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seems to be good at selling empty boxes.

kudos to him though, for selling himself as such a top driver for Jaguar.

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funny how the 1997 and 2001 podium were exactly the same, but then again, not exactly, but then again yes :jaw:
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During his time at Jaguar, Irvine was one of the highest paid employees at Ford Motor Company. That didn't go down too well with then CEO Jacques Nasser who wanted to know why a "Edmund Irvine" was earning nearly as much as he was.
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kals wrote: 4 years ago
John wrote: 4 years ago Frentzen IS David Duchovny.
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BTW, his 1997 and 1998 team mate currently races in the Scandinavian Porsche Carrera Cup.
Not full time, he rode the invitational VIP entry for one or two rounds (I'm sure @Cheeveer can elaborate on the details). Felix Rosenqvist, Björn Wirdheim and a few other notables have driven that car as well.
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Björn Wirdheim = notable

Hmmmm ok :tongue:

Thanks for the detail. The articles that mentioned JV racing the Carrera Cup made it appear as though it was a full time ride.
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kals wrote: 4 years ago Björn Wirdheim = notable
It takes extraordinary skill top loose Monaco like he did.
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John wrote: 4 years ago
kals wrote: 4 years ago BTW, his 1997 and 1998 team mate currently races in the Scandinavian Porsche Carrera Cup.
Not full time, he rode the invitational VIP entry for one or two rounds (I'm sure @Cheeveer can elaborate on the details). Felix Rosenqvist, Björn Wirdheim and a few other notables have driven that car as well.
IIRC they have one invitational car each round (Mads Östberg have driven it at times too), if they can't find someone ...n0tAbL3~, they'll get a driver coach like Jacques Villeneuve. Because he's a driver coach at Porsche nowadays.
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kals wrote: 4 years ago Björn Wirdheim = notable

Hmmmm ok :tongue:

Thanks for the detail. The articles that mentioned JV racing the Carrera Cup made it appear as though it was a full time ride.
You have to remember that we're talking about the Swedish racing scene here. :haha: Björn IS a notable figure, he's won the F3000 title, tested for BAR and Jaguar, raced Super Formula and IndyCar (=Champcar). And does the Swedish F1 broadcasts. He's like Swedish racing royalty in our small pond.
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John wrote: 4 years ago
kals wrote: 4 years ago Björn Wirdheim = notable

Hmmmm ok :tongue:

Thanks for the detail. The articles that mentioned JV racing the Carrera Cup made it appear as though it was a full time ride.
You have to remember that we're talking about the Swedish racing scene here. :haha: Björn IS a notable figure, he's won the F3000 title, tested for BAR and Jaguar, raced Super Formula and IndyCar (=Champcar). And does the Swedish F1 broadcasts. He's like Swedish racing royalty in our small pond.
Wirdheim was a decent talent and during his junior career there was a lot of positive talk about him. Then his career turned into a case of wrong place wrong time:

Champion in F3000 during it's lean final two years (and arguably his 2002 season was much more impressive against greater competition)
Jaguar test driver when the team was on the verge of pulling out of F1
ChampCar with an underfunded team during the series decline

And only really remembered for that Monaco incident.
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Wirdheim's career is definitely a would-have, could-have, should-have kind of affair.

Now look at someone like Stephane Sarrazin...The first time I became aware of him was the Brazilian GP in 1999, where he did the fastest donuts I've ever seen, with one half of his car missing. 20 years later, he has six Le Mans 24h podiums, two Le Mans Series championships victories, won the 2014 Tour de Course rally and raced WRC, Formula E and V8 Supercars. That's a pretty awesome career if you ask me.
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Yep, Sarrazin was screwed by Prost - Minardi wanted to keep him on but Prost said don't do it and we'll guarantee you a drive for 2000.
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I wonder what the drivers Bernoldi, Diniz, Tuero, etc. are doing these days.
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Antonov wrote: 4 years ago I wonder what the drivers Bernoldi, Diniz, Tuero, etc. are doing these days.
The same thing all Brazilian ex-F1 drivers do. Stock Car Brasil.

I didn't check but I bet they do.
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Competed in at least tbe round in the 2018 series:

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DoubleFart wrote: 4 years ago Yep, Sarrazin was screwed by Prost - Minardi wanted to keep him on but Prost said don't do it and we'll guarantee you a drive for 2000.
Sarrazin and Ayari were both promising French talents who showed great speed in F3000. Shame neither ever got a proper try at F1.
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Who was a F3000 champion (2000) and three-time Champ Car World Series runner-up (2002, 2003, 2004)?

That's right, Florida real estate agent Bruno Junqueira.

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