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30th June 2009, 13:23 #11
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Originally Posted by cyniscaAll other opinions are wrong....
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25th July 2009, 23:08 #12
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Originally Posted by cynisca
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26th July 2009, 07:55 #13
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And that itself has been a modern interpretation of the system: back in 1974, the first full year of season-long numbers, reigning champion Jackie Stewart was absent, so the reigning constructors' champions, Lotus, took the numbers 1 and 2. Thus Ronnie Peterson had the number 1, despite never winning the World Championship that many felt he would surely have done at some point.
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27th July 2009, 21:35 #14
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At one time in some countries itwas customary to only use even numbers, thus avoiding unlucky numbers 13 and 17 (unlucky in Italy I think).
Then no 4 is 'unlucky' in China and Japan. So although he was Tyrrell no 2 driver in 1990, Nakajima was given no 3 instead of no 4.
And as for the Belgians... in the fifties they changed the numbers between practice and the race to foil printers of pirate programmes.Duncan Rollo
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