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13 Jul 2004, 18:40 (Ref:1035688)
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Does anyone else recall the rumours in, what, late '98 that Mercedes was considering sending AMG to CART as a works team to boost their faltering performance in the States? Drivers were rumoured to be Bernd Schneider and Marcel Tiemann, and I, for one, couldn't wait. Anyone have any more detailed recollections?
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13 Jul 2004, 19:02 (Ref:1035714)
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You're pretty much on the mark, BSchneider fan.
In 1997, Bernd visited Elkhart Lake and was pictured sitting Dario Franchitti's Hogan Reynard-Mercedes and it sparked all sorts of rumours. Never came to anything though. |
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13 Jul 2004, 20:36 (Ref:1035806)
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I remember that AMG story very well... have been following Schneider in FIA Sportscars with a passion... too bad nothing came out of it...
 On a good note though, there is a slight possibility of Mercedes returning to Champ Car when the "new engine formula" comes in (2006), and NA-V10's or V8's will get chosen... little too late for Schneider by then, but André Lotterer or Pierre Kaffer would surely be welcome...   zerO Last edited by zerO; 13 Jul 2004 at 20:38. |
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13 Jul 2004, 20:47 (Ref:1035819)
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Gary Paffet and Christijan Albers would be Mercedes boys in that scenario most probably.
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13 Jul 2004, 20:53 (Ref:1035833)
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^ Should there be a "works team", ja ?!
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14 Jul 2004, 06:33 (Ref:1036069)
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sounds promising , I'd like to see it happen.
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14 Jul 2004, 06:51 (Ref:1036076)
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Kaffer is solidly an Audi/Infineon boy
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14 Jul 2004, 17:18 (Ref:1036581)
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15 Jul 2004, 06:28 (Ref:1036990)
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wasnt Lotterer close to a drive once before ?
or he may even have done a race , im not sure but Ive heard his name and champcars once before from somewhere ? |
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15 Jul 2004, 06:30 (Ref:1036991)
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I think he was rumoured to drive for Rahal.
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15 Jul 2004, 08:25 (Ref:1037047)
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He did a one off in mexico city (for herdez?) becoming one of the youngest starters ever. His performance has trailed off somewhat tho in formula nippon. I would expect albers to be in a jordan before he does champcar, possibly even at hungary if heidfeld goes to williams and glock doesnt step up again.
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15 Jul 2004, 18:32 (Ref:1037524)
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16 Jul 2004, 04:24 (Ref:1037795)
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cool , thanks for the update , I was pretty sure he ad at least one go before.
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16 Jul 2004, 19:20 (Ref:1038484)
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^ that was a one race deal between Coyne and Grajewski - 2002 was the year when DCR had 69+ drivers on their roster... hihihaha...
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17 Jul 2004, 07:30 (Ref:1038843)
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errr... don't forget that Monteiro beat out Albers for a test seat - there isn't much hope ($$$) for Albers in F1 ?!
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17 Jul 2004, 10:00 (Ref:1038872)
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Monteiro? Was that one a promised minardi test that never happened? Albers has pretty good backing now, and has done some test work for minardi and jordan
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17 Jul 2004, 18:01 (Ref:1039110)
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but, surely 2004 dtm champion is better than a 1 off f1 drive for minardo or jordan
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