The CTA "Very Best Of" Race Grid

[teabagyokel]

Which teams do we want to see on the "Very Best of" Grid to race on our "Very Best of" Track. There will be 13 teams allowed on the grid, with your choice of liveries and numbers.

Cider_and_Toast, please choose your team(s) as wisely as possible since we don't want to confirm any obsessions.

I'm going to start us off with the Minardi with 1986 livery, numbered #20 and #21 (of course)!

Team	Numbers	Year
Lotus	1, 2	1973
Tyrell	3, 4	1990
Williams	5, 6	1992
Brabham	7, 8	1975
Benetton	9, 10	1995
McLaren	11, 12	1988
March	14, 17	1988
Renault	15, 16	1982
Mercedes	18, 19	1954
Minardi	20, 21	1986
Brawn	22, 23	2009
Cooper	24, 25	1961
Ferrari	27, 28	1979

 

[GeoffP]

How about a 1981 Renault turbo - I like fireworks

http://prostfan.com/photos/wri/270981.jpg

 

[teabagyokel]

OK, Renaults from 1982, #15 and #16.

We'll have to work out where everyone starts by the time we've got the race track together, sheesh this could be complicated if we let it be!

 

[Galahad]

Can i request a couple of Brabham BT44Bs in classic pristine Martini livery?

http://im.quirao2.com/qimage/p/gde/p10/brabham-bt44b-exoto-97220.jpg

 

[Brogan]

Very nice

More links to images please for all the other nominations.

 

[Galahad]

Sorry, I forgot - their historical #7 and #8 as well, if you please?

 

[FB]

I know C_A_T must have his hands hovering over the keyboard scared to put this one in so No's 1 & 2 the JPS Lotus 72 D/E's of Fittipaldi & Peterson.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lotus_72_JPS.jpg/771px-Lotus_72_JPS.jpg

I would have gone for Mario Andretti's Lotus 79 but they had that horrible green livery when they ran with No's 1 & 2

 

[Brogan]

I suppose no grid would be complete without the 1992 Williams FW14B of Mansell & Patrese?

So I'll nominate numbers #5 & #6 driving one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Williams_FW14B.jpg

So far though, GM's Brabham beats everything hands down.
Here's another shot of it: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rob.ryder/atlas/75gbgpreutemann.jpg

And a larger shot of GM's avatar: http://www.auto-news.cz/pictures/101056611438.jpg

 

[FB]

Am I allowed another one? If so can I nominate Harvey Poselthwaite's seminal Tyrrell 019 for 3 & 4. The first "high nose" car which sparked something of a revolution in F1.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/85049 ... 20.jpg?v=0

 

[GeoffP]

I also found this webpage which has a great selection of F1 photos

http://www.f1-photo.com/index.cgi?Lang= ... ge=gallery

 

[Brogan]

Can you edit the first post tby listing all the choices so far?

 

[cider_and_toast]

Good choice FB. Like it

Please could I nominate the Mclaren MP4/4s with numbers 11 and 12. 16 Races 15 Wins (and it should have been 16 if Senna could have held back a few corners!!)

Absolute pure 80's beauty.

(Didn't see that one coming did you )

 

[Andrea_Moda_Rules]

*ahem* Ferrari must in has the longest running team in F1 not quite there from the start missing the very first race.
I think I will take them the 79 season
Car: Ferrari 312T
Drivers:
27 Gilles Villeneuve
28 Jody Scheckter

and yes yes I know they used 11, 12 in 1979, but we cant have Gilles run with any other number now can we

 

[teabagyokel]

Well, we couldn't actually have 11 and 12 because the McLaren has said number. And one per constructor c_a_t, so Lotus had already gone!

Actually for #22 and #23 it has to be this year's Brawn!

 

[FB]

I want to nominate the beautiful streamlined W196 Mercedes, especially as we don't have anything from the 50's, but the numbers are a bit all over the place. Found this one with numbers 18 & 20 so can I slip them in at 18 & 19 without anyone noticing?

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... s_1954.jpg

 

[Boyle]

May I nominate the Benetton from the 1995 season? Seeing as we can't have Schumacher at the wheel of a Ferrari we may as well have him at his first champion's elect team. It was also the only WCC Benetton won.

(I guess you'll just have to make them #9 and #10 as we are starting to run out of number options )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benetton_B195

 

[cider_and_toast]

And one per constructor c_a_t, so Lotus had already gone!

Calm down dear!! That's why I nominated the Mclarens.

Simples!!

If I am alowed to have another nomination, could I suggest the very cool March 881's designed by Adrian Newey. Very nearly won a GP, Only normaly aspirated car to lead a race in 1988 and in that blue they looked the buisness. These were a new generation of F1 cars and the first to look slimmed down as apposed to the chunky turbo cars of the last 5 years or so. Ground breaking and good looking. A classic combination.

I have no idea what numbers they were though.

 

[teabagyokel]

Long past caring about numbers, cat! One more team!

 

[FB]

Nothing from the 60's guys - come on there must be one car that gets you steamed up.

 

[Brogan]

How about a 1961 Cooper-Climax T54?

A descendant of the car that started the rear-engined revolution.