Good lord! I have NO IDEA about touring car racing - BUT - was it NIgel Mansell during his brief foray?Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
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Good lord! I have NO IDEA about touring car racing - BUT - was it NIgel Mansell during his brief foray?Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
I can answer the first one - the original Stig was the quintessential failed F1 driver, Perry McCarthy. Sacked after revealing his identity in his autobiography. Though I also recall him being named in the Evening Standard after he wrecked the transmission on a priceless D-type Jag... not sure if that was before or after his book came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
:D Yes. I enjoyed the book - recommend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
1. Perry McCarthyQuote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
2. ??????
3. A wild guess, Flavio Briatore (during 1994)
1 yesQuote:
Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
2 there is a red bull connection to this beautiful pub.
3 No - this team boss is one of the most famous men in racing ever and he invented the idea of applying cooling fans to brakes when they pit as is done today
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Ah! Isn't there a Stag pub near Silverstone that's a popular haunt of F1 people? At a guess, would the deal for Red Bull to buy the team have been concluded there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
Clue: The large pub is The Stag, in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire and the co-owner is a certain Anne Neal.
2. The Stag is owned by Mark Webber and Ann Neal
3. No idea - Frank Williams?
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Originally Posted by D-Type
Yes its Webber.
The answer to the third question was written by the journalist author Heinz Pruller and its was the thoughts of someone with those famous initials ACBC:
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman :D
The great Colin eh? when did he come out with that statement? must have been during the early 70's or something when it was Fittipaldi v StewartQuote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote