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Eagle Eye Posted Mar 6, 2005
Still four questions to be solved, so here's a clue:
7 and 12 are drivers, 13 and 21 are teams.
In no particular order, you should be looking for British, Italian, French and Belgian answers.
Icy (aka Eagle Eye)
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Popa_Mintin Posted Mar 6, 2005
At last another one.... from (what) the early 80's ?
No.7 = Michele ALBORETO
I looked for him ages ago, but was looking for 9 (wrong) letters (Alberetto) 
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Icy North Posted Mar 6, 2005
Correct.
He started in 1981, but was in Formula 1 until 1994.
He died in 2001; killed testing an Audi sportscar when he suffered a high-speed tyre failure at the Lausitzring in eastern Germany.
Icy
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Popa_Mintin Posted Mar 6, 2005
Ah Ha ! Gotcha !
The Belgian driver for No. 12 just has to be Thierry BOUTSEN. The only other Belgian F1 driver I can think of at the moment is Jacky Ickx.
Only saw your new clue after I'd posted my last (which must be the Italian), I must've been researching when you snuck in with that 
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Popa_Mintin Posted Mar 6, 2005
damn... I posted TOLEMAN in the wrong place ! Nice Job Gladly 
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Popa_Mintin Posted Mar 7, 2005
Please Sir... (I can't find 'Hand up Smiley' anywhere... )
Quote from intro' to Petrolheads... (copy & paste) "I haven't gone back any earlier than 1950 to find these."
Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that the answer to No.21 must be BUGATTI. I don't believe Bugatti, certainly as a team, entered any GP after ,say, 1947, or maybe '48. Maybe my GP history's failing me again. (Nothing new there ! ) 
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Icy North Posted Mar 7, 2005
Spot on, Popa.
My source tells me that their last race was Gioacchino Colombo in the French Grand Prix in 1956. But I do like being quoted, especially when I think I'm right 
- Let's hope so anyway 
So that completes Eagle Eye 7 - Well done everyone (well, Popa mostly ).
Still a couple left in Eagle Eye 9. EE10 later this week...
Icy (aka Eagle Eye)
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Icy North Posted Mar 7, 2005
Just re-read my source. Colombo designed the final car, and Maurice Trintignant drove it in the French GP in 1955.
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Popa_Mintin Posted Mar 7, 2005
Wearing No.28, driven by Maurice Trintignant, started 18th on the grid, and retired after 18 laps ! But not listed in the constructors championship since there wasn't such a thing until 1958!
Nice job Icy... A trip down memory lane, shame about all the puddles
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