About Wookey story (comments and discussion)

I'm impresed, I'm sure he will be too. Can I have a larger picture ? We old people have bad eyesight.

I finished Daytona. I hope I gave back a little of the great fun I had driving that race. Passing from banking to inland was a rich experience. This track is really fun to drive, and such a diverse entry made the race very enjoyable.you the end of the season with its final at Mexico

Soon I'll tell you the end of the season with its final at Mexico. Many sub plots will be revealed, both private and race related as the preparations to 1969 are well advanced now !

Philippe, for your friend you have to do only the graphics (icons and mainbk), so he will see better up close...

in your mail box...

Thanks, Everything is OK now

Season 1968 is over. Here is calendar for 1969

1. Afrique du Sud 1 mars
RoC 16 Mars
International Trophy 30 Mars
Madrid 13 avril
2. Espagne 4 mai
3. Monaco 18 mai
Marseille 25 Mai
Belgique 8 juin
4. Pays-Bas 21 juin
5. France 6 juil
6. Grande-Bretagne 19 juil
7. Allemagne 3 août
Gold Cup 16 Aout
Naples 30 aout
8. Italie 7 sept
9. Canada 20 sept
10. Etats-Unis 5 oct
11. Mexique 19 oct

In italics : non championship
underligned : purely fictional

Wookey wrote:
1. Luigi officially announces the date of his marriage with Nathy to be held in Beirut, just after the end of the season.
2. But Luigi is talking a lot with the Bianchi brothers. It seems that the Italo-Belgian stakeholders are part of a project also including Luigi and Alfa Romeo. But it was not until the offseason to learn more.

1. Great news
2. If you agree, for the Bianchi brothers, I had thought a Cooper T91 Alfa Romeo

Luigi 70 wrote:

Wookey wrote:
1. Luigi officially announces the date of his marriage with Nathy to be held in Beirut, just after the end of the season.
2. But Luigi is talking a lot with the Bianchi brothers. It seems that the Italo-Belgian stakeholders are part of a project also including Luigi and Alfa Romeo. But it was not until the offseason to learn more.

1. Great news
2. If you agree, for the Bianchi brothers, I had thought a Cooper T91 Alfa Romeo

Yes; for 1969, totally OK But this team will act as a B-Team for Alfa Romeo while SCS will be the A-Team. With some info exchange and general good relationship, as was the case between BRM and Parnell, or Lotus and Walker

Comments on the calendar ?

A) The race of 2 worlds is discarded.
1st because I do not want to burden Luigi with making 12 cars for Indy every year !
2nd because next time it will be 1971 Questor GP, and I want to let time for doing the F 5000 present there.

B) I reintroduced the GP of Belgium, just because I love racing at Spa. About the same cars a Zandvoort will compete.

C) Marseille should exist until 1973 when the national and local political situation evolved and made it impossible, it will be moved to nearby permanent tracks from 1970

D) I moved Naples later in the season to give more time to Luigi to prepare a great set of cars.

E) I have no idea yet how I will manage Madrid. The race did exist, true, but very few cars appeared and I think none of them is ready.

1969 Madrid entry wrote:
52 Keith HOLLAND Alan Fraser Racing Team Lola T142 (F5000) Chevrolet
53 Peter GETHIN Church Farm Racing Team McLaren M14A Chevrolet
12 Tony DEAN Privé BRM P61 BRM V12
55 Jock RUSSELL Privé Lotus 43 Ford Cosworth V8
14 Neil CORNER Antique Automobiles Cooper T86 Maserati V12
16 Max MOSLEY Len Street Engineering Lotus 59 (F2) Ford Cosworth L4
54 Robert LAMPLOUGH Privé Lotus 43 Ford Cosworth V8
15 Graham McRAE Privé Brabham BT23C (F2) Ford Cosworth L4
51 Mike HAILWOOD Paul Hawkins Lola T142 (F5000) Chevrolet V8

Wookey wrote:
E) I have no idea yet how I will manage Madrid. The race did exist, true, but very few cars appeared and I think none of them is ready.

1969 Madrid entry wrote:
52 Keith HOLLAND Alan Fraser Racing Team Lola T142 (F5000) Chevrolet
53 Peter GETHIN Church Farm Racing Team McLaren M14A Chevrolet
12 Tony DEAN Privé BRM P61 BRM V12
55 Jock RUSSELL Privé Lotus 43 Ford Cosworth V8
14 Neil CORNER Antique Automobiles Cooper T86 Maserati V12
16 Max MOSLEY Len Street Engineering Lotus 59 (F2) Ford Cosworth L4
54 Robert LAMPLOUGH Privé Lotus 43 Ford Cosworth V8
15 Graham McRAE Privé Brabham BT23C (F2) Ford Cosworth L4
51 Mike HAILWOOD Paul Hawkins Lola T142 (F5000) Chevrolet V8

I can make them all, but I need some time ...
Can you move the race in late season?

my opinion for what its worth :
1) none of the competitors featured in that year other races
2) Jarama is not the greatest track of the collection
3) the lack of pilots was due to a coincidence with great sportscars and F2 races the same day

conclusion :
Just tell you did not participate either... Marseille (and Spa !) is a very more enjoyable race to do