VTRacing wrote:
I got the hint of the helmet, but discounted one of the drivers from that country because I was sure he had been killed in 1986...turns out I was wrong.
was it Surer that had that massive accident in the Ford thingy, RS200? I haven't heard his name since then so i assumed he died as well.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:39 pm
by w00dsy
found it, turns out it was his co-driver that died. I was only a lad when i saw this(probably on Wide World of Sports) but it horrified me.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:41 pm
by Bails MacKenzie
Righto, here's a slightly tricky one.
Drove for a top-tier team as a pay-driver and then drove a succession of average cars until he quit F1 in the late 70's
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:38 pm
by Duke
Never heard of Surer till today & fark me Bails I'll have no clue who that is, it seems I am not old enough for this game...
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:42 pm
by macca
Youngish pic, so I will go with someone who unfortunately was killed in the early eighties & say Rolf Stommelen
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:58 pm
by w00dsy
i had to google who the fuck Rolf Stommelen was Looks like you're on the money Macca.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:25 pm
by macca
w00dsy wrote:i had to google who the fuck Rolf Stommelen was Looks like you're on the money Macca.
Showing my age was a huge fan of motor racing back then
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:16 pm
by Bails MacKenzie
Duke wrote:Never heard of Surer till today & fark me Bails I'll have no clue who that is, it seems I am not old enough for this game...
I shouldn't be either, just lucky enough that I was reading up on the many ATS teams a few nights ago!
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:20 pm
by Dr. Pain
Those Group B rally cars use to catch fire so fast!
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:38 pm
by Muppet
Since macca forgot to do the next one, I'll fire one off. Hint, he's Japanese
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:48 pm
by w00dsy
Is that Saturo Nakajima?
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:50 pm
by Muppet
Ha! No! Suck it! Right era though
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:52 pm
by w00dsy
Ukyo Katayama?
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:39 pm
by Muppet
Now you're just guessing I think You're usually the guru at this Woodsy!
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:43 pm
by w00dsy
I think I just got lucky early on. I'm trying to think of who what was around in Nakajimas days.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:07 pm
by macca
Ahh, was I right this has got me puzzled, I would have agreed with Woodsy's first pick. Last name isn't similar to a motorbike / car brand is it ? grasping
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:08 pm
by w00dsy
Oh, Aguri Suzuki?
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:14 pm
by w00dsy
Shinja Nakano? I'm trying to think of Japanese drivers names from ages ago, I have no idea what any of them looked like but it's worth a shot
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:18 pm
by w00dsy
Not only did i spell his name wrong but he isn't even a driver, he's a motor bike rider. lol dick
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:39 pm
by Muppet
In your rampant guessing though Woodsy, with macca's assist of saying he had a motorcycle name, you were correct with Aguri Suzuki
Although I'm thinking there needs to be a joke here after all the rampant Japanese name flinging of "all Asians look alike"
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:33 pm
by w00dsy
There's no way I would have gotten that without Macca's clue, but I'll take it
Let's see if anyone knows this spaghetti lover.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:59 pm
by NeilPearson
Wait dex ran F1?
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:26 pm
by Jiminee
Stefano Modena?
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:43 am
by w00dsy
It's Stefano.
Re: guess the ex F1 driver
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:47 am
by Jiminee
Cool. I need to defer my shot though as Im only on my phone through the weekend whilst at the Clipsal 500.
Looks like you're on the money Macca.
You're usually the guru at this Woodsy!
