The unknown drivers

[FIA]

Does anyone have any information on any driver in a championship or non-championship race, who did ot have their full name on the results sheet?

[Vitesse]

Not sure I understand the question: are you talking about "noms de course" like 'Geki'?

[FIA]

Not sure I understand the question: are you talking about "noms de course" like 'Geki'?

Sort of, but drivers (normally recorded pre-championship or non-championship) who only have tjeir surnames, cause there are no record of their first name. eg. W. Williams or H. Johnson sort of thing.

[DazzlaF1]

Was'nt there one who called himself "Gimax"?

[Vitesse]

"Gimax"'s real name was Carlo Franchi. "Geki" was Giacomo Russo. "W Williams" was William Grover-Williams.

Noms de course were far more common in sports car racing, but I really can't think of any post-War drivers in F1 whose first names aren't known. The same applies to pre-War Formula races, although in the 20s and 30s there are a few (especially) French and Italian drivers who only ran in one or two minor events whose first names have been lost - assuming they were ever found in the first place!

But who was Ricardo Londono-Bridge ....?

[Tazio]

"Gimax"'s real name was Carlo Franchi. "Geki" was Giacomo Russo. "W Williams" was William Grover-Williams.

Noms de course were far more common in sports car racing, but I really can't think of any post-War drivers in F1 whose first names aren't known. The same applies to pre-War Formula races, although in the 20s and 30s there are a few (especially) French and Italian drivers who only ran in one or two minor events whose first names have been lost - assuming they were ever found in the first place!

But who was Ricardo Londono-Bridge ....?

http://www.forix.com/8w/londono.html
CHEATING OVER HERE! :

"The Colombian was out of his No.14 entry before he could set a meaningful time. In fact, contrary to Kuwashima our friend from Bogotá did not even take part in official practice as his superlicense was not forthcoming. He did however find time to shove off Keke Rosberg in Wednesday's pre-event testing.

Punting off the Fittipaldi in the acclimatisation session will of course be the thing Ricardo will be remembered for, making him the butt of many jokes. But a look at the Wednesday session times suggests Londono wasn't actually that terrible. Best time was set by Reutemann with a 1.37.48, whilst RLB managed a best of 1.41.77. That wasn't too bad considering Salazar - who was to take the Ensign seat later in the year - set the slowest time at 1.46.39, while Ricardo also outpaced the likes of - get a hold of this! - Piquet, Arnoux, Daly, Giacomelli, Serra, Guerra, Jabouille, Stohr, Gabbiani and Zunino.

And it gets even better.

Only just ahead of him were Villeneuve with a 1.41.71, Jones (1.41.46), Watson (1.41.45), Tambay (1.41.25), Rosberg (1.41.20) and De Cesaris (1.41.08). On similar track conditions on Friday morning, with fastest times improving by about half a second, Londono's replacement Marc Surer managed a 1.41.00.

So let's get rid of the assertion Londono was dead slow. He wasn't."