Who is he

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I am surprised his Ferrari test (or tests? can't recall) weren't well known in the UK. He was on the Autosprint cover, for this.

IIRC, he did quite well in one of the British F3 championships, but I really can't recall how the Ferrari link came about.

The Ferrari driver line-ups of the '80s, after 1982, were among the weakest they have had, until they finally got Mansell and Prost.

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Driver.
Venue.
Date.

[charleselan]

Dumfries won the British F3 championship convincingly but not against the strongest field of the series. He looked good however and gained the Lotus drive. Wasn't that after Senna vetoed Warwick joining the team?

JPB
Possibly Paul Ricard
Winter 1975

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Spot on, Charles. JPB tested the car, but Lafitte was preferred at the end, to his chagrin.

Yes, I think it was after Senna vetoed Warwick.

[René]

Nov 17, 2017 19:04:04 GMT @lucio said:

I think in 1986 the Earl of Dumfries was racing for Lotus.

No of course but I thought possibly a january/february winter test. But it was 85 obviously. Never knew he had done this test.

[charleselan]

Lucio,

That is correct concerning the Ligier line up for 1976. The team I believe wished to run two drivers (JPB & Happy Jacques) but the funding was not strong enough from Gitanes to accommodate it happening.

JC 

[Carl]

Nov 18, 2017 10:02:39 GMT charleselan said:

Lucio,

That is correct concerning the Ligier line up for 1976. The team I believe wished to run two drivers (JPB & Happy Jacques) but the funding was not strong enough from Gitanes to accommodate it happening.

JC 

Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man
    He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man 

[charleselan]

But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy

[René]

Who is this? What car? Where and when?

[Carl]

I know the driver and car because of a providential clue.  Any indications that it may be Alexander Hesketh are false. 

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Nov 18, 2017 10:02:39 GMT charleselan said:

Lucio,

That is correct concerning the Ligier line up for 1976. The team I believe wished to run two drivers (JPB & Happy Jacques) but the funding was not strong enough from Gitanes to accommodate it happening.

JC 

Charles,

I have read recently on a French magazine an old interview with JPB where he claimed that the original thinking was him with Pescarolo. He also claimed "avec Ligier, on aurait pu etre champion du monde", perhaps Laffite wasn't good enough (in his view).

He was always bitter to have been passed up for the seat. Laffite was of course younger, had just won the F2 title and had some convincing races on the Williams (second at the 'Ring), so it made sense from Guy's (or whoever decided), not a scandalous decision.

L

[Sorry to reply a bit late, but I have had an issue with my laptop at home and I am effectively without computer (at home) for a while]

[Jamie]

Nov 19, 2017 22:51:23 GMT René said:

Who is this? What car? Where and when?

Is it Bandini? Cooper (possibly Maserati?), no idea where. Early sixties?

[René]

Nov 20, 2017 19:43:49 GMT Jamie said:

Is it Bandini? Cooper (possibly Maserati?), no idea where. Early sixties?

Very good!
Lorenzo Bandini heading for fourth place in his ‘Centro Sud’ Cooper T53 Maserati, ‘Warwick Farm 100’, February 1962, Sydney Australia.

[Jamie]

Ah, great stuff. I’d never have guessed Warwick Farm!

I suppose this was in the Tasman series, if indeed it was referred to as the Tasman series back then?

[René]

Who is behind the wheel? Of what car, where and when?