Didier Pironi did lead the championship after that and would have won it but he too had an accident later on and could not score more points so Rosberg was the champion in 1982. IIRC both Ferraris were in good health in Imola 1982 and team orders were to hold positions, which Pironi ignored and rushed past Gilles to win. The next round was in the Netherlands where Gilles lost his life during qualifying. IMO Rubens deserved to win! All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 16. toukokuuta 2002 1:05 Aihe: Re: OT: Star and Stooges Redux >AAAAArrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh! > >This is sooooooo off-topic, I know I shouldn't reply, but I will anyway. <g> > >This is nothing new for Ferrari. Gilles Villeneuve did it for Jodi Scheckter, so >Jodi could win a world championship. A year or two later, when Gilles was #1 at >Ferrari, and closely fighting for a championship, Didier Pironi had orders to let >Gilles pass to win a race. Gilles' car was limping at that late stage of the >race, but Didier let him by, only to go screaming by in the last corner, against >team orders, and win the race, costing Gilles valuable points. > >Qualifying for the next race, Gilles had the pole, and against team orders again, >Didier went out and out-qualified him (Pironi had no chance of winning the >championship, btw). Gilles was so angry, he went out and tried one more time to >get the pole, and smacked into the back of a car moving slowly on a warm-down >lap. Gilles was killed instantly. > >One couldn't blame Pironi for Gilles' death, but had he followed team orders, >Gilles might still be alive today, who knows. > >That being said, although Michael hasn't clinched yet, he is so far ahead, and >the Ferraris are so dominant and reliable this year, it's hard to think he won't >win the championship. It would have been nice to let Reubens win this one. > >OTOH, was Michael laying back, knowing Reubens would let him by? Had they been >racing without team orders all along, could Reubens have won? We'll never >know... > >Still kinda stinky, though. > >regards, >frank > >Christian Skofteland wrote: > >> Stephen, I thought about sending a message to the list about this incident in >> Austria but decided against it. In case anyone cares here's my take >> (remember I am a HUGE fan of Ferrari ever since I can remember). >> >> Ferrari was wrong in not letting Ruebens win. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
