They drove that car?

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Damon Hill never actually raced in the short-lived Grand Prix Masters but he did get to test the Reynard-based car.

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This is probably pushing it but the late Sir Stirling Moss returned to racing in the British Saloon Car Championship in 1980 and 1981, driving an Audi 80, he peaked with 2nd outright at Mallory Park in the first year and Oulton Park in the second.

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1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist contested the Donington 1 Hour Endurance race in the 1990 British Touring Car Championship. He took over from that year's eventual Champion Robb Gravett in the Trakstar Ford Sierra RS500 and finished 2nd after spinning away the lead at the last corner.

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1967 Safari Rallye winner Vic Preston (senior) raced a Norton in the 1956 Senior TT, finishing 32nd.

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Shane Byrne won his first two World Superbike races as a wild card at Brands Hatch in 2003 (i.e. the year Ducati took a clean sweep of victories)

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Bobby Rahal drove a 2nd works Wolf at Watkins Glen and Montreal at the tailend of the 1978 F1 Season. He came 12th in the first of these and retired from the 2nd.

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Three-time Indy 500 Winner Bobby Unser contested the 1968 United States Grand Prix with BRM. His engine failed after 35 Laps.

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Nanni Galli

When Clay Regazzoni broke his wrist playing football with the Ferrari mechanics in the summer of 1972, the team called up Nanni Galli for the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand. Galli qualified near the back, finished a distant 13th, and retired from the cockpit a year later. He became a distributor for the Fruit of the Loom fashion company, which would sponsor the Williams F1 team, while Galli persuaded business associates the Benetton family to get involved with F1...

With Regazzoni still sidelined, Arturo Merzario was the next choice for the following British and German GPs. A member of Ferrari's sportscar team, Merzario had no single-seater background worth speaking of yet impressed everybody by driving to sixth place at Brands Hatch.

....Enough for Ferrari to give up on trying to persuade Mario Andretti to make back-and-forth trips across the Atlantic to race its F1 car, and Merzario was installed full-time alongside Ickx for 1973

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Stefan Johansson
Stefan Johansson was becoming something of a Formula 1 supersub by the time he was summoned to Maranello in April 1985. The previous year, he'd proved capable of outqualifying Stefan Bellof at Tyrrell while filling in for the injured Martin Brundle, and had starred for Toleman in replacing alternately Ayrton Senna (a row over his move to Lotus for 1985) and Johnny Cecotto (injured).

He'd even contested the season-opening 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix in place of Bellof, whose management was in a dispute with Tyrrell. (Even though he was entered in a Toleman as well but they arrived with no tyre contract.)

In fact after the Brazilan GP he suddenly found himself to have become a Ferrari driver.... replacing the suddenly sacked Arnoux.
Interestingly at the following Portugese GP Stefan was again double entered in both a Toleman and a Ferrari (he actually drove for Ferrari)


Stefan in the Tyrrell-Ford for the 1984 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch (he was DSQ'd)


Stefan in the Tyrrell at the 1985 Brazilian GP.
IAs mentioned he was entered for that race in a Toleman. Unfortunately they had no tyre contract and were unable to race on raceday.


I think this is Stefan testing the unsponsored Toleman in 1985 pre season.


Stefan also drove for AGS at the 1991 USGP at Phoenix. He DNQ'd


He also drove 4 races in 1991 for Footwork, here at the Canadian GP (Footwork-Porsche V12, FA12) He retired with engine failure whilst running 13th.. (the other 3 races he DNQ'd)




The entry list for the 1985 Brazilian GP

N° Driver Team Chassis Engine Tyre
1 Niki LAUDA Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2B TAG Porsche P01 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
2 Alain PROST Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2B TAG Porsche P01 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
3 Martin BRUNDLE Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 012 Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Goodyear
4 Stefan BELLOF Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 012 Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Goodyear
4 Stefan JOHANSSON Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 012 Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Goodyear
5 Nigel MANSELL Canon Williams Honda Team Williams FW10 Honda RA163E V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
6 Keke ROSBERG Canon Williams Honda Team Williams FW10 Honda RA163E V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
7 Nelson PIQUET Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT54 BMW M12/13 L4 t 1.5 Pirelli
8 François HESNAULT Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT54 BMW M12/13 L4 t 1.5 Pirelli
9 Manfred WINKELHOCK Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team RAM 03 Hart 415T L4 t 1.5 Pirelli
10 Philippe ALLIOT Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team RAM 03 Hart 415T L4 t 1.5 Pirelli
11 Elio De ANGELIS John Player Special Team Lotus Lotus 97T Renault EF4 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
12 Ayrton SENNA John Player Special Team Lotus Lotus 97T Renault EF4 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
15 Patrick TAMBAY Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE60 Renault EF4B V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
16 Derek WARWICK Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE60 Renault EF4B V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
17 Gerhard BERGER Barclay Arrows BMW Arrows A8 BMW M12/13 L4 t 1.5 Goodyear
18 Thierry BOUTSEN Barclay Arrows BMW Arrows A8 BMW M12/13 L4 t 1.5 Goodyear
19 Stefan JOHANSSON Toleman Group Motorsport Toleman TG185 Hart 415T L4 t 1.5 ?
20 John WATSON Toleman Group Motorsport Toleman TG185 Hart 415T L4 t 1.5 ?
21 Mauro BALDI Spirit Enterprises Ltd Spirit 101D Hart 415T L4 t 1.5 Pirelli
22 Riccardo PATRESE Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 185T Alfa Romeo 890T V8 t 1.5 Goodyear
23 Eddie CHEEVER Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 185T Alfa Romeo 890T V8 t 1.5 Goodyear
24 Piercarlo GHINZANI Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1F Alfa Romeo 890T V8 t 1.5 Pirelli
25 Andrea De CESARIS Equipe Ligier Ligier JS25 Renault EF4B V6 t 1.5 Pirelli
26 Jacques LAFFITE Equipe Ligier Ligier JS25 Renault EF4B V6 t 1.5 Pirelli
27 Michele ALBORETO Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156/85 Ferrari 031 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
28 René ARNOUX Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156/85 Ferrari 031 V6 t 1.5 Goodyear
29 Pierluigi MARTINI Minardi F1 Team Minardi M185 Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Pirelli

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1985 Indy 500 Winner and 1988 Indycar Champion Danny Sullivan drove an Alfa Romeo 155 in the non-Championship rounds of the 1994 DTM. He finished all four races with a best result of 4th at Donington Park.

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Al Unser Jr made one NASCAR start, coming in the 1993 Daytona 500 driving for Rick Hendrick. It was a rough week for Al, he wrecked in his 125 mile qualifying race and was forced to an all white backup car for the main event, before yet again being involved in an accident during the 500 on lap 157. Started 40th, Finished 36th.

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Rally legend Juha Kankkunen in the now-defunct Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup.

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Markku Alen drove for Lancia in the 1980 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing with Piercarlo Ghinzani and Gianfranco Brancatelli, oil pump failure put them out after 26 Laps.

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Rauno Aaltonen

Before WRC was existed Aaltonen became the first Finnish European Rally Champion in 1965.. He was one of the first group of four inductees to the Rallying Hall of Fame, with Erik Carlsson, Paddy Hopkirk and Timo Mäkinen. Rauno was One of the original "Flying Finns" aand the fore-runner of 'left-foot braking.

He wasnt just about Rallying though.

In 1966 he won the Gallagher 500 mile (The Bathurst 1000klms forerunner) in a Mini Cooper S on his first ever trip to Bathurst.. Three days later he started the Southern Cross Rally in another Cooper S
In 1967 he won the Monte Carlo Rally in a Cooper S.

Oh and in 1964 he entered Le Mans in a works Austin Healey Sebring Sprite

He also did a round of the BTCC at Silverstone (The TT round) in 1970 driving a Cologne Capri.. He also did the Nurburgring 6 hours in 1970
Before he moved into cars as a teen he was a Powerboat racer of note, he then raced Motorbikes.






Above pics at Bathurst. and below at Le Mans




Nurburgring 6 hours

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Markku Alen drove for Lancia in the 1980 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing with Piercarlo Ghinzani and Gianfranco Brancatelli, oil pump failure put them out after 26 Laps.

Markku Alen also tested a March 871 at Estoril in 1989.

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Adrian Newey made a guest appearance in the 2010 Ginetta Supercup at Snetterton and crashed.