UK champion overlap - 5 Live F1 wrong
mr_gobrien
Stuff sent into 5 Live F1 during the practice seems hardly checked
before read out as fact;
e.g. "At all times has a past, present or future UK champ been in F1
since 1952".
So, Damon Hill left at the end of 1999, and Jenson Button began at the
start of 2000 - etc.
But;
James Hunt left after the 1979 Monaco GP, so only a few races in,
Nigel Mansell didn't start until 1980 - and was not in those first
1980 races either I seem to remember.
John Watson was in it then, but was never actually champ, Stewart had
long retired, Damon Hill not in it either by 1980.
So, wrong.
Kim Andrews
@l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, gobrien...@eudoramail.com says...
>
> Stuff sent into 5 Live F1 during the practice seems hardly checked
> before read out as fact;
> James Hunt left after the 1979 Monaco GP, so only a few races in,
> Nigel Mansell didn't start until 1980 - and was not in those first
> 1980 races either I seem to remember.
>
>
> John Watson was in it then, but was never actually champ, Stewart had
> long retired, Damon Hill not in it either by 1980.
>
> So, wrong.
I don't quite follow you. The claim was that a year hadn't passed
without a British Champ taking part. Which year are you saying was
completely without a Champ? (Note, I don't have an opinion, not knowing
that sort of trivia!)
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Brian Lawrence
> Stuff sent into 5 Live F1 during the practice seems hardly checked
> before read out as fact;
>
> e.g. "At all times has a past, present or future UK champ been in F1
> since 1952".
What the viewer/listener said/wrote was that there had been a British F1 champion,
in every season since 1952, which is correct.