Blockbuster Thread II

[cider_and_toast]

I've been banging my head of the desk for a while over Fat Blokes last question....

I think it may be Roberto Merano (Ex Jordan,Forti,Benneton, Tom,Dick and Harry etc)

Not sure ???

 

[FB]

C-A-T, it is indeed Roberto Moreno, your go.

 

[cider_and_toast]

OK Chaps and Chapesses,

Which D missed most of the 1979 season after a Hang-gliding accident?

 

[FB]

Patrick Depailler?

 

[cider_and_toast]

Twas indeed FB, Like a game of tennis, the ball is back in your court.

 

[FB]

Okay a nice easy one. Which I is an ex Ferrari F1 driver and Le Mans winner?

 

[teabagyokel]

Irvine, Eddie

 

[FB]

Don't think Irvine ever won Le Mans did he? Not who I was thinking of anyway.

 

[Brogan]

I've got a 50-50 chance of getting this wrong...

Jacky Ickx?

 

[FB]

Well done Bro, that was who I was after (if there is another Ferrari driving Le Mans winner beginning with "I" my apolgies).

 

[Brogan]

Yay!

Which T placed 2nd, 3rd and retired in 11th place in the 1955 Argentine GP and scored 3.33 points in doing so?

 

[teabagyokel]

After an embarassing off last question, I'm gonna say Maurice Trintigant.

 

[Brogan]

Over to you TBY.

 

[teabagyokel]

Luca Badoer, the Ferrari test driver, has started 49 races and entered 61 races without scoring a point. Which I is related to his best result?

 

[cider_and_toast]

Is it Imola ?

 

[teabagyokel]

Certainly is, cider

 

[cider_and_toast]

Ok Dudes,

What L did the team name of March become in the early 90's ?

 

[FB]

I believe Leyton House? Even if this is wrong does anyone know who or what Leyton house were or are?

 

[Brogan]

According to the Database, this is what we have for March:

Team Name			From		To

March Engineering		01/01/1970	31/12/1970

STP Corporation			01/01/1970	16/08/1970

STP March Racing Team		01/01/1971	31/12/1971

STP March Racing Team		01/01/1971	29/07/1973

March Racing Team		13/08/1973	31/12/1973

March Engineering		01/01/1974	01/03/1975

Beta Team March			01/01/1975	31/12/1976

Lavazza March			21/04/1975	25/01/1976

March Racing			01/01/1976	31/12/1976

March Engineering		29/02/1976	31/12/1976

Ovoro Team March		22/03/1976	18/07/1976

Hollywood March Racing		01/01/1977	31/12/1977

Team Rothmans International	01/01/1977	09/10/1977

Leyton House March Racing Team	01/01/1987	31/12/1987

Leyton House March Racing Team	01/01/1988	31/12/1989

March F1			01/01/1992	31/12/1992

And for Leyton House:

Team Name			From		To

Leyton House Racing		1990-01-01	1990-12-31

Leyton House Racing		1991-01-01	1991-12-31

 

[Galahad]

Leyton House were Japanese, but I'm not exactly sure what they did - a fashion company like Benetton? I seem to remember something like that.

The team was rebranded Leyton House and that was the official name of the chassis but it was still March facilities, staff and cars underneath. I'm not sure whether they took equity in the team or not.

Eventually the arrangement came to a conclusion and the team reverted to being March.

Arrows did a similar thing with Footwork at around the same time.