Where are they now ?

The Badger · 1 Aug 2007, 21:36 (Ref:1978610)

I was just thinking about various drivers than seem to have gone missing over the oast few years ..... anyone got any answers please ?

Vincenzo Sospiri,Soames Langton,Andre Ahrle,Christian Pescatori,Didier Cottaz,Frank Jelinski,Peirluigi Martini,Mimmo Schiattarella,Boris Derichebourg,David Terrian.....

Last I remember of Soames Langton , he had a massive accident in a Porscge 911 GT2 somewhere in Britain ..... But I never did hear much about him since ?

porsche45 · 1 Aug 2007, 22:11 (Ref:1978625)

I found this by Yahoo-ing Pierluigi Martini... one of those great names.

"Martini came back to motorsports in 2006, competing in the prestigious GP Masters series."

rcarr · 1 Aug 2007, 22:54 (Ref:1978649)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

I was just thinking about various drivers than seem to have gone missing over the oast few years ..... anyone got any answers please ?

Vincenzo Sospiri,Soames Langton,Andre Ahrle,Christian Pescatori,Didier Cottaz,Frank Jelinski,Peirluigi Martini,Mimmo Schiattarella,Boris Derichebourg,David Terrian.....

Last I remember of Soames Langton , he had a massive accident in a Porscge 911 GT2 somewhere in Britain ..... But I never did hear much about him since ?

They'll be about somewhere!
Vicenzo drove the Lamborghini at Le Mans and he was at the wheel when it crashed heavily in qualifying.

They'll be racing in "lesser" cars that you wouldn't expect, GT2 and GT3 cars. Doesn't Pescatori race a Masterati MC12 or a prototype or a front running 430 or 360? I've heard his name recently.

Graham Goodwin · 1 Aug 2007, 23:17 (Ref:1978655)

Jelinski raced in the Ring 24 this year, Soames' accident was in a BPR race, his injuries were I believe quite severe.

It was Marco Appicella in the Lambo at Le mans

rcarr · 1 Aug 2007, 23:28 (Ref:1978664)

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Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

Jelinski raced in the Ring 24 this year, Soames' accident was in a BPR race, his injuries were I believe quite severe.

It was Marco Appicella in the Lambo at Le mans

Yes it was Graham, I stand corrected. Sorry!

I remembered he was Italian but...

rcarr · 1 Aug 2007, 23:44 (Ref:1978676)

Vincenzo Sospiri retired from racing in 2001 he is now team manager for the Euronova in Italian F3000. Does Italian F3000 still exist? I found that info on Wikipedia.

Nordic · 2 Aug 2007, 06:43 (Ref:1978784)

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Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

Soames' accident was in a BPR race, his injuries were I believe quite severe.

I recall seeing this a few months ago on the Atlas Fourm page, it was written by someone close to the family.

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He is fit and well, unfortunately he has a condition called "locked in syndrome" which basically means that he undersrands everything that is going on etc but lacks the means to communicate at this time. He is receiving ongoing treatment and the family hope that one day he will talk again.

The Badger · 2 Aug 2007, 11:22 (Ref:1978982)

Holy crap ..... !!!

Samoan Attorney · 2 Aug 2007, 13:30 (Ref:1979063)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

I was just thinking about various drivers than seem to have gone missing over the oast few years ..... anyone got any answers please ?

Vincenzo Sospiri,Soames Langton,Andre Ahrle,Christian Pescatori,Didier Cottaz,Frank Jelinski,Peirluigi Martini,Mimmo Schiattarella,Boris Derichebourg,David Terrian.....

Last I remember of Soames Langton , he had a massive accident in a Porscge 911 GT2 somewhere in Britain ..... But I never did hear much about him since ?

Vincenzo injured his shoulder at the end of the 1999 season........the operation to repair the damage was not initially successful.........I seem to recall him testing or racing the Den Bla Avis Panoz a year or so later but not feeling wholly comfortable in the car. I believe he now manages some younger drivers in Italy.

Mimmo raced for Rafanelli in the ALMS both in the Lola and the 550 but has now I think retired, as did Martini after his Le Mans victory in 1999.

David Terrien I saw last year working out in the Middle East at Bahrain I think.....though it could have been Dubai.......he was somewhat disillusioned with the way the Labre team handled the finale of the 2002 FIA GT season at Estoril, splitting him and eventual champion, Christophe Bouchut, and drifted out of competition.

Christian Pescatori was racing full time right up to 2006 for BMS Scuderia Italia, GPC and JMB..........not sure what he is doing this season.

Soames Langton suffered severe head injuries at the Nogaro round of the BPR in 1996, despite excellent emergency treatment in France and back here in the UK he did not recover and remains in a condition as already described. He had already had two big shunts earlier in the year at Le Mans and also Brands Hatch..........to add to his family's distress his father had been killed racing at Brands Hatch almost exactly 10 years before Soames' accident.

Most of the others mentioned have retired or drifted out of the sport.

The Badger · 2 Aug 2007, 14:18 (Ref:1979093)

Thanks for the info ..... you got a big brain capacity ?

Samoan Attorney · 2 Aug 2007, 14:26 (Ref:1979095)

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Thanks for the info ..... you got a big brain capacity ?

No brains.......just scars along the way

EuropaBambaataa · 2 Aug 2007, 14:34 (Ref:1979098)

Sospiri is still running Euronova. They're in Formula Master now.

Cottaz seems to be a racing driver instructor now.

The Badger · 2 Aug 2007, 14:41 (Ref:1979102)

Cottaz was brilliant to watch in a Courage C60 , with the GV4 in it !!!

Graham Goodwin · 2 Aug 2007, 15:32 (Ref:1979139)

Vincenzo also qualified a Brunswick Motorsport Lotus Elise in British GT a few years back - The car broke before the race though.

He is the 'brother in law' of Brunswick guvnor Giles Groombridge

bil588 · 6 Aug 2007, 01:08 (Ref:1982087)

Where is Emanuele Naspetti?

http://www.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?...nuele+Naspetti

viperada · 6 Aug 2007, 02:56 (Ref:1982118)

What ever happen to Laurent Redon, last i remember he ran with Pescarolo in 2001 and ran indy car in the USA in 2002. Has he done anything since then?

Also what about Yannick Dalmas?

dj choc ice · 6 Aug 2007, 20:54 (Ref:1982875)

what about pierre henri raphanel?, aint seen much of him around, if i can recall he won lemans in 1993 or 1992 in the peugeot 905 as well.

isynge · 6 Aug 2007, 21:54 (Ref:1982926)

As of 2006 he was working for Bugatti as what I suppose might be called a pre-sales consultant

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...d4bugatti.html

To the best of my recollection he didn't win Le Mans, but he did pull a mighty blinder with the Courage (Cougar) in 1987 splitting the Jags at the test day, qualifying well up there for the real thing, and finishing 3rd overall - an achievement seriously worthy of some respect given the opposition that year.

The Badger · 7 Aug 2007, 05:32 (Ref:1983089)

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Originally Posted by dj choc ice

what about pierre henri raphanel?, aint seen much of him around, if i can recall he won lemans in 1993 or 1992 in the peugeot 905 as well.

Nope ..... RAff didnt win le mans . He last drove a Panoz LMP1 for the works team about 6 years back . Last i did hear was he was doing some commentary for french tv .

1993 was Bouchet-Helray-Brabham and 1992 was Warwick-Blundell-Dalmas .

Graham Goodwin · 7 Aug 2007, 06:18 (Ref:1983113)

Redon runs a race driver school at Magny Cours I think

The Badger · 8 Aug 2007, 08:26 (Ref:1983793)

What about Julian Bailey and Mark Blundell ?

chocmonster7 · 8 Aug 2007, 09:46 (Ref:1983863)

Blundell is part of ITV's F1 coverage, he does pre & post race analysis with the main presenter Steve Rider.

The idea of Brundle & Blundell racing together in an Aston Martin at Le Mans never happened which was a pity. They still have 2MB, a driver management company, together though.

http://www.mark-blundell.com