Grand Prix Masters

[lanan]

Here is the entry list for the next GPM race in Qatar at the end of the month,
1. Rene Arnoux (France)
2. Eddie Cheever (USA)
3. Christian Danner (Germany)
4. Andrea de Cesaris (Italy)
5. Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil)
6. Stefan Johansson (Sweden)
7. Jan Lammers (Netherlands)
8. Nigel Mansell (Britain)
9. Pierluigi Martini (Italy)
10. Eliseo Salazar (Chile)
11. Hans Stuck (Germany)
12. Riccardo Patrese (Italy)
13. Patrick Tambay (France)
14. Eric van de Poele (Belgium)
15.Derek Warwick (Britain)

I have my money on Rene Arnoux

[Eric Mc]

Blimey, the 1983 F1 grid (mostly).

[jacobyte]

Can't wait. Up the Nige! Also Hans Stuck was great to watch last time.

[SamHH]

Shame that Prost will not be driving. I thought he would be the most likely to give Mansell a challenge. Still, Fittipaldi pushed him quite hard in the race last year.

Anyone know who will be televising the races this year?

[SamHH]

Oh dear. Just read in Autocar that Sky Sports have got the broadcasting deal and that the races will not be shown on terrestrial.

[jasonc]

lanan said:

Here is the entry list for the next GPM race in Qatar at the end of the month, I have my money on Rene Arnoux

Not so sure. I hear he has had trouble finding qualified people to engineer his car.....

[LongQ]

So long as it is not wet in Qatar ... which I don't suppose it would be.

Rene sets out on a demo lap for the bedraggled punters on the Saturday of the Renault Weekend at Donington Park last September. Here he is approaching McLeans.




The it went quiet a few seconds later ...



Help arrived. I assume the medical car was sent out to ascertain whether he had some sort of brain fade.



And off they went to clean the thing up ready for the next day.



Frank Montagny drove the demo on the Sunday.

[LongQ]

lanan said:

Here is the entry list for the next GPM race in Qatar at the end of the month, 1. Rene Arnoux (France) 2. Eddie Cheever (USA) 3. Christian Danner (Germany) 4. Andrea de Cesaris (Italy) 5. Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) 6. Stefan Johansson (Sweden) 7. Jan Lammers (Netherlands) 8. Nigel Mansell (Britain) 9. Pierluigi Martini (Italy) 10. Eliseo Salazar (Chile) 11. Hans Stuck (Germany) 12. Riccardo Patrese (Italy) 13. Patrick Tambay (France) 14. Eric van de Poele (Belgium) 15.Derek Warwick (Britain) I have my money on Rene Arnoux

Hmm.

No Alan Jones then ...

I can't remember who was in the the inaugural race - have they lost anyone else?

[FourWheelDrift]

LongQ said:

Hmm. No Alan Jones then ... I can't remember who was in the the inaugural race - have they lost anyone else?

Only Jacques Laffite missing from the original race in Kyalami.

[The Wiz]

FourWheelDrift said:

LongQ said: Hmm. No Alan Jones then ... I can't remember who was in the the inaugural race - have they lost anyone else? Only Jacques Laffite missing from the original race in Kyalami.

Didn't Alan have neck problems?

Anyway ...

www.gpmasters.com/events.htm

Silverstone 13th August ...

[LongQ]

FourWheelDrift said:

LongQ said: Hmm. No Alan Jones then ... I can't remember who was in the the inaugural race - have they lost anyone else? Only Jacques Laffite missing from the original race in Kyalami.

Ah! Thanks. I was sure there was someone missing. As I recall Jacques was not looking too comfortable on the day.

[lanan]

jasonc said:

lanan said: Here is the entry list for the next GPM race in Qatar at the end of the month, I have my money on Rene Arnoux Not so sure. I hear he has had trouble finding qualified people to engineer his car.....

His luck has recently changed regarding an Engineer. C'est moi.
Thankfully a recent project has sharpened my engineering and diplomacy skills...!!!!!!!!!!

>> Edited by lanan on Thursday 20th April 18:19

[jasonc]

lanan said:

Thankfully a recent project has sharpened my engineering and diplomacy skills...!!!!!!!!!!

Should Rene need welding or fibreglass work you should be able to handle that as well...

[Trackside]

lanan said:

Here is the entry list for the next GPM race in Qatar at the end of the month, 1. Rene Arnoux (France) 2. Eddie Cheever (USA) 3. Christian Danner (Germany) 4. Andrea de Cesaris (Italy) 5. Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) 6. Stefan Johansson (Sweden) 7. Jan Lammers (Netherlands) 8. Nigel Mansell (Britain) 9. Pierluigi Martini (Italy) 10. Eliseo Salazar (Chile) 11. Hans Stuck (Germany) 12. Riccardo Patrese (Italy) 13. Patrick Tambay (France) 14. Eric van de Poele (Belgium) 15.Derek Warwick (Britain)

Yay! Someone call Nelson Piquet and we can have some inter-South American boxing, a la Hockenheim 1982!



Seriously though, no-one's gonna get near Nige, are they...

[Jungles]

Trackside said:

Seriously though, no-one's gonna get near Nige, are they...

Only Emo probably. Like the last event.

[CombeMarshal]

I'll be Marshalling the Silverstone round of it, hopefully Nige will pay us a visit on post!!

[fozzi]

Just missed a one hour preview program on Motors TV, but it is repeated tonight at 10pm.

[fozzi]

Motors TV now... program delayed an hour from schedule.

They are just about to show a re-run/highlights from the inaugrial race held in Kyalami last year.

>> Edited by fozzi on Sunday 23 April 23:10

[tvrforever]

wonder if Palmer & Brundle will participate at any point?

[FourWheelDrift]

GP Masters news said:

Mansell leads opening Masters practice Nigel Mansell set the fastest time in opening practice for this weekend's Grand Prix Masters event in Qatar. Mansell, who won the first ever event for ex-F1 drivers 45 years of age and over last year in South Africa, turned a top lap of 1:49.315 around the new Losail International Raceway. Stefan Johansson was next fastest, 3-100ths of a second behind Mansell, while Christian Danner was third. Fifteen of the sixteen drivers scheduled to take part in this weekend's race were on hand for today's practice, including Andrea de Cesaris, Ricardo Patrese, Eddie Cheever, Patrick Tambay and Emerson Fittipaldi. The drivers all compete in cars setup and built by Delta Motorsports in England and are powered by identical 80-degree 3.5-litre V8 Cosworth engines which are based on the successful XB Indycar powerplant. The engines are capable of producing in excess of 600 horsepower and reach speeds of close to 200 miles per hour.

Business as usual

www.gpmasters.com/news.htm