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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2010, 02:30:38 PM »
No 8. Chris Lutenist. All I can think of for this is Christian Lautenschlager (German), who, among other things, won the French Grand Prix in 1908 and 1914.
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2010, 03:58:45 PM »
Quote from: Tom_I on July 29, 2010, 02:30:38 PM
No 8. Chris Lutenist. All I can think of for this is Christian Lautenschlager (German), who, among other things, won the French Grand Prix in 1908 and 1914.
That's the man!!!
Your taste in bilingual fun must be similar to mine.
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2010, 05:50:39 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on July 29, 2010, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: DeAutogids on July 29, 2010, 09:13:50 AM
Quote from: Allan L on July 29, 2010, 09:03:06 AM
Quote from: DeAutogids on July 29, 2010, 08:15:45 AM
2 Jack Piece - Joachim Stuck
Not what I wanted
I can't see that Jack=Joachim
Apparently, the idea was Hans Stuck. Hans-Joachim Stuck
Jack = Hans is o.k. as they are diminutives of John and Johannes so Hans Stuck, not Hans-Joachim (i.e. father not son)

Hans Stuck is German
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2010, 08:07:13 AM »
Quote from: DeAutogids on July 30, 2010, 05:50:39 AM
Hans Stuck is German
Generally that's what he appeared as, despite being born in Warsaw of Swiss parents according to one source.
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2010, 08:31:44 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on July 30, 2010, 08:07:13 AM
Quote from: DeAutogids on July 30, 2010, 05:50:39 AM
Hans Stuck is German
Generally that's what he appeared as, despite being born in Warsaw of Swiss parents according to one source.
Well, apparently the family lived in Germany at the time he was born, but they happened to be in Warsaw when Hans was born.
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2010, 08:54:15 AM »
To make it even more confusing wikipedia.de reports he was Austrian-German..  :D
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2010, 09:25:06 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on July 30, 2010, 08:54:15 AM
To make it even more confusing wikipedia.de reports he was Austrian-German..  :D
Ah, that'd be the famous Anschluβ!
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2010, 05:49:35 AM »
Only two to go, so a clue before I move this to the Professionals.

Both drove for Mercédès (or Mercédès-Benz) at some time. . . . as did quite a lot of people!
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2010, 01:52:34 PM »
My language skills are non-existent, but does Carlo Sondaggio translate into Karl Kling perchance?
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2010, 02:16:02 PM »
Quote from: D-type on August 01, 2010, 01:52:34 PM
My language skills are non-existent, but does Carlo Sondaggio translate into Karl Kling perchance?
Well done, Duncan!
The two parts of your sentence are mutually exclusive as Karl Kling is whom I was after!
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #35 on: August 02, 2010, 07:45:17 AM »
Just Lewis Cartwright left (No 3), and I've been struggling with this one.

It wouldn't be Louis Wagner, would it? He was French, despite the German-sounding surname. He won the first British Grand Prix in 1926, and while driving for Mercedes, came second to Chris Lutenist in the 1914 French Grand Prix.
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Re: Allan L's "just for fun"
« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2010, 02:20:40 PM »
Quote from: Tom_I on August 02, 2010, 07:45:17 AM
Just Lewis Cartwright left (No 3), and I've been struggling with this one.

It wouldn't be Louis Wagner, would it? He was French, despite the German-sounding surname. He won the first British Grand Prix in 1926, and while driving for Mercedes, came second to Chris Lutenist in the 1914 French Grand Prix.
Heedless of grammar, they all cried "That's him!!"

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