Comments on: One lap wonders

By: Fer no65

Fer no65 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:15:02 +0000

Guerra is not racing anymore but he was quite succesful when he did it…

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:47:49 +0000

Funny, Steve, it’s now twice in 2 years that this has happened to NASCAR. I think the other was at Lowe’s last year.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:54:14 +0000

Another tire disaster at Indy. F1 you have company now. Goodyear is the culprit this time.

By: F1Fan

F1Fan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:07:19 +0000

Milos,

thanks for the engine data.

With or without a fresh engine, I think Lewis is going to walk the Hungaroring. And of course, Internet will tell us again that Massa will have a chance to win the race, just like Hockenheim.

By: Oddball

Oddball — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:17:41 +0000

On Autosport’s excellent website I found another interresting titbit of news on Graham ‘Cassius’
McRae: It turns out he was once hospitalised after a being arrested in a police raid following an armed siege at his business premises. He had to receive treatment for dog bites sustained when police stormed the building, where he was barricaded after an incident in which a neighbour claimed he was threatened with a crossbow. McRae must undergo psychiatric evaluation before the police decide whether to press charges.

It is not, however, mentioned the outcome of the psychiatric evaluation

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:50:05 +0000

Good call Milos.

F1 Fan, de Cesaris is slightly better known for smashing up chassis than gearboxes. When McLaren brought out their first carbon chassis the old guard started a campaign to get it banned on safety grounds. Fortunately McLaren had deCrasheris in the car and in a 16 race season he had 18 huge accidents and walked away from all of them. It was hard to argue that the McLaren was unsafe when everyone knew that half of those accidents would have killed him in any other car on the grid.

Marlboro were happy to write cheques for all those repairs because daddy deCrasheris was the biggest tobacco distributor in Italy.

I love the list Keith. I am surprised Graham McRae is on it as I was always under the impression he had done quite a few GPs but I guess they must have been non-championship or some of the combined F1/F5000 races mentioned.

I didn’t know Boris Said’s father was a driver either. Guerra and Apicella were certainly good enough to have had decent F1 careers but didn’t get the breaks.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:44:27 +0000

Sush: Yes, the commentators somehow thought bright orange was the same as bright red…

By: Milos

Milos — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:00:14 +0000

when talking about very short F1 careers, there are also sad stories of guys like Riccardo Paletti or Roland Ratzenberger …

By: Milos

Milos — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:52:48 +0000

@ F1Fan – Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Rosberg, Nakajima, Webber, Coulthard, Barrichello, Sutil, Hamilton and Kovalainen – these already raced 2 races on their previous engines.

By: F1Fan

F1Fan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:41:23 +0000

Anyone remember Andrea DeCesaris ? He used to drive for Alfa Romeo in the late 70-s/early-80s. I remember he retired due to gearbox failures all to often.

On a different note, perhaps Keith can tell us which drivers will be on fresh engines in Hungaroring ?