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Technically, it was.PTRACER wrote:(maybe Andrews, but that's not F1 and not my specialty)
Bottom post of the previous page:
Technically, it was.PTRACER wrote:(maybe Andrews, but that's not F1 and not my specialty)
I disagree. But I'm sure you'll cope.Jesper Hvid wrote:Technically, it was.PTRACER wrote:(maybe Andrews, but that's not F1 and not my specialty)
Well, part of the WDC, but it wasn't the F1 WDC in those days, as 1952 and 1953 proved.Jesper Hvid wrote:Well, obviously not driving technically. I mean the '57 500 was 3rd rd. of the F1 WDC.
No, it was just included in the World Drivers Championship. Until the early 80's Formula 1 was a car formula, not a championship. In 1952 & 53 the WDC was decided with Formula 2 cars, except for Indy.Motorsportrace wrote:From 1950 to 1960 the Indianapolis 500 was an F1 race.
Different argument, we were talking about 1957.Jesper Hvid wrote:Would that qualify for the list.
Cheeveer wrote:No, it was just included in the World Drivers Championship. Until the early 80's Formula 1 was a car formula, not a championship. In 1952 & 53 the WDC was decided with Formula 2 cars, except for Indy.Motorsportrace wrote:From 1950 to 1960 the Indianapolis 500 was an F1 race.
Thank you.EB wrote:Most of the cars that ran in the Indy 500 from 1950 to 1953 were legal F1 cars.
Yes.Motorsportrace wrote:From 1950 to 1960 the Indianapolis 500 was an F1 race.
EB wrote:Different argument, we were talking about 1957.Jesper Hvid wrote:Would that qualify for the list.
Most of the cars that ran in the Indy 500 from 1950 to 1953 were legal F1 cars (the 6.6 litre turbocharged Cummins diesel being a rather obvious exception!).
In 1954 though, the F1 engine limit fell to 2.5 litres (and I think just 750cc for supercharged engines), whilst the Indy 500s were full of 4.2 litre Offys and the occasional 2.7 litre supercharged Offy.
They were emphatically not F1 cars!
Wasn't trying to, just explaining my reasons for disagreeingMotorsportrace wrote:Ok, I understood, but now don't start a fight.
Are you doing this on purpose????Jesper Hvid wrote:This video shows Carl Scarborough's withdrawal from the 1953 Indy 500, making him the first fatal victim of F1 racing.
Thank you, but the first fatal victim of F1 probably was Cameron C. Earl, trying an ERA car in the MIRA circuit, 1952.Jesper Hvid wrote:viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1824&p=192810#p192810
This video shows Carl Scarborough's withdrawal from the 1953 Indy 500, making him the first fatal victim of F1 racing.