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Category:Eye AM Eye Radio/DIRTY AIR

'DIRTY AIR by ' is a special series focused on Formula One, and racing in general.

I learned how to freakin READ with cars, car brands, road signs I watched the astonishing Ayrton absolute Hero Senna from age 5 !!! and him crash to his poor poor death, not faked, he's not the "transfer me to an island" type... when I was 15... I vividly remember that 1st of May 1994....

releases

• ZANDVOORTS GEWETEN series - PREwork
• LAP 44 - Dr. Hemington at Top Gear

segments, corners, apexes

trivia quiz

• how many drivers have won their home race, in the widest sense (double nationalities, Imola is in Italy, etc.)
• idem, but scoring points, using modern system
• how many drivers did Max first season Red Bull Verstappen overtake at his Magical Feat in Sao Paulo 2016 ?
  • count with him at Eye AM Eye Radio - .....
• which active 2024 F1 or IndyCar driver has the most F1 circuit lap records
• fastest speed around any ever F1 raced track - bonus answer he's Dutch !^{[STAT 1]}
• which rookie has most podiums in rookie season while not being in one of the 2 fastest cars - Lando Norris - McLaren 2020 4 podiums - 3rd IMO-MON-AUT & ITA 2nd
  • HAM 2007
  • ALO 2001
  • RAI 2001
  • MAX 2015 TR
    • MAX 2016-17 RB
  • PIA 2023 MCL
  • MAG 2010
  • SEN 1984 TOLEMAN
  • SCH H2 1991-H1 92 BENETTON RENAULT
  • MON 2002
  • HAK 1991
  • VET 2007
  • CLA 1960

• who set the fastest time - quali or race, but mostly former at any of these 10 iconic tracks

1. MONACO -
2. CANADA -
3. SILVERSTONE -
4. SPA -
5. MONZA -
6. IMOLA -
7. STYRIA - MAX 2020 1:03.720 Q3 Austrian GP - race SAI ?? dice Red Bull Ring 2020 - 1:05.619 but MAX has FL with 1:06.200 (AUT) & HAM 1:07.058 (STY)
8. BAKU -
9. ZANDVOORT -
10. SAO PAULO -

• same for wet conditions !

1. MONACO - WET years : so many
2. CANADA - WET years : 2012,
3. SILVERSTONE - WET years :
4. SPA - WET years : 2021 non race,
5. MONZA - WET years :
6. IMOLA - WET years :
7. STYRIA - WET years :
8. BAKU - WET years :
9. ZANDVOORT - WET years : 2023 - ZANDVOORTs GELIJK
10. SAO PAULO - WET years : 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022

• which driver is the most successful in F1 and IndyCar combined:
• by champion in both
  • wins in both
    • podiums in both
      • poles / FLs in both
• preselection
  • Mario Andretti
  • Michael Andretti
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Romain Grosjean

• idem for Feeder Series + IndyCar Lights
  • pretty impressive collection, I'd say

astonishing feats

Sennas Signature Season

• Sennas quali in 1985 as max 4th fastest car 7 pole positions in 12 races or so

Quali stats 1985 Ayrton Senna^{[STAT 2]}

• modern analogy:
• Lotus 1985 = McLaren 2024, 39 years later
• Oscar Piastri manages to set his McLaren on pole 14 out of 24 races, in 2024
• Lando Norris is WAY WAY better than Senna's teammate was, see^{[STAT 3]}

Rookie Reutemann vs Whacky Stewart

• Carlos Reutemann in his home race as rookie outqualiying Sir Jackie, freshly superdominant 2nd WC on Pole Position^{[STAT 4]}

Styria on Steroids

• Lando Norris last lap Austria rookie season 2020^{[STAT 5]}

Together We Matter, To Gather We Better

• Alonso defending from ultra fast HAM making his team mate OCO get his first and only win... in freaking HUNGARY 2021^{[STAT 6]}

Together We Matter, To Gather We Better II

• in the same race, Max had damage thanks to Bottas Bowdling, if not mistaken
• meaning that not the FIA, or Goatifi, or Mikey Mikey Magic Maasi
• yet ALONSO made the Abu Dhabi 2021 equal points possible...
• if Lewis and not Ocon would have won, he would have had .. points more and with equal other conditions should have finished 6th or lower in Abu Dhabi for Max to have won his first and crucially so World Title...

fabolous failures

• Lando Norris Sochi 2021

serious sponsorships

SHELL

WIKI

Royal Dutch Shell sponsored, over the years the following teams:

team	# yrs	years
Ferrari	11 1+3.5
Williams	0
Renault (in any form)	..										""ING" changed to "Renault" once ING withdrew support following the Italian GP[SP 1]
McLaren	0
Sauber	0
Minardi-Toro Rosso-AT-RB	0
Stewart-Jaguar-Red Bull	0
BAR Honda-Brawn-Mercedes	3
Jordan-...-Aston Martin	0
Toyota
Arrows	3	Orange my network then
cum. season	17 5	Shell, Orange, ING, Honda 2003-06, but BAR till '05
F1 seasons	accum. # years while active	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
sources[SP 2]	Ferrari[SP 3], Williams[SP 4], Renault[SP 5], McLaren[SP 6], Minardi-ToroRosso[SP 7], Stewart-Jaguar-Red Bull[SP 8], Brawn-Merc[SP 9], Jordan-Aston M[SP 10], Arrows[SP 11], Toyota[SP 12]

active Shell F1 seasons gaia

2002

• MSc. thesis
• April-November
• live pitstop with real F1 Ferrari Schumacher car, 2000 or 01, obv not 2002 running season model...
• excursion lead for other Shell MSc.s, sponsoring acquired by me and my friend
• between Spa-Francochamps and Nürburgring, in July-August time

2005

• Sep start Shell job
• Oct defensive driving course #1

2006

• start Shell Wiki
• second time live pitstop, somewhere 2006-08

2007

• May Freaking Fiat 140 kph, double speed limit racing over unknown Pyrenean roads, emergency and fun, and all right
• GROWTH = LIFE = GROWTH Shell Wiki

2008

• defensive driving course #2
• when I left in Dec 08, the Shell Wiki had 27,000+ !! articles
• of which about 10% from my hand
• but a real success, already back then, can only have grown NOW, cause not depending on me, you see, what wiki is aBOUT. ?

2009

• Alfa Romeo, first speeding ticket 5 hours after buying my new car, in the Eifel, a ghost village (nobody even on the sidewalks) entering from 80+ and camera flash
• 25 euros HAHAHAHA

2010

• 300 km in 1.5 hours, meaning 200 kph, the max, average, straight, Autobahn Germany, but up and down

2011

• max speed driven myself - 250 kph - Alfa Brera Autobahn Köln-Dutch border

2013-14

• Curacao Swerve Save - at night, with a clear "chair in middle of fast road to rob you guys" situation, perfect swerve around it without slowing down, all safe and amazingly sharp

references

trivia

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