FORUMula1.com - F1 Forum

[headless]

Then there was Damon Hill with 0

[Jabberwocky]

wasn't that because he was a rookie driver?

[Jabberwocky]

why did they miss 14 on the building?

[headless]

wasn't that because he was a rookie driver?

Nah can't have been I don't think

[Denthúl]

If I remember rightly what I read a while back, it was because back then the number one was assigned to the word champion driver, rather than champion team. Since Mansell left the sport after 1992 and Williams were the champion team, Hill was assigned zero for 1993. Then Prost leaving after 1993 with Williams being the champion team again meant that Hill was given the same number again.

[headless]

If I remember rightly what I read a while back, it was because back then the number one was assigned to the word champion driver, rather than champion team. Since Mansell left the sport after 1992 and Williams were the champion team, Hill was assigned zero for 1993. Then Prost leaving after 1993 with Williams being the champion team again meant that Hill was given the same number again.

Yeah I remember somethng along those lines

[supeindesu]

Then there was Damon Hill with 0

I still have that one

[headless]

Then there was Damon Hill with 0

I still have that one

Very nice.
What scale 1:43?
Is it Onyx?

[supeindesu]

Very nice.
What scale 1:43?
Is it Onyx?

Prize to the gentleman.

[Leo-The_Red]

Planes miss out the number 13 on aisles some times. Especially the older smaller ones.

[Leo-The_Red]

Then there was Damon Hill with 0

Funny story actually. I recently went to a slot car festival at Brooklands raceway.

I bought this car which to me looks like the 1993 Williams. BUT it has the number 1 on the front of the car which was ofcourse saved for the current world champion, who at the time was Nigel Mansell. But ofcourse he didn't race that year so the number 1 car wasn't used. So this is a car that was never raced!

Here's a few pictures I took:






Appologies for the poor quality it was all taken with my iphone

[darwin dali]

why did they miss 14 on the building?

Probably for symmetry reasons.

[darwin dali]

If I remember rightly what I read a while back, it was because back then the number one was assigned to the word champion driver, rather than champion team. Since Mansell left the sport after 1992 and Williams were the champion team, Hill was assigned zero for 1993. Then Prost leaving after 1993 with Williams being the champion team again meant that Hill was given the same number again.

Sorta.
Williams (after Mansell had left) was assigned the numbers 0 and 2 and Hill picked 0 as the rookie. Jody Scheckter also drove a 0 car in 1973.
As far as I know, the number one still goes to the world champion driver not the team.

[Denthúl]

If I remember rightly what I read a while back, it was because back then the number one was assigned to the word champion driver, rather than champion team. Since Mansell left the sport after 1992 and Williams were the champion team, Hill was assigned zero for 1993. Then Prost leaving after 1993 with Williams being the champion team again meant that Hill was given the same number again.

Sorta.
Williams (after Mansell had left) was assigned the numbers 0 and 2 and Hill picked 0 as the rookie. Jody Scheckter also drove a 0 car in 1973.
As far as I know, the number one still goes to the world champion driver not the team.

Possibly. My knowledge on the subject is practically non-existent. I just remember reading something about it and tried to recall as much as I could. Which for me, usually, isn't very much

[Jensonb]

If I remember rightly what I read a while back, it was because back then the number one was assigned to the word champion driver, rather than champion team. Since Mansell left the sport after 1992 and Williams were the champion team, Hill was assigned zero for 1993. Then Prost leaving after 1993 with Williams being the champion team again meant that Hill was given the same number again.

Sorta.
Williams (after Mansell had left) was assigned the numbers 0 and 2 and Hill picked 0 as the rookie. Jody Scheckter also drove a 0 car in 1973.
As far as I know, the number one still goes to the world champion driver not the team.

Correct - otherwise why would McLaren have numbers 1 and 2.