MatthewB
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As a lad in the 1970s I remember my dad taking us to Mosport for the Can-Am races. Good memories.Continue the Canam racing series.
As a lad in the 1970s I remember my dad taking us to Mosport for the Can-Am races. Good memories.Continue the Canam racing series.
Ayrton Senna lives on and - as he actually wanted to do - spends his last year in Formula One, most likely in the late 1990s, racing for Minardi for free.
I think he would also be happier with that. But without that crash Hunt would not have a free hand to recover his points gap, and Lauda would almost certainly win the title.i was more thinking about the not be burnt inside and out in a terrible crash rather than the world championship thing!
The turbo age was allowed to happen to lure car makers into F1. BMW and Honda are not going to run to be beaten by a few Brit mechanics with a bolt on V8. The PTB in F1 used turbos to rise the price of wining, and made F1 the big money show it still is.F1 WI during Turbo Era naturally aspirated Teams received an earlier capacity increase from 3-litres up to around 3.5-litres - 4-litres (latter for V8s), together perhaps with an earlier introduction of the pop-off valves and reduced fuel tank sizes of only 150 litres on turbocharged cars?
The intention being of creating a scenario where front-running ATL naturally aspirated teams in 1984-1986 perform roughly as well as OTL Benetton and Tyrrell during the 1987-1988 F1 seasons (in addition to the Tyrrell Team's exploit in the 1984 Season with it's Tyrrell 012 remaining undiscovered).
How about Lotus?I don't disapprove, but that suggests Gilles doesn't sign with Ferrari, doesn't it?Does he stay with McLaren, despite the M26 & M28?
Or go elsewhere?
Combined with the above, WI Minardi managed to be a bit more successful beforehand compared to OTL by managing to score at least a point per season since their debut?
Via a scenario where Minardi was powered by Alfa Romeo engines from a 1.5 V8 turbo in 1985 to a 1.5 4-cylinder twin-turbo from 1986-1988 (after Osella switched to using Motori Moderni V6 turbos from 1985-1988) with Minardi establishing a two car team on its debut season where drivers Pierluigi Martini and Alessandro Nannini were teammates from 1985-1987.
Followed by Pierluigi Martini somehow managing to beat Ayrton Senna to win Minardi’s first and only GP at the 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix (until Sebastian Vettel won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix for Minardi or Senna Toro Rosso, etc), with Senna himself later deciding to follow in the footsteps of his rival Prost by eventually attempting to form his own F1 team by buying out Minardi after ending his career there.
Within this context it would have also been interesting (if a long shot) seeing Minardi's relative ATL success compared to OTL (either pre/post-Senna or under Minardi/Senna Toro Rosso) leading them to acquire the local Faenza Calcio football team, rename it to Minardi FC and managing to eventually catapult the latter to Serie A?
How about Lotus?
Andretti and Gilles at Lotus for 78/79?
OTL Lotus only failed to win in 77 because the car was not reliable. In 78 Gilles, being like Ronnie a true sportsman, would probably do pretty much what Ronnie did. Then in 79 he would put on a brave fight with a now slow car. But then comes 80, and Gilles could go to Williams. Without a Jones number one rule, Gilles could be champion in 80, 81 and 82 with the Williams and stay for the Honda years...
The turbo age was allowed to happen to lure car makers into F1. BMW and Honda are not going to run to be beaten by a few Brit mechanics with a bolt on V8. The PTB in F1 used turbos to rise the price of wining, and made F1 the big money show it still is.
I don't think he will rename the team - that's something that does not happen in Italy outside of outright bankruptcy - but the Minardi logo will nonetheless be quite visible on Faenza's uniforms. As for whether Faenza will be able to get to Serie A, it depends... the early to mid 2000s would be the right time for it, since the team back then was in Serie C and D, alongside Sassuolo - a team that did eventually get to Serie A.
The 2006 scandal and the 2008 recession hit Italian football hard, but Minardi's DIY ethics could actually help the football team - even in Formula 1, he's always bet on local talent and/or youth, and he'd be able to get decent results while not spending much at all, if he's able to get a good enough coach of course.
I think he would also be happier with that. But without that crash Hunt would not have a free hand to recover his points gap, and Lauda would almost certainly win the title.
Would Hunt be more motivated and be a candidate in 77? If Hunt has a OTL 77 he will not be the legend that he is.
The Crash movie will not get made for sure.