Ask The Apex

[LifeW12]

Melbourne - They cancelled Q2 and Q3 until Sunday (I was there, the weather was terrible. I left the track and went back to my hotel room).

Monaco - Q1 was wet and I beleive the start of Q2 was as well but it dried out

Canada - All 3 Q sessions

Belgium - Q1 was wet, Q2 dry and Q3 wet once again

Brazil - Delayed Q3

 

[sushifiesta]

And Malaysia I believe.

 

[FB]

Has anyone other than Vettel won a race with a customer Ferrari engine? Perhaps back in the 50's?

 

[LifeW12]

Ferrari engine wins: 222

Scuderia Ferrari wins: 221

simple answer, no

 

[Incubus]

As far as I know Ferrari never supplied customer engines until 1991 with Minardi.
Enzo Ferrari in his lifetime famously said "I will NEVER sell my engines".

Of course that wasn't strictly true since a handful of teams throughout the 50's and 60's entered privately-owned Ferrari cars in the championship, so they obviously had Ferrari engines in them!

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Did Sebastian Vettel lead more laps in the 2013 season than the rest of the drivers combined?

 

[Olivier]

Has anyone other than Vettel won a race with a customer Ferrari engine? Perhaps back in the 50's?

In the old days there were a bunch of non-championship Formula One races and some of them were won by Ferrari privateers. If restricted to Championship F1 races, then LifeW12 has the answer.

 

[teabagyokel]

Johnny Carwash - Must have.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Johnny Carwash the laps lead look like this.

1. Vettel 684
2. Rosberg 104
3. Alonso 89
4. Webber 69
5. Hamilton 66
6. Raikkonen 41
7. Grosjean 36
8. Sutil 11
9. Massa 10
10. Button 8
11. Hulkenberg 8
12. Di Resta 3
13. Gultierrez 2

So obviously the answer is yes

• Vettel 684
• All the rest 381

Scary init...?

 

[Mephistopheles]

When a driver dedicates a race win to someone, what does it actually mean? As far as I can tell it is a totally meaningless gesture I mean the records don't say so and so had 52 win in his career plus 5 wins dedicated to him so that makes 57 wins in total and the driver that dedicates the win doesn't get a win removed from his career tally so what is the point of it?

 

[RasputinLives]

Its called a gesture Mephistopheles. Its an honourable gesture as a mark of respect to someone and I'm pretty sure you know that.

Were you seriously sitting there when a driver goes "I'd like to dedicate this win to my Mum" thinking "I better message Brogan to tell him to change the stats to show Old Mother Hamilton as a Formula one Grand Prix winner" or are you just trying to prove a point.

When Brazil won the 1994 world cup and dedicated it to Senna were you thinking "Wow Senna is a three times world champion in F1 and has now single handedly won the football world cup!"

You worry me sometimes.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I worry myself sometimes...

 

[Bill Boddy]

That's hardly reassuring.

 

[FB]

Anyone any idea what this is?

 

[Incubus]

1969 F1 Matra?

 

[FB]

I think you could be right Incubus - blue, 12 cylinders, definitely 60's

 

[Incubus]

I'm not sure actually. It's difficult to tell in that bared-down view but on this page herehttp://www.ultimatecarpage.com/galcar/17145/Matra-MS80.html the exhaust configuration looks to have nothing in common....

 

[Mephistopheles]

Yes FB it is a Matra F1 MS11 V12 the picture was taken on July 7 2013 using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a focal length of 70mm a shutter speed of 1/125 seconds an Aperture of f/9 using IOS/film 100 the photographer was Eric Charles and here is a video clip of it and it's lovely sound running in Magny Cours in 2012.

I hope this answers your question to your satisfaction...

 

[FB]

Cheers Meph - any idea why Harry Hill slips in right at the end of the video (jump to 1:42)?

 

[teabagyokel]

FB - There's only one way to find out...








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