Motorsport Trivia

[52Paddy]

Slim Borgudd with ATS (7 starts and 5 DNQ's)and Tyrrell (3 starts).

He wasn't that bad a driver - 3rd in the European F3 Championship and a best GP result of 6th. I think he later went truck racing with some success.

Correct. On to Ex-Jagboy's questions above now

[52Paddy]

Which extremely rapid and promising driver of the same era was popularly nick-named `Leadfoot Londoner`

Could it be Ian Burgess? He had some decent showings in the few grand prix that he entered during the late 50s/early 60s.

[D28]

The first driver is Masten Gregory aka the "Kansas City Flash"

The 2nd I will leave to you more familiar with Londoners.

[Ex-Jagboy]

Could it be Ian Burgess? He had some decent showings in the few grand prix that he entered during the late 50s/early 60s.

Nope... Ian Burgess was`nt in the same league as this driver, in fact few were,

Clue..... he also drove Cooper- Borgward in F2

[Ex-Jagboy]

The first driver is Masten Gregory aka the "Kansas City Flash"

The 2nd I will leave to you more familiar with Londoners.

Spot on D28 , Masten indeed, who was potentially the best of all the American drivers that hit our shores, and one of the unluckiest, I saw his drive at Silverstone in the Ecurie Ecosse Lister Jaguar which was absolutely sublime, and at Oulton Park in the paddock, a slightly built bespectacled figure either smoking a pipe or a cigarette, who out of a racing car could easily be mistaken for a bank clerk or local primary school teacher, an unforgettable character.

[D28]

Which extremely rapid and promising driver of the same era was popularly nick-named `Leadfoot Londoner`

The F2 clue points to Ivor Bueb, though I have always seen him referred to Ivor 'The Driver". Is it he?

[kfzmeister]

Name the designer that created the current quick connect/ disconnect for all F1 cars front noses

[Rollo]

Name the designer that created the current quick connect/ disconnect for all F1 cars front noses

If I might make a wild stab in the dark, the first "high nose" car was a Tyrrell from 1990 whilst Alesi was still there (hence the reason why this is my guess).
Tyrrell had Harvey Postlethwaite design their cars, and I think he might have even had a hand in the 1999 Honda project that went nowhere.

I'm saying Dr. Harvey Postlethwaite... could be wrong though.

[D-Type]

Let's finish this one before starting another shall we?

Ok, here`s a couple for you

Which well known F1 and sportscar driver of the late 1950s -60s, upon retirement from racing located to Holland becoming an Amsterdam diamond merchant.

Which extremely rapid and promising driver of the same era was popularly nick-named `Leadfoot Londoner`

The first driver is Masten Gregory aka the "Kansas City Flash"

The 2nd I will leave to you more familiar with Londoners.

Spot on D28 , Masten indeed, who was potentially the best of all the American drivers that hit our shores, and one of the unluckiest, I saw his drive at Silverstone in the Ecurie Ecosse Lister Jaguar which was absolutely sublime, and at Oulton Park in the paddock, a slightly built bespectacled figure either smoking a pipe or a cigarette, who out of a racing car could easily be mistaken for a bank clerk or local primary school teacher, an unforgettable character.

The F2 clue points to Ivor Bueb, though I have always seen him referred to Ivor 'The Driver". Is it he?

Is it Chris Bristow?

[Ex-Jagboy]

Indeed it was Chris Bristow who partnered Ivor Bueb in the BRP Cooper- Borgward team in 1959, and immediately announced himself on the scene by winning the F2 class at the 1959 Aintree Gp, followed by the John Davy trophy at Brands Hatch, a driver of exceptional promise whose death shocked us all at the time as he was arguably the greatest lost talent of his era.