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Tasman Series?dumrick wrote:Which kind of Formula 1 were these cars eligible for, having this model won a championship in 1973?
These cars were, in fact, also eligible for the Tasman Series... :-"segedunum wrote:Tasman Series?
Thx, dumrick, I think I found the source of the MR5 pic. http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/72pic21.jpgdumrick wrote:That's right, WhiteBlue nailed it. It was Australian F1, something I discovered yesterday that once existed...
WhiteBlue's turn...
no, much worse! The designer claimed that all other F1 designers were clueless about aero. His own aero never worked.manchild wrote:John Barnard, Prost GP?
The testing sessions before the South African Grand Prix in the heat of Kyalami Colani entered wearing fashionable boots up to his knees. The cars of the other designers he simply called >Eierkisten< (= box to carry in eggs), but no Briton really gave him the pleasure to answer to this massive provocation. The only comment came from March star driver Ronnie Peterson. He called the Eifelland crew >Team Dream<, but what did it really mean? A team so wonderful, you can only dream of ? Or a team of daydreamers ?
Surely, the Eifelland March was quick with the Colani bodywork during the first testing session, nearly as fast as Denny Hulme´s later winning McLaren Ford M19. But in the tropical heat the overheating of the engine again became the number one problem. That had been shown already during the Hockenheim roll-out and that happened during the cold German winter ! Now in Kyalami it became really clear, that the car was a March Ford designed for March aerodynamics and nothing else. For the Colani bodywork an absolutely different chassis with a completely new design of suspensions and radiators had became neccessary. So it was no wonder nearly all parts of the Colani bodywork were taken away from the car to be replaced by original or re-designed March produced ones. Only the Colani cockpit cover remained.
Colani was a prominent designer of industrial and consumer goods. His visit to F1 was an absolute catastrophy. If you read the question carefully you would have realised that he only did the aero which is very unusual in F1 and hints to the point that he wasn't an F1 designer. The list of F1 rejects in terms of teams is relatively short and Dumrick found it quickly.manchild wrote: I mean, mentioning a "highly prominent" designer in F1 technical forum, would never by any logic include Luigi Colani. It was a trick question more than anything, and the trick was in fact that designer in question is prominent in all fields of design except F1 design.
Seaman did never fit the question. He did not have the driving style of Rosemeyer who was often compared with Villeneuve. I'm sorry if you don't like the questions but none of them took more than some minutes of googling. I also give hints as soon as I am aware of any problem. Other players have also realized that my questions usually relate to the rich German heritage in motor racing.manchild wrote:There was also a question about a driver from golden era who married a celebrity, and piloted by himself to races. Richard Seaman married daughter of BMW director, and flew to races by himself too. Get my point? The questions just aren't precise enough.