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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
Indeed. And at the end of ’83, their #1 driver left to join Renault. And at the end of ’84, their new #1 left to join Lotus.
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
Because he did a 2-stopper.
With no refuelling, fastest race lap is easy if you just stick new boots on in the last few laps (cf Grosjean, Barcelona).
Running a long final stint, Hamilton’s tyres were very […]
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
Although the 2005-6 championship winning “Renault” team is the same team as today’s “Lotus”
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
“At the same time, they [Renault] supplied Toleman…starting in 1981″
I don’t think so. From 1980 (in F2) till the end of ’85, Toleman used Hart engines, switching to BMW as Benetton for ’86, then Ford till […]
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
+1, hence my question about where the ’97-’03 Toleman drought would fall in those rankings.
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
If you think not, would you agree that that team’s previous victories shouldn’t count as “Renault” either? And, of course, that the Brackley team isn’t really “Mercedes”?
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Joao Pitol commented on the post, Williams end second-longest F1 victory drought 1 year, 1 month ago
What was the gap for Toleman/ Benetton / Renault from Berger’s last win in ’97 till Alonso’s (?) first for neo-Renault?
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