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Milkyway said:
1000 Miglia said:
tog said:
Taki Inoue
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Thanks for that , I knew there was others but Suzuki only name I could remember .....]
Milkyway said:
Before F1 got their act together, they would just use any bog standard car, which was usually representative of their country, Italy had their Alfa’s... we used a Cavalier.
On the contrary, it was the Italians who used a Cavalier (well an Opel Vectra) at the fateful 1994 San Marino GP at Imola. In the inquest it was held that the Vectra/ Cavalier was too slow and causing the F1 car tyres to cool down too much which may have contributed towards Senna’s fatal crash.
After that, the proper official F1 safety cars were introduced.
P5BNij said:
Well he was a politician 
I hadn't a clue what it was about, my interests revolving around Corgi, Dinky & Scalextric then.Searching for that sticker I saw something about him owning a prototype Cooper S - https://www.handh.co.uk/news-item/rare-mini-once-o...
Nowt's new
Edited by Maxdecel on Monday 16th May 21:20
Milkyway said:
Before F1 got their act together, they would just use any bog standard car, which was usually representative of their country, Italy had their Alfa’s... we used a Cavalier.
The Tatra 623 was far from bog standard - a highly tuned specialist race support version of the Czechoslovakian Tatra 613 saloon.More history here:
https://jalopnik.com/the-real-winner-of-the-1986-h...
tog said:
The Tatra 623 was far from bog standard - a highly tuned specialist race support version of the Czechoslovakian Tatra 613 saloon.
More history here:
https://jalopnik.com/the-real-winner-of-the-1986-h...
If you look at the museum photos of the Tatra safety car the names of the driver and Co-driver are printed on the front wing along with their blood groups - sending out the wrong message ??More history here:
https://jalopnik.com/the-real-winner-of-the-1986-h...
soxboy said:
On the contrary, it was the Italians who used a Cavalier (well an Opel Vectra) at the fateful 1994 San Marino GP at Imola.
In the inquest it was held that the Vectra/ Cavalier was too slow and causing the F1 car tyres to cool down too much which may have contributed towards Senna’s fatal crash.
After that, the proper official F1 safety cars were introduced.
In one of the Sid Watkins books he mentions being in some souped up American V8 which was in danger of dicing with the back markers at one point on the opening lap of a US race!In the inquest it was held that the Vectra/ Cavalier was too slow and causing the F1 car tyres to cool down too much which may have contributed towards Senna’s fatal crash.
After that, the proper official F1 safety cars were introduced.
Prior to Mercedes getting the safety car gig in 1997, there have been some eclectic motors being used
Canada '73
Monaco '76
Monaco 81 - 83
Brazil '83
San Marino '94
Japan '84
Belgium '95
Argentina '96
The aforementioned Tatra was a medical car, rather than a safety car. Not sure what the safety car was there then
Canada '73
Monaco '76
Monaco 81 - 83
Brazil '83
San Marino '94
Japan '84
Belgium '95
Argentina '96
The aforementioned Tatra was a medical car, rather than a safety car. Not sure what the safety car was there then
Wouldn’t be my first choice...looks like a Williams though. 
Wiki: Clio was used for the ‘96 Argentinian GP... a Fiat Tempra 16V (Brazil) & the Honda Prelude (Japan) had also been used for GP’s a few years previously.
Remember Silverstone...beyond belief.
Wiki: Clio was used for the ‘96 Argentinian GP... a Fiat Tempra 16V (Brazil) & the Honda Prelude (Japan) had also been used for GP’s a few years previously.
Remember Silverstone...beyond belief.
Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 17th May 12:39
Tyre Smoke said:
Ahh yes, ran across the Hangar Straight just as Murray went apoplectic and ITV went to a break.
What was he protesting about again?
He's a nutter:What was he protesting about again?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Horan
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