[Shotimes] OT - Formula 1

[bobsteig@att.net]

Carl, 

Nigel was driving for Williams when he won the championship, not McLaren. 
He is also still well remembered and even revered among the Tifosi (Ferrari 
fanatics) as Il Leone (the Lion) for his piloting pyrotechnics behind the 
wheel. He gave them their first win in something like 5 or 6 seasons, and 
backed that up with a couple more. When he was racing, 'Red Five' ruled. 

To Ron D, 

Fittipaldi was a two time world champ I believe, also Indy 500 winner and CART 
champ. He also had his own F1 team for 2 years, admittedly unsuccessful, and 
now he's running a champ car team. 
As for JV, after his brilliant championship season with Williams, his manager, 
Craig Pollack talked him into a partnership in the newly formed BAR team. 
Pollack, apparently not much of a team manager, completely FUBAR'd the works, 
was forced out, and now is trying to run a champ car operation. JV's days are 
somewhat numbered as he's getting older, crankier, and decidedly overpriced.

Cheers BB-NYC '89



From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: "Ron DeReus" <dereus@fbx.com>, "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - Formula 1
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:38:04 -0400

If you lump all the guys together that won a small number of championships,
you can do that.  I vividly remember the year that Mansell won the F1 title
and set the record for most wins in a season.  Really frustrating if you
weren't a McLaren fan, but it was still a darn impressive feat.

Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron DeReus" <dereus@fbx.com>
To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:33 AM
Subject: FW: [Shotimes] OT - Formula 1


> How many F1 races did he win?  He definitely made a big splash on this
side
> of the pond - but in F1, I think he was just another Mika Hakinnen/Kiki
> Rossberg, or less, as those guys have both been champions in F1 at least.
> On that same note, did Emerson Fittipaldi do much in F1?  About as much as
> Jacque Villeneuve?
>
> Ron DeReus
> 95MTX
> (hope my spelling was close for these guys whom I couldn't qualify to be a
> water-boy for)