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SLOW DOWN
OF AN F1 CAR IS 2.5 SECONDS FROM 205 MPH - 65 MPH IN 1998.

CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS
SPENDS lbs50 MILLION IN ONE SEASON.

JOHNNY HERBERT
AS A YOUNG BOY USED TO SELL KART PARTS TO ANDREA de CESARIS AND EDDIE CHEEVER.
AND EVERY WINTER NOW JOHNNY HOLDS THE JOHNNY HERBERT KARTING CHALLENGE IN 
KINGS CROSS, ENGLAND FOR THE "SPARKS" CHARITY.

FERRARI
PADDOCK SERVES ONLY EXPRESSO.  CAPPUCCINO IS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE AND THE INTER-
VIEW ROOM SEATS ARE ACTUAL F50 CAR SEATS.

MIKA HAKINNEN
SAID TO THE VIEWERS AT HOME IN REGARDS TO THE 1998 MONACO RACE - "I ONLY GET 
A 10" SCREEN (VISOR) FOR 112 MINUTES OF VIEWING"

EDDIE IRVINE
SAID OF HIS WIN IN THE 1998 MONACO GRAND PRIX - "THIS IS THE BEST RACE CAR (F300) 
I'VE EVER DRIVEN".

ALEXANDER WURZ
ACCIDENT IN THE 1998 MONACO GRAND PRIX HAD HIS B198 PLOUGH HEAD-ON INTO THE 
LEFT SIDE BARRIER AT 155 MPH THEN SMACKED THE BARRIER ON THE RIGHT, THEN TO THE 
LEFT AGAIN, THEN TO THE RIGHT AGAIN THEN LOST HIS WHEELS AND SLID 400 METRES 
FURTHER INTO THE CHICANE BARRIER AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL STRAIGHT-AWAY.  HIS 
COMMENT - "THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT TO LOOK AT"

JOHNNY HERBERT
OPPOSES ONLY ONE TRAFFIC RULE - "SPEED LIMITS".

HELICOPTER WORLD RECORD
IN 1992 OCCURED AT MAGNY COURS.  BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE ROAD IN AND OUT, THE 
NUMBER OF TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS WERE RECORDED AT 48,880.

DAMON HILL
WON THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX IN 1994 FOR THE FIRST TIME AT SILVERSTONE WHICH 
WAS A RACE THAT HIS FATHER GRAHAM HILL NEVER WON.

NIGEL MANSELL
HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF FASTEST LAPS IN THE SAME GRAND PRIX 
CONSECUTIVELY (5) AT SILVERSTONE FROM 1987 - 1992.

LAST BRITISH 1-2-3
FINISH AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX HAPPENED AT SILVERSTONE IN 1965 WITH JIM 
CLARK, GRAHAM HILL AND JOHN SURTEES.

PARKING SPOTS FOR HELICOPTERS
AT THE SILVERSTONE TRACK ARE NUMBERED AT 128.  ON THE SUNDAY, ONE HELICOPTER 
WILL LAND EVERY 9 SECONDS.

JORG MULLER
WHO IS THE TEST DRIVER FOR RED BULL SAUBER PETRONAS FINISHED 2ND AT THE 1998 
24 HOURS OF LeMANS.

AYRTON SENNA
FOUNTAIN PENS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR PURCHASE WITH AN 18ct GOLD TIP FROM AN 
ITALIAN COMPANY CALLED MONTEGRAPPA.  RETAIL IS lbs290.  THE PENCIL RETAILS FOR 
lbs225.

JARNO TRULLI
REMARKED ON THE NEW SONY PLAYSTAION F1 97' GAME - "THE CIRCUITS ARE VERY 
REALISTIC.  LAST YEAR I USED THE GAME TO LEARN SOME OF THE TRACKS I HADN'T 
BEEN TO.  BUT THE STEERING IS MUCH HEAVIER IN A REAL F1 CAR".

SPA
IN 1966, SAW A BRM GO OUT OF CONTROL AND END UP IN THE OUTSIDE BASEMENT OF A 
WOOD-CUTTER'S COTTAGE BY THE SIDE OF THE OLD MASTRA STRAIGHT.

MONACO GRAND PRIX
THE ONLY TWO DRIVERS TO END UP IN THE HARBOUR WERE ALBERTO ASCARI IN 1955 AND 
PAUL HAWKINS IN 1965.

TEN DRIVERS LIVE IN MONACO
JACQUES VILLENEUVE, DAVID COULTHARD, MIKA HAKINNEN, HEINZ-HARALD FRENTZEN, 
PEDRO DINIZ, JOHNNY HERBERT, RUBENS BARRICHELLO, ALEXANDER WURZ, GIANCARLO 
FISICHELLA AND RALF SCHUMACHER.

TYRELL
HAD THEIR CAR ON POLE POSITION AT THEIR DEBUT F1 RACE IN THE 4TH CANADIAN GRAND 
PRIX HELD AT ST. JOVITE, QUEBEC ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1970.  JACKIES STEWART PUT IT 
THEIR BUT HAD TO DROP OUT ON THE 32 LAP DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE STUB AXLE.
THE CAR AT THE TIME COST JUST OVER lbs30,000.  JACKIE STEWART WAS ON HIS WAY TO 
THE AIRPORT LITERALLY BEFORE THE RACE HAD ENDED.

GERHARD BERGER
HIS FATHER JOHANN WAS KILLED IN A LIGHT AIRPLANE CRASH AT THE AGE OF 62 IN 
BAD WEATHER FLYING SOLO IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL MOUNTAINS IN THE SUMMER OF 1997.

BENETTON
THEIR FEDERAL EXPRESS SPONSERSHIP WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN $5 MILLION FOR 1998.

AYRTON SENNA
ONCE VISITED AND 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN A SOUTHERN FRENCH HOSPITAL WHO WAS AN 
AVID FAN OF SENNA'S.  SHE HAD PICTURES OF HIM POSTED ON ALL THE WALLS IN HER 
HOSPITAL ROOM AND NEVER MISSED AN F1 RACE HE WAS IN.  AYRTON WENT TO SEE HER 
AND TALKED WITH HER FOR 45 MINUTES AT THE HOSPITAL.  HE LEFT WITH TEARS IN HIS 
EYES AND KNOW ONE KNOWS WHAT EFFECT HIS DEATH MUST HAVE HAD ON HER.  SHE LATER 
SAID "IT WAS MY TIME TO GO, NOT HIS".

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA
WAS FINED $1,250.00 FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IN FRANCE ON JUNE 19, 1998 WHEN A 
POLICE PATROL CAR SAW FISICHELLA CROSS A SOLID WHITE LINE SEVERAL TIMES.

AYRTON SENNA
HAD A DISCUSSION WITH EDDIE IRVINE AFTER THE LAST RACE OF 1993 IN THE RAIN-SOAKED 
JAPANESE GRAND PRIX.  AFTER A BRIEF CHAT, SENNA POPPED IRVINE WITH HIS FIST.

JIM CLARK
WAS KNOWN AS A PRANKSTER IN THE F1 WORLD.  HE USED TO LAUNCH BUTTER PATTIES 
WITH HIS FORK IN SOME OF FRANCE'S FINEST RESTAURANTS.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
RED DEKRA CAPS COST .90 CENTS FOR PRODUCTION AND RETAIL FOR $30.00.  5 MILLION 
WERE SOLD IN 1997 ALONE.  THEY SOLD 60,000 WHEN MICHAEL WAS DRIVING FOR BENETTON.

SAUBER
WAS FINED $25.000.00 IN THE 1997 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX WHEN A FUEL SAMPLE WAS 
DISCOVERED ON THE FRIDAY TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PRE-EVENT FUEL SUBMITTED BY 
THE TEAM.  

WATKINS GLEN
WAS BUILT AFTER A RACE FAN WAS KILLED DURING A STREET RACE THROUGH THE VILLAGE 
OF WATKINS GLEN.

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
AFTER THE 1994 RACE THE MOET CHAMPAGNE WAS NEVER SPRAYED THAT WEEKEND DUE TO 
THE DEATH OF AYRTON SENNA.

MINARDI
CELEBRATED THEIR 200TH F1 GRAND PRIX RACE AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1997.

DAMON HILL
WAS OFFERED A RIDE WITH McLAREN AT THE END OF THE 1997 SEASON.  DAMON EXPLAINED 
THE OFFER - "2 MILLION DOLLARS FLAT AND A MILLION DOLLARS PER WIN WAS NOT A 
SERIOUS ENOUGH OFFER.  YOU'D NEED TO HAVE AN UNBELIEVABEL CAR" (1998 SEASON).

F1 CAR
THE CAR AND DRIVER TOGETHER CANNOT WEIGH LESS THAN 1,270.75 POUNDS (575 KILOGRAMS) 
ACCORDING TO FIA RULES.

ITV
THEY PAID $90 MILLION DOLLARS FOR 5 YEARS IN 1996 TO COVER F1 GRAND PRIX RACING 
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.  ITV RUNS ONLY 5 - 2 MINUTE ADDS DURING AN ENTIRE RACE.  

HEINZ-HARALD FRENTZEN
IS INVOLVED IN A CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE GERMAN CHILDREN TO WEAR BICYCLING HELMETS.  
HIS HELMET IN THE 1996 GERMAN GRAND PRIX WAS THE WINNING ENTRY DESIGN OUT OF 
6,000 DESIGNS BY CHILDREN.

DENNIS JENKINS
SAID - "SOMEONE IS OUT THERE IN SIBERIA WITH THE TALENT TO BE PROBABLY THE 
GREATEST RACING DRIVER OF ALL TIME, EXCEPT THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN A RACING 
CAR AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL".

NIGEL MANSELL
LOST HIS DRIVING LICENCE FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER BEING CLOCKED AT 92 MPH ON THE 
A303 IN SOMERSET IN HIS lbs233,000 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL TURBO.  HE WAS FINED 
lbs400 AND 5 POINTS ADDED TO THE ALREADY 6 POINTS FOR SPEEDING AS WELL.

JEAN TODT
SAID IN REGARDS TO MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S CONTACT WITH JACQUES VILLENEUVE IN 
THE 1997 JEREZ, SPAIN RACE - "BECAUSE MICHAEL IS SO GOOD, WE FORGOT THAT 
HE'S STILL A YOUNG MAN".

JACQUES VILLENEUVE
SAID ONCE IN REGARDS TO WHERE HE LIKES TO VACATION ON HIS TIME OFF - "I GO 
WHERE NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT F1".

SAUBER
JEAN ALESI QUALIFIED HIS SAUBER PETRONAS C17 AT AUSTRIA'S A1 RING IN 2ND 
PLACE IN 1998.  IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A SAUBER HAD EVER BEEN ON THE FRONT 
ROW.

JOHNNY HERBERT
HIS IDOLS IN THE F1 WORLD WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP WERE GILLES VILLENEUVE AND 
NIKI LAUDA.

PHIL HILL
SET THE 1959 SPORTCAR RECORD AT 254.9 MPH IN AN MG EX181.

RENAULT
REPORTED A 22% INCREASE IN THE FIRST 1/2 OF 1998 AFTER QUITTING F1 AT THE END 
OF THE 1997 SEASON.

MICHELIN
THEY DID A SURVEY IN FRANCE IN EARLY 1998 AND THE RESULT WAS THAT 60% OF THE 
POPULATION ALREADY THINK THE COMPANY IS IN F1.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
ALONG WITH BORIS BECKER IN GERMANY IN 1998 WERE IN A PRE-GERMAN GRAND PRIX 
FOOTBALL MATCH ALONG WITH JORG MULLER WHO IS SAUBER'S TEST DRIVER AND 
TYRRELL'S RICARDO ROSSET.

MIKA SALO
SAID OF HIS 1 LAP IN THE RACE IN AUSTRIA - "WE COULD HAVE FIXED THE CAR, BUT
I WAS 3 LAPS BEHIND ALREADY.  SO WE DECIDED FOR COST REASONS, TO STOP THERE 
AND THEN SO AS NOT TO RISK BLOWING THE ENGINE, BECAUSE WE NEED EVERY ENGINE".

SILVERSTONE
THE 1998 RACE WAS RUN IN THE RAIN BUT THE DRIVERS PARADE WAS CANCELLED.  A 
FAN COMMENTED THAT THE DRIVERS WOULD RISK THEIR LIVES TO WIN THE RACE BUT 
WOULD NOT GET WET FOR THEIR FANS.

AUSTRIA
IN THE 1998 RACE WHEN EDDIE IRVINE SLOWED DUE TO BRAKES HE EXPLAINED LATER HE 
TOOK OUT 15 SECONDS OF HIS LEAD AND THIS ENABLED MICHAEL SCHUMACHER TO CATCH 
HIM IN 6 LAPS.  WHEN SCHUMACHER PASSED IRVINE THOUGH, IRVINE WAS NOW ABLE TO 
KEEP UP WITH HIM.  A FAN SAID - "SOMEONE CHECK THE TELEMETRY".

BRITIAN
GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY AND FRANCE HOSTED 2 RACES EACH IN 1997.  BRITIAN HELD 
ONLY ONE AND THE MAJORITY OF TEAMS ARE BASED IN BRITIAN.

STEWART FORD
ROB PRESTON (JOS VERSTAPPEN'S RACE ENGINEER FOR 1998) SAID - "THE DRIVERS 
COME INTO OUR TRUCK AND PIN-POINT THE EXACT PLACE ON THE CIRCUIT WHERE THEY 
HAVE PROBLEMS, THEN WE LOOK AT THE ELECTRONICS AND SUGGEST WAYS TO SMOOTH 
THE POWER DELIVERY".

MIKA HAKKINEN
REMARKED ON HIS CRASH IN F3 IN MACAU IN 1990 - "ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS FINISH 
SECOND BEHIND MICHAEL.  THAT WAS MY PLAN, AND IT WAS EASY.  THEN MICHAEL MADE
A MISTAKE COMING OUT OF THE CORNER ONTO THE STRAIGHT AND I HAD NO PROBLEM 
PASSING HIM.  HE MOVED OVER ON ME BEFORE THE BRAKING AREA AND WE TOUCHED.
AFTERWARDS HE SAID HE WAS VERY SORRY BECAUSE HE HADN'T SEEN ME IN HIS MIRRORS.
I ACCEPTED THAT AND IT WAS OVER.  A FEW DAYS LATER, I SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH 
MICHAEL ON EUROSPORT AFTER THE RACE.  HE SAID IN THE INTERVIEW THAT WHEN HE 
SAW ME IN HIS MIRRORS, HE CHANGED HIS LINE TO BLOCK ME.....I WILL ALWAYS 
REMEMBER THAT".

CRAIG POLLOCK
IS HAVING A GO-CART TRACK BUILT IN THE CAR PARK OF BAR'S FACTORY FOR 1999.  
"EVEN THE CLEANERS WILL BE INVOLVED" - SAID POLLOCK.

JIM CLARK
JUST AFTER THE FIRST CHICANE AT HOCKENHEIM THERE IS A SMALL STONE CROSS 
MARKING THE SPOT WHERE JIM CLARK DIED ON APRIL 07, 1968 DRIVING A LOTUS 48
FORMULA 2 CAR.  THE FIRST CHICANE IS CALLED THE JIM CLARK KURVE.  HE WAS 
TRAVELLING 150 MPH ON THE WET TRACK.  THE CAR SNAPPED TO THE LEFT, IT HEADED
FOR A TREE, HIT THE TREE ON THE SIDE AND THE CAR SPLIT INTO THREE PIECES.  
THE ENGINE AND GEARBOX FLEW 80 METERS ALONG A SIDE WALL.  THE FRONT SLID DOWN
THE TARMAC, AND THE COCK-PIT WITH CLARK STILL IN IT ENDED UP ON THE LEFT PART 
OF THE TRACK.  GRAHAM HILL WENT FROM 150 MPH DOWN TO A SLOW PACE AS HE DROVE 
BY AND STARED AT THE DEBRIS, SHOOK HIS HEAD AND THEN STARTED TO ACCELERATE
SLOWLY AWAY.

SCOOTERS
SOME OF THE SCOOTERS USED BY THE 1998 DRIVERS ARE: MBK, PIAGGIO, ITALJET,
MALAGUTI, PEUGEOT, HONDA AND HERCHEE.  

MARIO ANDRETTI
AFTER WINNING THE 1978 BELGIUM GRAND PRIX - "I DEDICATE THIS VICTORY TO MY 
GREAT BUDDY GUNNAR (NILSSON) WHO WON HERE LAST YEAR BUT IS NOW DRIVING A MUCH
HARDER RACE".  GUNNAR NILSSON DIED OF CANCER ON OCTOBER 20, 1978 ONLY ONE 
MONTH SHY OF HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY.

GUNNAR NILSSON
SAID IN THE HOSPITAL - "I WOULD RATHER BE REMEMBERED AS A MAN WHO DID WORK 
TO FIGHT CANCER AND HELPED OTHERS THAN THE MAN WHO WON THE 1977 BELGIUM
GRAND PRIX".

GERHARD BERGER
HIS PICK FOR TOP 3 DRIVERS OF ALL TIME ARE: #1 AYRTON SENNA, #2 ALIAIN PROST
AND #3 NIKI LAUDA.

ADRIAN REYNARD
HIS BUSINESS CARD SAY'S "DR. ADRIAN REYNARD".  HIS FATHER WAS A FLIGHT TEST
ENGINEER AND HIS MOTHER WAS A DRAUGHTW WOMAN.  HE GET'S MANY  OF HIS IDEA'S 
FROM AVIATION WHICH IS HIS SECOND LOVE.

EDDIE IRVINE
SAID OF FERRARI'S PRE-RACE CHANCES IN THE RAIN SUNDAY MORNING IN BELGIUM
1998 - "GOD IS A FERRARI FAN".  BOTH FERRARI'S DNF'D DUE TO ACCIDENT'S.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
HIS FIRST F1 RACEE WITH JORDAN HAD MICHAEL PAYING JORDAN $150,000.00 TO 
DRIVE WITH THEM AND THEN HE WENT TO BENETTON ONE RACE LATER.

RICARDO ROSSETT
HAS A BUSINESS IN HIS HOME COUNTRY OF BRAZIL CALLED TRACK & FIELD THAT SELLS
SPORTS CLOTHES.

FIA RULE
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE ONE MANOEUVRE WHICH CANNOT HINDER THE CAR TRYING TO 
OVERTAKE YOU.  IF A CAR'S ALONGSIDE YOU, YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT OFF THE CIRCUIT.

SPA-BELGIUM
TWO F1 DRIVERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AT THIS CIRCUIT.  IN 1960, ALAN STACEY WAS
DRIVING A LOTUS 18 AND WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY A BIRD AND HE CRASHED.  THAT 
SAME YEAR, DRIVER CHRIS BRISTOW WHILE DRIVING A COOPER, SLID INTO SOME 
TRACKSIDE FENCING AND WAS DECAPITATED.

PETRONAS
THE NAME PETRONAS IS AN ACRONYM FOR PETROLIAN NASIONAL BERHARD, A MALAYSIAN
STATE-OWNED OIL AND GAS COMPANY.

PEDRO DINIZ & MIKA SALO
THEY GOT LOST COMING HOME FROM A DANKA FUNCTION ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT OF THE 
GERMAN GRAND PRIX 1998.  THEY WERE STAYIN AT A HOTEL IN WALDORF, GERMANY.  
THEY PUNCHED IN WALDORF ON THEIR GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE) ON 
BOARD THEIR CAR AND FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS.  THEY ARRIVED AT THE WALDORF 
HOTEL IN FRANKFURT.  WRONG WALDORF.

DAVID COULTHARD
RECORDED THE FASTEST STRAIGHTLINE SPEED IN A NORMALLY ASPIRATED F1 CAR AT 
222 MPH ON THE RUN DOWN TO THE JIM CLARK CHICANE IN 1998.  FERRARI RECORDED 
A 225 MPH STRAIGHTLINE SPEED IN A TURBO CAR AT THE MISTRAL STRAIGHT AT PAUL 
RICHARD BY PATRICK TAMBAY AS WELL AS NELSON PIQUET DRIVING A BRABHAM BOTH 
ACCOMPLISHED IN 1983.

SPA 1997
MIKA HAKKINEN WAS DISQUALIFIED AFTER USING ILLEGAL FUEL IN QUALIFYING.

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA
WHEN HE PUT HIS BENETTON ON POLE IN AUSTRIA IN 1998, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME 
SINCE THE 1992 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX THAT AN ITALIAN WAS ON POLE.

EDDIE IRVINE
HIS SISTER SONIA IS HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

ALAIN PROST
AFTER WINNING THE 1989 RACE FOR McLAREN AT MONZA, HE LOWERED HIS TROPHY INTO 
THE CROWD.  RON DENNIS WAS NOT AMUSED.  ALAIN PROST HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED
HE WOULD BE DRIVING FOR FERRARI IN 1990.

TYRRELL
IN THE 1998 GERMAN GRAND PRIX, RICARDO ROSSETT CRASHED THE TYRRELL AT TURN 
1 ON SATURDAY AND DID NOT QUALIFY OR RACE.  TORANOSUKE TAKAGI ALSO CRASHED 
HIS TYREEL SATURDAY IN TURN 1.  HE GOT IN THE SPARE CAR AND WENT OFF AGAIN 
IN THE GRAVEL IN TURN 1.

BERTRAND GACHOT
WENT TO PRISON IN 1991 FOR SPRAYING CS GAS IN THE FACE OF A LONDON CAB DRIVER 
AND LOST HIS SEAT AT JORDAN WHEN MICHAEL SCHUMACHER TOOK THE RIDE BUT ONLY 
FOR ONE RACE AND THEN WENT TO BENETTON.

MIKA HAKKINEN
BEAT THE ONLY 1997 POLE POSITION IN 1998 IN HOCKENHEIM, GERMANY WITH A 
1:41.838 OVER GERHARD BERGERS 1997 TIME OF 1:41.873.

McLAREN-MERCEDES
WHEN McLAREN-MERCEDES WON IN GERMANY AT HOCKENHEIM IN 1998, IT WAS THE FIRST 
VICTORY FOR MERCEDES ON HOME GROUND FOR 44 YEARS.

MONZA
HAS HOSTED EVERY ITALIAN GRAND PRIX SINCE 1950 EXCEPT FOR 1980 WHEN IT WAS 
RUN A IMOLA.  INDY CARS DROVE AT MONZA IN 1957 AND 1958.  THE INDY CARS 
DROVE ANTI-CLOCKWISE.  THESE TWO RACES WERE KNOWN AS "MONZANAPOLIS".  JIMMY
BRYAN WON IN 1957 IN HIS BELOND SPECIAL AND JIM RATHMANN WON THE 1958 RACE
IN THE JOHN ZINK LEADER CARD SPECIAL.

EYEWEAR
IN THE 1998 F1 SEASON, DAVID COULTHARD WEARS OAKLEY, JEAN ALESI WEARS RAY-BAN,
GIANCARLO FISICHELLA WEARS OAKLEY AND JACQUES VILLENEUVE WEARS BAUSCH & LOMB.

DAVID COULTHARD
"ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NARROW-TRACK CARS (1998) IS THAT THE SUSPENSION
IS STRONGER, BUT THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE NOSE ANYMORE".

BEST LAP TIMES
OVER 90% OF BEST LAP TIMES ARE ACHIEVED WHEN A DRIVER HAS COME OUT OF THE 
PITS AND APPROACHES HIS FLYING LAP WHICH IS THE LAP HE DOES AFTER LAP 1 ON 
FRESH RUBBER.

MIKA HAKKINEN
IN THE 1998 SILVERSTONE RACE HE WAS 43 SECONDS AHEAD OF SCHUMACHER IN THE 
RAIN.  THE SAFETY CAR CAME OUT.  SCHUMACHER WON.  

SPA
1997 WAS THE FIRST RACE EVER TO START BEHIND THE SAFETY CAR IN THE HISTORY OF 
FORMULA ONE.

FITTIPALDI BROTHERS
EMERSON (B. DECEMBER 12, 1946) AND HIS OLDER BROTHER WILSON JR. (B. DECEMBER
25, 1943) BOTH DROVE IN FORMULA ONE.  EMERSON IN 144 RACES WITH 14 WINS AND
A WORLD CHAMPION IN 1972 & 1974.  WILSON JR. IN 35 RACES WITH NO WINS.
WILSON JR.'S SON IS CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI.

FRUIT OF THE LOOM
SPONSERED TEAM WILLIAMS IN THE 1978 F1 SEASON WHICH WAS A COMPANY OWNED BY 
FORMER DRIVER FOR WILLIAMS IN 1973 GIOVANNI GALLI.

HIGHEST % OF RACE WINS
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO HOLDS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF RACE WINS WITH 47%.  HE 
WON 24 OUT OF 51 STARTS.

MICHELE ALBERTO
WAS BORN IN MILAN, ITALY ON DECEMBER 23, 1956 AND STARTED HIS CAREER WITH KEN
TYRRELL'S TEAM AT THE START OF THE 1981 SEASON AS THE 2ND DRIVER ALONG WITH 
EDDIE CHEEVER.  ALBERETO QUALIFIED 18TH IN HIS FIRST RACE.  HIS FIRST WIN 
WAS THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX IN 1982.

JEAN ALESI
WAS BORN IN AVIGNON, FRANCE ON JUNE 11, 1964 AND FINISHED 4TH IN HIS DEBUT 
F1 RACE IN 1989 AT PAUL RICARD DRIVING A TYRRELL-COSWORTH.

JOHN SURTESS
DEBUTED LOLA IN THE 1962 F1 RACE AT ZANDVOORT, HOLLAND.  HE QUALIFIED IT ON 
POLE AHEAD OF GRAHAM HILL IN A BRM AND JIM CLARK IN A LOTUS.  THE CAR'S 
SUSPENSION BROKE AND HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE.

WOMAN F1 DRIVER
MARIA TERESA de FILLIPIS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1926 AND DROVE IN 3 GRANDS
PRIX.  THE 1958 BELGIUM, PORTUGUESE AND ITALIAN RACES WERE DRIVEN IN A 250F.
SHE QUIT AFTER FAILING TO QUALIFY IN THE 1959 MONACO GRAND PRIX IN A F2
PORSCHE.

MILLE MIGLIA
DURING THE 1957 RACE ON MAY 12, DRIVER ALFONSO de PORTAGE CRASHED HIS CAR 
KILLING HIMSELF AND 9 SPECTATORS.  DUE TO THIS TRAGEDY THE MILLE MIGLIA WAS 
CANCELLED FOR GOOD.

MODENA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 18, 1953
DRIVER CHARLES de TOURNACO AT THE AGE OF 26 DIED TESTING AN F2 FERRARI 500.
HE HAD ONLY DRIVEN IN 2 GRANDS PRIX.

KIRK DOUGLAS
IN THE MOVIE "THE RACER'S", RETIRED F1 DRIVER EMMANUEL de GRAFFENRIED WHO 
WAS BORN ON MAY 18, 1914 IN LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND AND RACED IN 22 GRANDS 
PRIX DOUBLED FOR KIRK DOUGLAS IN THIS 1955 MOVIE ALSO STARRING LEE J. COBB 
AND CESAR ROMERO.

THE PIRONI'S
DIDIER PIRONI'S HALF BROTHER JOSE DOLHEM DROVE IN THE ONLY RACE OF HIS CARRER 
IN THE 1974 U.S. GRAND PRIX.  HE DIED ON APRIL 16, 1988 IN A PRIVATE AERO-
PLANE CRASH.  LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE ON AUGUST 23, 1987, DIDIER PIRONI 
DIED IN A POWERBOAT ACCIDENT.

AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - AUGUST 19, 1975
MARK DONOHUE FROM THE U.S., DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING PRACTICE WARM-UP 
HAD HIS TYRE FAIL AND HE CRASHED AT THE RIGHT-HANDER AFTER THE PITS AT THE 
OSTERREICHRING.  HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER AT A HOSPITAL IN GRAZ, AUSTRIA.
HIS WIDOW EDEN SETTLED OUT OF COURT WITH GOODYEAR AFTER SUIING THEM FOR 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

EATON'S DEPARTMENT STORES OF CANADA
GEORGE EATON DROVE IN 11 GRANDS PRIX IN THE 1970 F1 SEASON DRIVING A RENTED 
SEAT IN THE THIRD WORKS BRM.

PATRICK DEPAILLER
WAS BORN ON AUGUST 09, 1944 AND DROVE IN 95 GRANDS PRIX WINNING 2 RACES, THE
1978 MONACO GRAND PRIX AND THE 1979 SPANISH GRAND PRIX AT JARAMA.  HE WAS 
TRAGICALLY KILLED TESTING FOR THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX AT HOCKENHEIM ON AUGUST
01, 1980 WHEN HIS ALFA ROMEO'S SUSPENSION BROKE ON THE FASTEST PART OF THE 
TRACK.  TEN YEARS LATER ON HIS SON'S 18TH BIRTHDAY IN 1990, HIS SON GOT HIS 
WISH OF HAVING A DINNER PARTY WITH ALL HIS FATHER'S FORMER TEAM-MATES.

FRENCH GRAND PRIX - JUNE 30, 1966
GIUSEPPE FARINA (1950 F1 WORLD CHAMPION) DIED ON A SLIPPERY PART OF THE ROAD
SURFACE IN THE MONTAINS NEAR CHAMBERY.  HE WAS 4 MONTHS AWAY FROM TURNING
60 YEARS OLD.  HE HAD WON 5 RACES OUT OF 33 STARTS.

FABI BROTHERS
CORRADO WAS BORN ON APRIL 12, 1961 AND DROVE IN 12 GRANDS PRIX AND WAS THE 
1982 EUROPEAN F2 CHAMPION DRIVING A MARCH-BMW.  HIS BROTHER TEO WAS BORN ON
MARCH 09, 1955 AND DROVE IN 64 GRANDS PRIX BUT BOTH BROTHERS COMBINED NEVER
WON AN F1 RACE OUT OF 76 ATTEMPTS.

MONACO - 1952
DRIVER LUIGI FAGIOLI AT THE AGE OF 54 DIED PRACTISING FOR THE MONACO GRAND
PRIX IN HIS LANCIA.  HE BROKE HIS LEG IN THE CRASH BUT DIED 3 WEEKS LATER 
FROM MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS AND ONLY STARTED IN 7 F1 RACES.

CHRIS AMON
WAS THE SON OF NGAIO AMON WHO WAS A NEW ZEALAND SHEEP FARMER.  CHRIS WAS 
BORN ON JULY 20, 1943 IN BULLS, NORTH IRELAND.  HE NEVER WON AN F1 RACE OUT
OF THE 96 STARTS BUT DID FINISH 2ND - 3 TIMES.  HIS LAST RACE WAS AT MOSPORT
PARK IN ONTARIO, CANADA FOR THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX OF 1976.  HE WAS DRIVING 
HIS WOLF-WILLIAMS WHEN IT SPUN DURING QUALIFYING AND HE WAS T-BONED BY 
ANOTHER CAR.  HE WAS BADLY BRUISED AND DECIDED TO RETIRE.

JEAN ALESI
THE LUXEMBOURG GRAND PRIX 1998 WAS JEAN ALESI'S 150TH GRAND PRIX START.

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 1998
WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF FORMULA ONE RACING WHERE TWO BROTHERS
WERE ON THE PODIUM:  MICHAEL SCHUMACHER 1ST & RALF SCHUMACHER 3RD.

DAMON HILL
HAS WON 22 GRAND PRIX RACES IN HIS CAREER BUT HAS NEVER WON THE LUXEMBOURG
GRAND PRIX.

BELGIUM - 1995
WAS THE LAST TIME TWO FERRARI'S WERE ON THE FRONT GRID SINCE THE ITALIAN 
GRAND PRIX OF 1998.

EDDIE IRVINE
HIS BEST QUALIFYING POSITION CAME AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 1998 WHEN HE PUT 
HIMSELF ON THE GRID IN SECOND PLACE.

GERHARD BERGER
HAD HIS PRIVATE PLANE IMPOUNDED BY TAX OFFICIALS ONCE IN INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
IN AUGUST OF 1996.

F1 RACE COST 1998
INCOME FROM TV REVENUES IS $117 MILLION.  RACE ORGANIZERS PAY $11.5 MILLION
PER RACE TO HOST ONE.  47% OF TV INCOME GOES TO THE TEAMS.  86% OF "ALL"
MONIES GENERATED GO TO BERNIE ECCLESTONE, PADDY McNALLY AND THE FIA WHICH
IS ESTIMATED AT $390 MILLION PER YEAR.

JACQUES VILLENEUVE
PRACTICED THE SPA RACE IN 1996 ON A COMPUTER GAME TO GET THE TRACK LAYOUT
IN HIS HEAD.  HE WAS 18 TH ON THE VIDEO GAME AND GOT POLE POSITION IN REAL
LIFE AND FINISHED 2ND.

RALF SCHUMACHER
IS SIX YEARS AND 178 DAYS YOUNGER THAN HIS BROTHER MICHAEL.  THE LAST 
BROTHER'S TO BE IN THE SAME F1 RACE WERE JODY AND IAN SCHECKTER IN THE 
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN OCTOBER OF 1977.


DAMON HILL
WAS MARRIED IN 1988 TO HIS WIFE GEORGIE AND AT THE WEEKEND RACE THAT YEAR 
IN DIJON, FRANCE WHILE DRIVING IN HIS LOLA IN AN F3000 RACE, HIS REAR WING
READ - "JUST MARRIED".

MOST COLOURFUL F1 STARTING GRID
WAS THE 1996 PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX.  FIRST ROW WAS WILLIAMS, 2ND AND 3RD 
ROWS HAD BENETTONS AND FERRARI'S, 4TH ROW HAD McLARENS, 5TH ROW HAD JORDANS, 
6TH ROW HAD SAUBER'S, 7TH ROW HAD TYRRELLS, 8TH AND 9TH ROWS HAD ARROWS AND 
LIGIER'S, AND 10TH ROW HAD MINARDI'S.

CLIFF ALLISON
WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 08, 1932 IN BROUGH, CUBRIA - LONDON.  HE WAS A FARMER
AND GARAGE OWNER AND DROVE IN 16 F1 RACES FROM 1958 - 1961 BUT RETIRED AFTER
BREAKING BOTH LEGS PRACTICING AT SPA IN 1961 IN A UDT/LAYSTALL LOTUS 18.

DEREK BELL
WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 31, 1941 IN GREAT BRITIAN AND DROVE IN 9 GRANDS PRIX
RACES FROM 1968 - 1974 BUT WAS BEST KNOWN FOR WINNING Le MANS 5 TIMES AND
THE WORLD SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE.  HE SCORED A 6TH PLACE FINISH IN
AN F1 RACE AT WATKINS GLEN IN 1970 DRIVING A SURTEES TS7.

ABBA DRUMMER
SLIM BORGUDD, THE DRUMMER FOR THE POP GROUP ABBA WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 25, 
1946 IN SWEDEN.  HE DROVE IN 10 GRANDS PRIX RACES IN 1981 - 1982.

DEREK DALY
WAS BORN ON MARCH 11, 1953 AND DROVE IN 49 GRANDS PRIX RACES FINISHING 
4TH IN THE 1979-80 SEASON AT THE ARGENTINE AND BRITISH GRANDS PRIX.

ANDREA de CESARIS
DROVE IN 165 GRANDS PRIX BUT NEVER WON A RACE.  HIS DEBUT RACE WAS IN THE 
1980 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN MONTREAL DRIVING AN ALFA ROMEO.  HIS BEST RESULTS
CAME IN THE GERMAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN GRANDS PRIX OF 1983.

MARIO ANDRETTI
WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25, 1934 IN MONTANA, ITALY.  HE WON 12 GRANDS PRIX RACES
OUT OF 128 STARTS AND WAS WORLD CHAMPION IN 1978 DRIVING A LOTUS.  HE DEBUTED
IN F1 BY PUTTING HIS CAR ON THE POLE AT WATKIN'S GLEN, NEW YORK.  HE WON HIS
FIRST F1 RACE AT KYALAMI, SOUTH AFRICA IN 1971.  HIS LAST F1 RACE WAS IN THE 
LAS VEGAS GP IN 1982 WHEN HE RETIED WITH A SUSPENSION BREAKAGE.

TONY BROOKS
CRASHED HEAVILY AT THE 1956 BRITISH GRAND PRIX AT SILVERSTONE WHEN HIS CAR 
STUCK OPEN AT THE ABBY CURVE.  HIS CAR TURNED OVER, TOSSED BROOKS OUT AND 
BURST INTO FLAMES.  BROOKS SURVIVED AND LATER SAID - "IT WAS THE BEST THING
THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THAT PARTICULAR MOTOR CAR.  THE ACCIDENT BROKE 
HIS JAW.

JIM CLARK
WAS BORN ON MARCH 14, 1936 IN KILMANY, FIFE - GREAT BRITIAN.  HE DROVE IN 72
GRANDS PRIX AND WON 25 RACES.  HE WAS WORLD CHAMPION IN 1963 AND 1965 DRIVING
A LOTUS THROUGH-OUT HIS ENTIRE F1 CAREER.  HIS FIRST CARRER F1 WIN WAS IN THE
1960 DUTCH GRAND PRIX DRIVING A LOTUS 18.  HIS GEAR-BO SEIZED WHILE HE WAS IN 
4TH PLACE.  HIS LAST VICTORY WAS THE 1968 SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX AT KYALAMI.

EDDIE CHEEVER - 8 TEAMS IN 10 YEARS
DROVE IN 132 GRANDS PRIX RACES WITH HESKETH (1979), OSELLA (1980), TYRRELL
(1981), LIGIER (1982), RENAULT (1983), ALFA ROMEO (1984-85), LOLA (1986) AND
ARROWS (1987-88).  HE NEVER WON AN F1 RACE.

ALAN JONES
WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 02, 1946 IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND WAS THE F1 WORLD
CHAMPION IN 1980 DRIVING FOR WILLIAMS.  HE HAD 12 WINS OUT OF 116 STARTS 
WITH HIS CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR WINS AT BUENOS AIRES, SPAIN (NON-CHAMPIONSHIP 
ROUND IT TURNED OUT), PAUL RICHARD, BRANDS HATCH, MONTREAL AND WATKINS GLEN.

STIRLING MOSS' FATHER
ALFRED MOSS RAN AN F1 TEAM CALLED UDT-LAYSTALL WITH PARNER KEN GREGORY.

FIRST F1 TURBO-CHARGED CAR WIN
WAS THE 1979 FRENCH GRAND PRIX.  THE RENAULT CAR WAS DRIVEN BY FRENCHMAN
JEAN-PIERRE JABOUILLE.

OLIVIER GENDELBIEN
DROVE IN 14 GRANDS PRIX.  HE WON Le MANS IN 1958, 60, 61 AND 62 DRIVING A 
FERRARI EVERY TIME.  HE WAS ON THE FRONT ROW AT THE SPA RACE IN 1961.  HE
RETIRED FROM RACING A YEAR LATER AND MOVED TO THE U.S.A. TO BE IN A CATTLE
REARING BUSINESS.

MAURICIO GUGELMIN - BORN APRIL 20, 1963 IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL
DROVE IN 58 GRANDS PRIX FROM 1988 - 1991 WITH LEYTON HOUSE.  HE HAD WON THE 
1984 FF2000 EUROPEAN TITLE AND THE 1985 BRITSIH F3 TITLE.  HE ALSO WON THE 
1987 F3000 SILVERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY RACE.  HIS BEST F1 FINISH WAS 
3RD IN THE 1989 HOME CROWD RACE AT RIO de JANIERO, BRAZIL.

1 GRAND PRIX RACE - BROKEN ARM & LEG
MIGUEL-ANGEL GUERRA WAS BORN ON AUGUST 31, 1953 IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
HE BROKE HIS ARM AND LEG IN HIS ONLY F1 APPEARANCE IN THE OPENING LAP OF 
THE 1981 SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX WHEN HE WAS PUSHED INTO THE WALL ON THE RUN
DOWN TOWARDS THE TOSA HAIRPIN AT IMOLA.

RACING AND DIAMONDS
MASTEN GREGORY WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 29, 1932 IN KANSAS CITY, U.S.A. AND DROVE
IN 38 GRANDS PRIX WITH HIS BEST RESULT 2ND IN THE PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX OF 
1959 DRIVING A COOPER-CLIMAX.  HE WON Le MANS IN 1965 WITH JOCHEN RINDT IN 
A NART FERRARI 250LM.  HE LATER BECAME A DIAMOND MERCHANT IN AMSTERDAM AND
DIED AT THE AGE OF 53 ON HOLIDAY IN ITALY ON NOVEMBER 08, 1985.

ROBERTO GUERRERO
WAS BORN NOVEMBER 15, 1958 IN MEDELLIN, COLUMBIA.  HE DROVE IN 21 GRANDS 
PRIX RACES WITH TEAM ENSIGN/THEODORE (MO NUNN'S TEAM) IN 1982-83.  HIS BEST 
FINISH WAS SECOND AT THE 1984 INDIANAPOLIS 500 (INDY CAR) BEHIND RICK MEARS.
HE SURVIVED A 1987 TESTING ACCIDENT AT INDIANAPOLIS RECOVERING FROM A 17
DAY COMA.  HE QUALIFIED HIS LOLA-BUICK INDY CAR AT THE 1992 INDY 500 RACE ON
POLE.

STANLEY MICHAEL BAILEY HAILWOOD
DROVE IN 50 GRANDS PRIX RACES WITH HIS BEST FINISH 6TH AT THE 1964 MONACO
GRAND PRIX AND 4TH AT THE 1970 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER A SIX YEAR ABSENCE 
FROM F1.  HE HAD WON THE EUROPEAN F2 CHAMPIONSHIP.  HE BROKE HIS LEG IN THE 
1974 GERMAN GRAND PRIX AT THE NURBURGRING AT BRUNCHEN IN HIS McLAREN.  HE
RETIRED AND LATER WON THE F1TT MOTORCYCLE RACE AT THE 1978 ISLE OF MAN ON A 
900C DUCATI.  HE HAD WON THE 1977 SENIOR TT ON A 500 SUZUKI.  HE TRAGICALLY 
DIED ALONG WITH HIS DAUGHTER MICHELE IN A ROAD ACCIDENT MARCH 23, 1981 NEAR
TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN WHEN HIS ROVER 3500 HIT A LORRY WHILE HE WAS DOING AN 
ILLEGAL U-TURN ON A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY NOT FAR FROM HIS OWN HOME IN 
WARWICKSHIRE.  THEY HAD GONE OUT TO PICK-UP A FISH AND CHIP DINNER FOR THE 
FAMILY.

2 GRANDS PRIX STARTS - 5TH PLACE IN 1
WALT HASGEN FINISHED 5TH IN A THIRD TEAM LOTUS CAR IN THE 1964 U.S. GRAND
PRIX.  HE LATER DIED IN THE TESTING OF A 7-LITRE FORD MK2 FOR THE 1966 
Le MANS RACE WHEN HE CRASHED IN THE RAIN ON APRIL 07, 1966 IN Le MANS, FRANCE
AT THE AGE OF 46.

WOODEN CHASIS?
BRIAN HART FROM GREAT BRITIAN DROVE A RON HARRIS ENTERED FRANK-COSTIN
DESIGNED PROTOS-COSWORTH IN THE 1967 GERMAN GRAND PRIX.  THIS CAR HAD A "WOODEN"
CHASSIS.

SON OF A CHURCH MINISTER
PAUL HAWKINS FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA DROVE IN 3 GRANDS PRIX AND OTHER THAN 
ALBERTO ASCARI, WAS THE ONLY DRIVER TO ALSO END UP IN THE HARBOUR AT A 
MONACO F1 RACE.  IT WAS HIS 1ST GRAND PRIX IN AN EX-LOTUS 33.  HE WAS KILLED 
AT AGE 31 ON MAY 26, 1969 WHEN HIS LOLA T70 GT CRASHED AND BURNED AT THE 
ISLAND BEND AT THE TOURIST TROPHY RACE AT OULTON PARK.

JESUS IGLESIAS
DROVE IN 1 GRAND PRIX RACE AT THE 1955 ARGENTINE GRAND PRIX.  HE WAS BEST 
KNOWN FOR PUSHING STIRLING MOSS' COOPER OFF THE TRACK IN HIS JAGUAR-ENGINED
SPECIAL IN THE NON-TITLE BUENOS AIRES CITY GRAND PRIX.

112 RACES - 8 WIN'S - WORLD CHAMPION 1967 - 1 POLE ONLY?
DENNY HULME OF NEW ZEALAND HAD ONLY 1 POLE POSITION IN HIS ENTIRE F1 CAREER.
HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AT THE 1973 SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX AT THE JOHANNESBURG 
TRACK IN A NEW McLAREN M23.

OLDEST DRIVER TO EVER SCORE A CHAMPIONSHIP POINT
LOUIS CHIRON OF MONACO WAS AND HE DID IT IN THE 1955 MONACO GRAND PRIX 
DRIVING A LANCIA D50 A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HIS 56TH BIRTHDAY.  HE ALSO WON IN 
MONACO IN 1931 DRIVING A BUGATTI.

EUGENIO CASTELLOTTI
HAD A WIDELY PUBLICIZED AFFAIR WITH SINGER DELIA SCALA IN 1957.

FRANCOIS CEVERT
WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 24, 1944 IN PARIS, FRANCE.  HE WAS THE SON OF A PARIS 
JEWELLER AND FRANCOIS WON HIS ONLY F1 RACE OUT OF 47 STARTS IN THE 1971 U.S. 
GRAND PRIX AT WATKINS GLEN.  IT WAS ALSO THE SAME RACE HE DIED IN AT THE 1974
GRAND PRIX DURING PRACTICE ON OCTOBER 06.

FIRST WIN AT HIS FIRST F1 RACE
GIANCARLO BAGHETTI WAS BORN DECEMBER 25, 1934 IN MILAN, ITALY.  OUT OF 21
GRANDS PRIX STARTS, HE IS STILL TO THIS DAY THE ONLY DRIVER TO EVER WIN AN 
F1 RACE AT HIS FIRST ATTEMPT.  HE DROVE A FERRARI 156 AT THE FRENCH GRAND 
PRIX AT REIMS IN 1961.  IT WAS HIS ONLY EVER WIN.

SONY PLAYSTATION & JOHNNY HERBERT
JOHNNY HERBERT SAID OF THE SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM TRACK ON THE 
PLAYSTATION GAME - "THE BUS STOP CHICANE IS NOT AS QUICK AS IT IS ON THE 
SONY PLAYSTATION WHERE I CAN DO IT IN 5TH (GEAR)!  IT'S ACTUALLY 
2ND (GEAR)".

ONOFRE MARIMON
DROVE IN 11 GRANDS PRIX AND WAS NICK NAMED "PINOCCHIO" DUE TO HIS RESEM-
BLANCE OF WALT DISNEY'S PUPPER.  HE FINISHED 3RD IN THE 1953 BELGIUM GRAND 
PRIX AT SPA.  ON JULY 31, 1954 AT THE NURBURGRING PRACTISING FOR THE GERMAN
GRAND PRIX HE CRASHED AT THE DESCENT TO ADENAU BRIDGE AND PERISHED.

MINARDI'S FIRST F1 POINT SCORED
WAS IN THE DETROIT GRAND PRIX IN 1988 WHEN DRIVER PIERLUIGI MARTINI FINISHED
6TH AT THE AGE OF 27.