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Originally Posted by S griffin
I think that’s the point. Both McLaren and Ickx competed in the F2 class the year before they won their first GP
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But its not a season nor are they regular F1 drivers.
If we padded out the current GP grid with 6 or 8 F2 cars would we regard those drivers as competing in F1?
This practice was almost exclusively on the Nürburgring, which is the basis of my point.
In none of my questions would I regard such a driver in an isolated event as competing in F1 if not in an F1 car nor being eligible for points.
They were in a F2 race and formed up separately.
Ickx was fast enough for the front row of the F1 grid!
And this would have been the subject of my next question had crmalcom not asked it!