OT: Current F1 trivia

I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running to your reference books or looking it up on the Web?

Irvine? "Barton Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web?

Quick guess: Mika Hak.? --David "Barton Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web?

"Rick Baumhauer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:97n0u5$q24mi$[email hidden]... > Irvine? I'm also going to guess Irvine. I think he's about 34, but not sure (won't cheat and look it up).

I guess you'd be thinking of Johnny Herbert. -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web?

Eddie Irvine, for sure. His hair is already turning gray, isn't it ;)? -Gregor Barton Brown wrote:

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> > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web?

herbert is not racing anymore... "Ian P" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: ZALn6.10997$I5.294524@stones...

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> I guess you'd be thinking of Johnny Herbert. > > -- > Ian P > <email invalid due to spam> > > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web? > >

gregor pointed out rightly that herbert is till driving, but he is not RACING anymore "Txl" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: kQMn6.7414$[email hidden]...

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> herbert is not racing anymore... > > > "Ian P" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: > ZALn6.10997$I5.294524@stones... > > I guess you'd be thinking of Johnny Herbert. > > > > -- > > Ian P > > <email invalid due to spam> > > > > > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > > > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would

have > > > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > > > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by alittle > > > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, withoutrunning > > > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web? > > > > > >

Well, whether Herbert is "racing" or merely "driving" he's just a bit over two weeks younger than Alesi. Here's the birthday list: January Michael Schumacher January 3, 1969 Giancarlo Fisichella January 14, 1973 Jenson Button January 19, 1980 February Alexander Wurz February 15, 1974 Pedro de la Rosa February 24, 1971 March Jos Verstappen March 4, 1972 Ricardo Zonta March 23, 1976 David Coulthard March 27, 1971 Marc Gene March 29, 1974 April Jacques Villeneuve April 9, 1971 May Gaston Mazzacane May 8, 1975 Nick Heidfeld May 10, 1977 Heinz Harold Frentzen May 18, 1967 Pedro Paulo Diniz May 22, 1970 Rubens Barrichello May 23, 1972 June Jean Alesi June 11, 1964 Johnny Herbert June 27, 1964 Ralf Schumacher June 30, 1975 July Jarno Trulli July 13, 1974 September Mika Hakkinen September 28, 1968 November Eddie Irvine November 10, 1965 Mika Salo November 30, 1966

Eddie Irvine? Barton Brown wrote: > I hadn't thought about it much until I was reading a listing of F1 > drivers' birthdays, but it gave me a bit of a shock -- now, I would have > guessed rightly that Jean Alesi is the oldest current F1 driver, but I > never would have guessed who the second-oldest is, and only by a little > more than two weeks, at that... Anybody guess who it is, without running > to your reference books or looking it up on the Web? -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

Well, I had written that he was no longer racing, but decided to delete it because Barton asked which current F1 driver, not racer ;) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Txl <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kQMn6.7414$[email hidden]... > herbert is not racing anymore... > > > "Ian P" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: > ZALn6.10997$I5.294524@stones... > > I guess you'd be thinking of Johnny Herbert. > > > > -- > > Ian P > > <email invalid due to spam>

David Ewing wrote: > > Eddie Irvine? So I woulda thunk, but it's Little Johnny Herbert.

the title of the thread says "Current" F1 trivia..last I checked, Little Johnny wasn't in F1 anymore. The best he could come up with was the Audi-knockoff Bently LeMans Prototype. dave henrie "Barton Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > David Ewing wrote: > > > > Eddie Irvine? So I woulda thunk, but it's Little Johnny Herbert.

Dave Henrie wrote: > > the title of the thread says "Current" F1 trivia..last I checked, > Little Johnny wasn't in F1 anymore. The best he could come > up with was the Audi-knockoff Bently LeMans Prototype. I admit it's a stretch, but he *is* the designated test driver for Walkinshaw's Arrows team...