[Shotimes] Re: OT - Formula 1

[Ron DeReus]

Thanks for straightening me out, guys, as those I mentioned have been more
successful than I thought.  I have one other comment, though - does not the
F1 champion more often than not pilot that year's best chassis/make?  Seems
almost every year one make is light years ahead of the rest, and it's very
difficult for a better driver to overcome a better car.  This year seems to
have more parity than most.

Ron D.

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[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:08 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: OT - Formula 1


Brain fart.  It just seemed that those years were always won by McLaren.
Your F1 history is very good Bob.  Good points about his time at Ferrari.
Too bad they had such horrible reliability problems those years.

Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson
----- Original Message -----
From: <bobsteig@att.net>
To: <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: OT - Formula 1


> 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)
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