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Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007 Solved! François Hesnault /935/In-car camera
« on: May 15, 2007, 05:42:17 AM »


The car in this picture is a virtual no-brainer. What I'm looking for is the name of the driver, and what innovation he helped introduce to Formula 1 racing.

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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 10:04:08 AM »
Porsche 911 driven by Flash Gordon!  :lmao:
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2007, 11:26:19 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2007, 11:36:27 AM »
It's not a 911?

Flash Gordon was a UFO joke!
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2007, 12:25:02 PM »
Is it Rodrigo Terran and his Porsche 935?
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2007, 01:23:12 PM »
Well, it's a Kremer K3 935 (serial #930 890 0015, in case anybody is interested). That much I know.

It seems to be circa 1982 as UFO sponsored this car, but I can't find the race or driver. At Le Mans the livery was slightly different, but there the drivers were Claude Haldi, Rodrigo Terran & François Hesnault  so grobmotorix may be right.
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2007, 01:32:54 PM »
PH, you have named the car, and named the driver (you'll have to figure out which one)  :)

Once you have that, identifying his lasting impact on F1 should be easy.
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2007, 02:38:27 PM »
Frenchman François Hesnault, from Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, came out of obscurity into F1, was pretty much a nonentity while he was in the top flight, and ended up in complete anonymity after it. To that end, his contribution to F1 was very limited, so it seems. But in fact, we can thank François for his help in one particular area; the development of the on-board camera.
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2007, 03:31:34 PM »
Bingo! Well done.
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Re: Name That Car & Driver 15-May-2007
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2007, 05:11:01 AM »
I've awarded a point each to Graywolf and Porridgehead.
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