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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby FMecha » 14 Jan 2012, 22:14

eurobrun wrote:Just to make everyone feel more depressed about their age.

Mika Hakkinen


Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby dr-baker » 14 Jan 2012, 22:23

FMecha wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Just to make everyone feel more depressed about their age.

Mika Hakkinen


Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby Wizzie » 14 Jan 2012, 22:25

dr-baker wrote:
FMecha wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Just to make everyone feel more depressed about their age.

Mika Hakkinen


Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)


No, Early 2000s Schumacher :lol:
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby East Londoner » 14 Jan 2012, 22:32

Wizzie wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
FMecha wrote:Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)


No, Early 2000s Schumacher :lol:

A Schumacher who finished every single race that season on the podium, boring the utter hell out of TV viewers :roll: :evil:

I'm mid-1990s Schumacher, which was much better. 1995 was a better year for everything.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby FullMetalJack » 14 Jan 2012, 22:59

dr-baker wrote:
FMecha wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Just to make everyone feel more depressed about their age.

Mika Hakkinen


Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)


Could be 18, if he was born at the start of January.

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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby FMecha » 14 Jan 2012, 23:00

Wizzie wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
FMecha wrote:Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)


No, Early 2000s Schumacher :lol:


Thank you for clarifying! :)
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby dr-baker » 15 Jan 2012, 00:10

redbulljack14 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
FMecha wrote:Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.

wmetcalf68 is 17?! ;)


Could be 18, if he was born at the start of January.

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Could be 16 if we are talking February to December 1995...
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby dinizintheoven » 15 Jan 2012, 02:50

James1978 wrote:Saw your earlier post about Scheckter being your years champ and so you are younger than me! :)

Not by much, mind. Both of us could get in pubs before Messrs Krautmeir and Eurobrun were even born...
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby Jeroen Krautmeir » 15 Jan 2012, 03:05

dinizintheoven wrote:
James1978 wrote:Saw your earlier post about Scheckter being your years champ and so you are younger than me! :)

Not by much, mind. Both of us could get in pubs before Messrs Krautmeir and Eurobrun were even born...

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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby tommykl » 15 Jan 2012, 05:26

Formula 1: Damon Hill
CART: Jimmy Vasser
IRL: Buzz Calkins/Scott Sharp
Indy Lights: David Empringham
Atlantic championship: Patrick Carpentier
International F3000: Jörg Müller
Formula Holden: Paul Stokell
Formula Nippon: Ralf Schumacher
British Formula F3000: Gareth Rees
Australian Formula 2: Bronte Rundle
British Formula 3: Ralph Firman/Simon Wills (National Class)
Italian F3: Andrea Boldrini
All-Japan Formula 3: Juichi Wakisaka
German Formula 3: Jarno Trulli
Austria Formula 3 Cup: Josef Neuhauser
Formula 3 Sudamericana: Gabriel Furlan/Anibal Zaniratto (Light Class)
French Formula 3: Soheil Ayari
Swiss Formula 3: Norbert Zehnder
Mexican Formula 3: Rod MacLeod
Masters of Formula 3: Kurt Mollekens
Macau Grand Prix: Ralph Firman
Formula 3 Monaco GP: Marcel Tiemann
Australian Formula Ford: David Besnard
British Formula Ford: Kristian Kolby/Richard Lyons (Winter Series)
Dutch & Benelux Formula Ford: Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Formula Ford Festival: Mark Webber

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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby eurobrun » 15 Jan 2012, 09:26

FMecha wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Just to make everyone feel more depressed about their age.

Mika Hakkinen


Seconded, since it was... for me. :)
And wmetcalf68 is Michael Schumacher.


What month?
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby Cynon » 16 Jan 2012, 01:43

Prost, 1989, although I was born before the season started! (January 27)
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby 1993DonningtonNo1 » 26 Jan 2012, 01:44

Ayrton Senna after his 2nd Suzuka collision with Alain Prost.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby David AGS » 26 Jan 2012, 17:54

Alain Prost (1985)

The year I was born. F1 related '85' stuff:

Sadly, Winkelhock and Bellof both died that year

Niki Lauda retired for the second and last time

A team called Minardi entered Formula 1

Alan Jones made his comeback,

Australia (Adelaide) made its debut on the F1 calendar.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby nome66 » 27 Jan 2012, 07:38

time to elaborate on my year of birth.

April 7 1994.
10 days before the Pacific GP.
roughly one month before Ayrton's last pole.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby dj_vicious » 27 Jan 2012, 08:15

We've got quite an age variance! here I was thinking I was a youngster. Alain Prost, 1989 for me.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby wmetcalf68 » 09 Feb 2012, 12:08

Michael Schumacher 2002!
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby madmark1974 » 09 Feb 2012, 20:13

... And just to compare and contrast with wmetcalf68, it's pretty obvious from my profile name, but mine would be :

1974, Emerson Fittipaldi's 2nd title

I think I may be the 2nd oldest 'regular' (ish) poster on here after Eagleash, and I guess his answer would be :

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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby stupot94 » 11 Feb 2012, 02:49

madmark1974 wrote:... And just to compare and contrast with wmetcalf68, it's pretty obvious from my profile name, but mine would be :

1974, Emerson Fittipaldi's 2nd title

I think I may be the 2nd oldest 'regular' (ish) poster on here after Eagleash, and I guess his answer would be :

The Roman Empire :P


That famous chariot racer who won every race during that empire. Jarno Trulli?
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby F1 Adam » 11 Feb 2012, 03:54

One of the Ayrton Senna years for me. I won't tell you which one, got to keep some mystery in our lives.
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby This » 11 Feb 2012, 05:27

stupot94 wrote:
madmark1974 wrote:... And just to compare and contrast with wmetcalf68, it's pretty obvious from my profile name, but mine would be :

1974, Emerson Fittipaldi's 2nd title

I think I may be the 2nd oldest 'regular' (ish) poster on here after Eagleash, and I guess his answer would be :

The Roman Empire :P


That famous chariot racer who won every race during that empire. Jarno Trulli?

Well there was a chariot racer that looked like Schumacher (racing for the country Germania) in one of the Asterix movies :D This also happen to reveal that Jean Todt is probably the best actor ever :roll:
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby midgrid » 11 Feb 2012, 08:51

The Emperor Nero probably had the best record of all the ancient Roman chariot racers. None of his rivals would dare to beat him, for fear of being put to death, and the judges would routinely award him the laurels even if he failed to finish, for the same reason...
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Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?

Postby Myrvold » 11 Feb 2012, 20:12

Born on the same day as Ayrton Senna was born, in the year of his last championship. That might be some reasons why I think highly of Senna! :)
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