|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
13 Dec 2022, 15:29 (Ref:4137033) | #126 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 18,692
|
||
__________________
He who dares wins! He who hesitates is lost! |
13 Dec 2022, 15:46 (Ref:4137042) | #127 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,248
|
Deleted.
Last edited by Greem; 13 Dec 2022 at 15:50. Reason: Got all my dates back to front |
|
__________________
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes. When they realise you have, you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes. |
13 Dec 2022, 15:59 (Ref:4137046) | #128 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
|||
__________________
"When you’re just too socially awkward for real life, Ten-Tenths welcomes you with open arms. Everyone has me figured out, which makes it super easy for me." |
13 Dec 2022, 21:32 (Ref:4137073) | #129 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,820
|
|||
__________________
a salary slave no more... |
14 Dec 2022, 07:42 (Ref:4137105) | #130 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,702
|
Anorak fact: When the circuit re-opened in 1976 the (I think) Paddock Pass tickets had the circuit name spelled with two 'n's. I kept mine for years as a (useless) souvenir but eventually lost it!
|
||
__________________
Incognito: An Italian phrase meaning Nice Gearchange! |
14 Dec 2022, 08:48 (Ref:4137106) | #131 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,927
|
Quote:
Am I on the right track if I'm suggesting it's to do with a Pole-Win-Fastest Lap..? |
|||
__________________
Part time wingman, full time spud. |
14 Dec 2022, 09:01 (Ref:4137108) | #132 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
Quote:
It's about something of a greater significance than a single race result. The first person to have one was Nino Farina The second was Juan Manuel Fangio Nino Farina lost his 3 September 1950 Juan Manuel Fangio lost his 27 May 1951 This meant that no one had this until Piero Taruffi gained his on 18 May 1952 Piero Taruffi has never lost his. |
|||
__________________
"When you’re just too socially awkward for real life, Ten-Tenths welcomes you with open arms. Everyone has me figured out, which makes it super easy for me." |
14 Dec 2022, 11:17 (Ref:4137135) | #133 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
Is this something to do with the 1st win and the time to the second win. Fairly sure Taruffi only had one win.
|
||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
14 Dec 2022, 12:18 (Ref:4137138) | #134 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
Quote:
Further clue(s): Not every race winner will have had this. But every WDC will have had this (at some point in their career). John Surtees and James Hunt both have this to their name. And when they picked up theirs, it was even more significant than when other drivers did. On the current grid - Charles LeClerc is the only driver to currently have it. If he wins the first round of 2023, he is guaranteed to lose it. Since 1950, 61 drivers have had it. 23 drivers in total still have it today. |
|||
__________________
"When you’re just too socially awkward for real life, Ten-Tenths welcomes you with open arms. Everyone has me figured out, which makes it super easy for me." |
14 Dec 2022, 16:03 (Ref:4137176) | #135 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,095
|
Lots of intriguing hints. I am really curious to see what the answer is.
Richard |
|
__________________
To paraphrase Mark Twain... "I'm sorry I wrote such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one." |
14 Dec 2022, 16:06 (Ref:4137178) | #136 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1,131
|
Is it that they all led the championship for only one unbroken stretch of time?
Ascari’s was almost two years, Leclerc’s just a few races. Hunt and Surtees took the championship lead for the only time in the final race of the season. Verstappen took the lead for the second time in Zandvoort 2021. Also, Tim Schenken was the final correct answer for my question. |
|
|
14 Dec 2022, 16:37 (Ref:4137181) | #137 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
Quote:
Alberto Ascari’s is the largest. Charles LeClerc's is the most recent. What do they have? They have the status of only leading the F1 Title Race once in their careers. Alberto Ascari, 14 races: Alberto Ascari won two World Championships, in 1952 and 1953, yet only led the title race for a single 14 race streak. The Italian seized the championship lead from Pierro Taruffi as a result of winning the 1952 French Grand Prix. He then maintained that lead until the end of the following season, during which time he won an impressive eleven races; including seven consecutively. Charles Leclerc: took the third victory of his Formula 1 career at the season-opening 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. His victory saw him take the top spot in the Drivers’ Championship for the first – and so far only – time in his career. The drivers who 'lost theirs', no longer had the status of being a one-time leader of the championship. |
|||
__________________
"When you’re just too socially awkward for real life, Ten-Tenths welcomes you with open arms. Everyone has me figured out, which makes it super easy for me." |
14 Dec 2022, 17:00 (Ref:4137183) | #138 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1,131
|
Thanks, great question.
My question is extremely easy to get with the use of Google, so I am going to request no forms of research apart from your own brains. There was once a 24 hours of Le Mans where the race winners developed a leak in the petrol tank and were forced to patch it up with chewing gum. To win the question, you simply have to get the name of the two drivers who won. For bonus points, what year was it, and which manufacturer did they drive for? |
|
|
14 Dec 2022, 17:56 (Ref:4137188) | #139 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
Would the manufacturer be Wrigley's.
|
||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
14 Dec 2022, 18:13 (Ref:4137195) | #140 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 11,006
|
You naughty boy, RB, its a Hollywood story… I'd say not only chewing gum but a piece of soap too.
My ex team mate Michel Lateste used chewing gum once to stop a leaking rad but this is not the answer (Lola). Great question BTCC, may be you can go on with sandwiches stories… Elles sont souvent savoureuses! |
||
|
14 Dec 2022, 19:12 (Ref:4137202) | #141 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,095
|
Quote:
Richard |
||
__________________
To paraphrase Mark Twain... "I'm sorry I wrote such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one." |
14 Dec 2022, 20:53 (Ref:4137208) | #142 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1,131
|
I'm afraid I don't know the manufacturer of the gum
I realise that this is a 'know it or you don't' question, and so I will give a bit of a clue by describing the race in general. The year is one in which there were two other fairly famous Grands Prix (plus many less well-known ones, of course), one of which was the Monaco GP, and the other was the Tripoli GP. The two drivers involved were two of the best in the world at the time. In fact, one of them could arguably be the greatest driver in motor racing history. The decision by the team to pair them up at Le Mans caused much excitement as both would want to be the number one driver, and they showed it in the build up to the race. In the race, this car was looking very strong in the opening stages but started to develop problems with the car, one of which was a petrol leak and caused the chewing gum fix. In the end, the driver who I have described as one of the greatest ever had to make up one lap on the leader, and managed to catch him on the final lap, during which there were three lead changes between the two lead cars and the car with the chewing gum was victorious. This driver would go on to have a famous win at the German Grand Prix two years later, one of the greatest ever race drives. The other driver would race one season in Formula 1, drive for two teams, and briefly lead the Belgian Grand Prix. The manufacturer has won a driver’s championship in Formula 1, a couple of decades (approximately) after this Le Mans win. Last edited by BTCC frog; 14 Dec 2022 at 21:17. |
|
|
15 Dec 2022, 08:55 (Ref:4137224) | #143 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
15 Dec 2022, 08:58 (Ref:4137225) | #144 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 18,692
|
Yes, I've read that story too. What a combination those two were
|
|
__________________
He who dares wins! He who hesitates is lost! |
15 Dec 2022, 10:51 (Ref:4137239) | #145 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1,131
|
||
|
15 Dec 2022, 18:07 (Ref:4137264) | #146 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
Who was it that failed to qualify for a GP, failed to finish the race and was disqualified,
what was he driving and where did it happen? |
||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
15 Dec 2022, 18:53 (Ref:4137265) | #147 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
1977 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Hans Heyer, with the ATS Racing Team.
|
||
|
15 Dec 2022, 19:28 (Ref:4137266) | #148 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
OK. But what was he driving?
|
||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
15 Dec 2022, 19:33 (Ref:4137267) | #149 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 12,481
|
ATS Penske-Ford PC4?
|
||
|
15 Dec 2022, 19:38 (Ref:4137268) | #150 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,111
|
Perfect.
|
||
__________________
If you die in debt you made a profit. |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Motorsport quiz | btcckid | Motorsport History | 683 | 11 Jun 2008 21:36 |