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WhiteBlue wrote:A nice story but really only accessible to fans, who are prepared to buy specialized books about the folklore of a certain era. In my view if something is too obscure to find it in a 2-3 hour search of public sources it isn't fit for this kind of game. Your milage may vary.
Point taken. But I must say that I'd been under the impression that people who call themselves motor racing fans tend to do wacky things like acquiring or borrowing from the library books about motor racing. Mea culpa.
WhiteBlue wrote:A nice story but really only accessible to fans, who are prepared to buy specialized books about the folklore of a certain era. In my view if something is too obscure to find it in a 2-3 hour search of public sources it isn't fit for this kind of game. Your milage may vary.
Are you seriously moaning? Or do you want to have everyone google an answer?
I knew this off the top of my head, no googling allowed. I also have never read the book that our friend Gary mentions..
SO, you know things..or you don't.
I'm not moaning but I play this game to learn more about F1. For me anecdotal crap like the typical length of side burns of James Hunt at race XYZ isn't interesting. When it comes to race detail I would be happy to stick to things that actually go down in race reports. It doesn't mean that good stuff from drivers personal memoirs should not be used. I have been fascinated by the tale Prost told about the way the Honda engines were tweaked in the eighties to disadvantage him. I would love to read more about the way the intra team battle was conducted at McLaren in 2007. Those are examples how private information is interesting even after decades. If someone came up with a good source who was responsible for the removal of the fuel rig filters at Benetton in 1994 I sure would listen. But identifying the mechanic who forgot to tighten a wheel nut or reset the fuel mix is below the triviality level that interest me. Do we want to know who is to blame for Rubens car loosing a heave spring in Hungary last year? I don't think so. Do we want to know whether it was a human error or technical failure? Probably more interest.
Formula One's fundamental ethos is about success coming to those with the most ingenious engineering and best ..............................organization, not to those with the biggest budget. (Dave Richards)
Obscure is good. I basically stopped playing in here as the turnover time is too short between questions, and even with my frequent use, I can be sure that WB has already googled what I was about to google. And I am here more than most as I am off work, looking for work, doing school prep work, and constantly at my machine.
I was going to start an "F1 Quiz Web" thread, that would have more than one question in it. Anyone can post a single first question, and anyone can answer at any time. But the rules is, nobody can ask a new question until they have answered one themselves.
More can play that way.
Before I do anything I ask myself “Would an idiot do that?” And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing. - Dwight Schrute
My easy guess would be Stefan Bellof in Monaco 84... I don't remember which car he was driving, only that his team was disqualified later the year in many races for weight irregularities, not unlike BAR in 2005.
I am not amazed by F1 cars in Monaco. I want to see them driving in the A8 highway: Variable radius corners, negative banking, and extreme narrowings that Tilke has never dreamed off. Oh, yes, and "beautiful" weather tops it all.
"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Niels Bohr
That is a good stab Miguel although I would say that Tyrell became BAR became Honda Became Brawn and are now Mercedes...so they do exist.
This race was in 2002.
It started dry...
the full quote>
“I have to say I’m very disappointed, yeah. We all are, probably, because we had a good chance here to finish easy in the points. I mean, we had a very good race. I had the right tyre choice and we were up there behind Ralf Schumacher. He was easy meat and I think we could have overtaken the other guys in front, as well. The car was running perfect at that stage and unfortunately something broke.”
A google test shows that getting the driver and using easy meat tells you the answer...sheesh
I think that was not a bad question. Interesting piece of info on that Porsche engine, shows that taking two good engines together does not automatically produce a good engine))
Well, my question must also be simple. What was the final F1 car with radiators ahead of front axle?
Formula One's fundamental ethos is about success coming to those with the most ingenious engineering and best ..............................organization, not to those with the biggest budget. (Dave Richards)
Formula One's fundamental ethos is about success coming to those with the most ingenious engineering and best ..............................organization, not to those with the biggest budget. (Dave Richards)
