@apoire44 Here it is, an approximate transcription of this moment:
"Meanwhile, back to the pits, Bruno Giacomelli had a very little hope to going in, with the Life. Life failed yet again, with the plugs changed, but in fact Bruno did one slow lap."
I've seen all cars on the list in the video, except for the Monteverdi-Onyx. I am not sure if they didn't have to pre-qualify at that stage or had already folded. The car had a good base actually, just not for the tight funds and limited spare parts. They were usually around the Larrousse.
@peterdaviesracing For that particular race, the Onyx team did not pre-qualified. Both JJ Lehto and Gregor Foitek made it through qualifying with Lehto retiring and Foitek finishing 15th. And one other thing. When the commentator says "In fact Bruno did one slow lap", he did it in (incredibly) 4:04, when the next slowest driver, Langes in the Eurobrun he lapped at 1:40...
@peterdaviesracing And that wasn't his worst result. In Imola, he did a lap at 7min16secs (!) He would be lapped several times by the time he completed a single lap...
Isn't Imola shorter? Renting a F3000 car would have been cheaper, and it may have made the grid! It wasn't all the fault of the engine, but it was lacking power and the chassis wasn't the best either...
Anyone find this more exciting than watching the final round of qualyfing in 2011 F1? The 40 car plus field of cars trying to qualify for the race, with superteams like Mclaren and Ferrari on one end with shoestring budget farces like Coloni and Life at the other, so awesome!
Just look at Giacomelli. He doesn't give a fuck...
PanosDCC 1 month ago
I'm French and I don't understand exactly what is saying about the Life. Does anyone can transcribe this moment please?
apoire44 2 months ago
@apoire44 Here it is, an approximate transcription of this moment:
"Meanwhile, back to the pits, Bruno Giacomelli had a very little hope to going in, with the Life. Life failed yet again, with the plugs changed, but in fact Bruno did one slow lap."
wrctube 2 months ago
@wrctube Big thanks!
apoire44 2 months ago
I've seen all cars on the list in the video, except for the Monteverdi-Onyx. I am not sure if they didn't have to pre-qualify at that stage or had already folded. The car had a good base actually, just not for the tight funds and limited spare parts. They were usually around the Larrousse.
peterdaviesracing 3 months ago
@peterdaviesracing For that particular race, the Onyx team did not pre-qualified. Both JJ Lehto and Gregor Foitek made it through qualifying with Lehto retiring and Foitek finishing 15th. And one other thing. When the commentator says "In fact Bruno did one slow lap", he did it in (incredibly) 4:04, when the next slowest driver, Langes in the Eurobrun he lapped at 1:40...
PanosDCC 1 month ago
@PanosDCC
LOL. Take a touring car of that time and I'll lap faster, I could even drink a tea while completing the lap:P
peterdaviesracing 1 month ago
@peterdaviesracing And that wasn't his worst result. In Imola, he did a lap at 7min16secs (!) He would be lapped several times by the time he completed a single lap...
PanosDCC 1 month ago
@PanosDCC
Isn't Imola shorter? Renting a F3000 car would have been cheaper, and it may have made the grid! It wasn't all the fault of the engine, but it was lacking power and the chassis wasn't the best either...
peterdaviesracing 1 month ago
relict coloni subaru
GeorgeKozhecaluka 6 months ago
@ThunderkartKing He was warming up the tires on a damp track.
TheShockninja 6 months ago
I think Roberto Moreno drove every shitty F1 car ever made, and managed to qualify most of them as well!
colognecapri 7 months ago
Anyone find this more exciting than watching the final round of qualyfing in 2011 F1? The 40 car plus field of cars trying to qualify for the race, with superteams like Mclaren and Ferrari on one end with shoestring budget farces like Coloni and Life at the other, so awesome!
colognecapri 7 months ago 5
That's a rare footage of the Coloni Subaru car running! Does sounds a bit like a V12 though..
jonndol 7 months ago
Larousse had a spare car!? By early 90s pre qualifying standards that must have been the upmost luxury!
beetleman64 8 months ago
wow - great, never seen this before
sinnae404 1 year ago
Why did Life even bother? Lol.
F1archivesDotCom 1 year ago
Shame most of the teams here were useless, as they had pretty good liveries.
andrewlawrence2209 1 year ago
Aguri Suzuki being the class of the field.
F1000X 1 year ago
Great footage - brilliant to see some of the lesser know teams in F1 history.
daveoftheraceways 1 year ago 2
Life and a Coloni Subaru in a race weekend. thats all I can say, thank you for reposting this.
adamr1987 1 year ago 3
They should let lots more F1 teams in now, just so we can have Pre-Qualifying back. Great video, the Larrousse was clearly too fast to be there.
jbutton113 1 year ago
GREAT VID
3079mac 1 year ago
Where is the life running?
sixtolojunior 1 year ago
@sixtolojunior Yes, Life Team w12 engine......Italian pilot Bruno Giacomeli...
emperatore1 1 year ago 2
@sixtolojunior more like Life stopping
punkr 1 year ago 5