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Thread: Drivers Final Races
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4th June 2015, 03:01 #11
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Absolutely spot on.
With Miles to perish a short time later, it cultured the photo-op decision as a classic case of how NOT to embelish on success.
Wonder how the PR folks at Ford reacted (notice I didn't say 'felt') later on, when an American driver (Miles) was killed in America while sorting out one of THEIR cars.
Yeah, now how's that for a press release. Right out of sunny California.
Edit: Ken Miles was British, not American. Sorry, I got him mixed up w/Masten Gregory.Last edited by AAReagles; 4th June 2015 at 03:18.
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4th June 2015, 13:58 #12
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Webber ended his career with a second place in the brilliant Red Bull. So this was certainly a high. Usually drivers end up nowhere though. It is just not about bad final race results, but generally being stuck in bad cars with the career literally going nowhere. I can't remember, what Barrichello, Trulli, Fisichella, Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, etc did in their final race, their career was effectively over already. Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault engine blew up I think?
I remember Herbert crashed out violently in his last race. Did he even get injured? But he was having a bad season too anyway.
M. Schumacher ended his first career with a 4th (Brazil 06) and then 7th (Brazil 12), so that was pretty okayish compared to most. Certainly he was a notable feature in those races.
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5th June 2015, 23:32 #13
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Coulthard crashed on the first turn at Brazil if I remember correctly?
Tazio 14/3/2015: I'll give every member on this forum 1,000.00 USD if McLaren fails to podium this season!
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6th June 2015, 09:08 #14
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The only notable exception to that, as best as I can recollect, would be Michael Andretti. Whether or not he had Senna as a teammate made little difference, he wasn't committed enough (while still living in the states) to achieve what was possible. A blown opportunity given to a bonehead, IMHO.
Last race: 1993 Italian GP, 3rd place - his highest finish in the in the series.Last edited by AAReagles; 6th June 2015 at 09:10.
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6th June 2015, 21:08 #15
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7th June 2015, 04:17 #16
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Lauda's swansong race winning with the Brabham-Alfa at Imola 1979 (1st retirement) could be considered among stellar ones, despite Imola was a non-championship race. In his definitive retirement in 1985 he had an accident on lap 57 when was leading the race at Adelaide.
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7th June 2015, 06:22 #17
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Lauda ranks high on my list: to make a comeback - twice - and get the job done, was almost unbelievable.
His story was much needed after losing Villeneuve, Jones and Pironi within less than a year.
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7th June 2015, 11:10 #18
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Mike Hawthorn`s final race in the Moroccan GP in 58, resulted in him not winning the race, but the world championship by finishing 2nd behind the Moss Vanwall.
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7th June 2015, 19:21 #19
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9th June 2015, 19:42 #20
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The classic case for going out with style surely belongs to Sir Jack Brabham. In his 126th GP, Mexico 1970. he qualified 4th and was in for a podium behind the Ferraris when his Cosworth blew. All this when he was 44 years old and still ultra competitive. Except for atrocious luck in 1970 he could have had 2 or even 3 wins instead of the 1 at S Africa. He picked the perfect time to hang it up, while still at the top of his game.
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