Comments on: Lapped legends: Taki Inoue

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:15:06 +0000

Ben: as I said before, Alex Yoong, or my fellow countryman Tarso Marques…

I don’t know exactly what your focus is, if the driver in question needs to be pathetic, or just hopelessly slow… anyway, at least the second requirement is filled by those I indicated…

By: Cooperman

Cooperman — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:04:00 +0000

I remember very clearly Inoue’s incident when being run over by the safety car. To me this was what made him famous. I don’t recall him being too injured but I have laughed at it since then.

If anything that showed Taki’s concern for his team’s finances by wanting to prevent as much damage as possible to his burning car.

Surely Ricardo Rosset was the slowest driver in F1 though? There’s that fantastic quote from Monaco ’98;
Murray Walker: there’s a big debate in the paddock as to whether Ricardo Rosset should be in Formula 1
Martin Brundle: not all that big an debate, actually Murray

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:41:25 +0000

I haven’t started work on next week’s yet, so am welcome to any suggestions

By: Wesley

Wesley — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:05:38 +0000

Oh my God,that first video is like a comedy routine.

Ha Ha, I love the way the fire extinguisher goes off and squirts the marshall when Taki hits the hood(bonnet) and he turns around to see what the hell is happening.

This series is a great idea Keith,when I filled out the suggestions portion of your poll this is the kind of stuff I asked to see.-THANKS

By: AmericanTifosi

AmericanTifosi — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:57:33 +0000

Ow, poor guy. The best safety car moment has to be this year at the Nurburgring.

By: alan

alan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:47:01 +0000

sooo!! funny but whats he doing now – safety training – more please – but will check out the F1 rejects

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:37:40 +0000

Excellent informative post – and a superb video, I just love the slowness of his fall to the ground!

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:45:37 +0000

Great post! Incidentally, all fans of backmarkers ought to check out F1 Rejects, a website dedicated to these heroic no-hopers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:40:13 +0000

Excellent article, excellent idea… waiting for the next…

PLEASE, don’t forget Alex Yoong!

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:07:22 +0000

Vertigo I’ve added the video and another above. Classic comedy moment.