world Z, it got to be true. By chance they had initiallly found the perfect suspension settings for the JS11 already in Argentina, why the chain-smoking Ducarouge scribbled them down on a pack of Gitanes, which he of course forgot at the airport bar in Rio. After coming back to Europe with the now disassembled cars, they were nowhere.

Was this good enough for me to have another go?

Oh, Yes that was in the article also!

Go fot it! It seems that this is abandoned thread :]

[xpensive]

Name three cars who competed in F1 with inboard front brakes?