Another quiz - numbers this time.

[John]

To fill in the time before the season starts here's another puzzler for you to try. No pics this time but what you have to do is to use the numbers that drivers had between 1996 and 2002 inclusive to fill in as many slots between number 0 and number 99. Just to make it a bit more difficult you cannot use the same driver more than once.

For example Matt Neal would have to be #0 as no one else has had that number between 96 and 02, therefore you cannot have Matt Neal as number 77 - get the idea?

So I'm looking for a list of numbers from 0-99 with a driver's name and the year they had that number. I have managed to do it with 30 gaps so far, so if anyone can beat that you win a prize. (A 2000 Ford Team Mondeo Car Sticker!)

Good luck!!

[Reynard]

Sounds quite intriguing - something to keep me busy! :) Do you want the car as well?

[John]

If you want - should be pretty obvious though if you've given the driver and year - but might get bonus marks in a tie break!

[Reynard]

Maybe I'm just very sad... I have 65 so far and now it's starting to get a little bit harder. ;)

I know there's still a few more, but there's a few instances of one driver having two or more of some of the obscure race numbers, and as I can't use them twice...

[John]

I've given up - 73 is the number to beat guys!!

[Reynard]

My head's doing me in... I've got 67 now, but I have the problem where some of the more obscure numbers have been used by the same driver.... URK!

Might have to try a slightly different approach to the problem. Thing is, some guys like Plato have had the same number more than once, which adds to the problem.

I must be so damn sad to even attempt this :) But I think I need to go get some chocolate before I continue...

[Reynard]

I'm stuck on 68 :confused:

Don't think I can go any further with this lot with the info I have here.... Been working on the basis of far too many photos.

I still have quite a few drivers left over though, including Anthony Reid, Yvan Muller, Alain Menu, Patrick Watts and Peter Kox...

[John]

You dont have to use every driver, some will not be needed - eg Tom Boardman and Tom Kristensen only had number 77 so you need to pick one of them (or someone completely different if you want!)

And of course you can use Class B / Production cars as well

[John]

No more takers then? Gonna make Friday the deadline and Reynard's going to win at the moment, so get thinking cos she wins everything!! ;) :)

[Les]

- you can't just say 73 - I want to see all 73 names!!!

[John]

Names appear on Friday - or you could copy them!! ;) Not that I'm suggesting you would of course!! :)

[John]

Right its Friday. I've had an Email from Reynard who has 69 names, I am declaring 70 (or 71 or 72 depending on the rule!).

So it looks like my stash of Ford Mondeo Racing stickers is safe for the moment! ;)

This is what I've got:
0 Neal 02
1 Menu 98
2 Reid 99
3 Rydell 97
4 Leslie 97
5 Plato 99
6 Radisich 96
7 Bintcliffe 98
8 Cleland 97
9 Harvey 98
10 Thompson 97
11 Radermecker 99
12 Muller 98
13 Morrison 00
14 Morbidelli 98
15 Blair (M) 99
16 Robertson 96
17 Spence 99
18 Priaulx 01
19 Gallie 97
20 Tarquini 97
21 Rudstad 98
22 Turkington 02
23 Aiello 99
24 Needell 98
25 Wall 97
26 Eaves 00
27 Bennett 01
28 Heward 97
29 Gravett 98
30 ??
31 ??
32 Hoy 98
33 Baird 98
34 ??
35 ??
36 ??
37 JCB 99
38 ??
39 ??
40 ??
41 Luby 01
42 Erdos 01
43 Sutcliffe 01
44 Soper 01
45 Biela 96
46 ??
47 ??
48 ??
49 ??
50 Kox 98
51 Collard 02
52 Kaye (J) 02
53 Clarke 01
54 Beaumont 01
55 Mansell 98
56 Blencowe 02
57 Pyper 02
58 Burt 02
59 Templeton 01
60 Fullalove 02
61 ??
62 Marsh 02
63 Thomas 02
64 ??
65 Blair (C) 01
66 ??
67 ??
68 Lemmer 01
69 Pitcher (David) - entered round 1&2 in 2000 but dont think he actually raced (so not sure if that should be allowed?)
70 Allan 01
71 Harrison 00
72 ??
73 ??
74 Kimber-Smith 00
75 ??
76 ??
77 Kristensen 00
78 Simon 02
79 Breese 02
80 Neate 01
81 ??
82 ??
83 ??
84 Kelly 01
85 James 01
86 Wood 01
87 ??
88 Warwick 98
89 Cate 02
90 ??
91 ??
92 ??
93 ??
94 Howell 01
95 Andrews (Phil) 01 - appears on entry lists as another GR focus driver but as far as I know never appeared so dont think its allowed)
96 Kraemer 01
97 Mains 01
98 Jackson 01
99 Brookes 99

[Reynard]

Here's my list - apart from a small confusion regarding Simon Graves which may need to be ironed out and the fact that I'd pinned Steve Sutcliffe (but not his number), all the others are drivers who have actually raced or practiced. I based my answers on photographs of the racing & qualifying, so these drivers have actually competed:

0 - Matt Neal
1 - John Cleland
2 - David Leslie
3 - Rickard Rydell
4 - Yvan Muller
5 - Jason Plato
6 - Paul Radisich
7 - John Bintcliffe
8 - Vincent Radermecker
9 - Tim Harvey
10 - James Thompson
11 - Anthony Reid
12 - James Kaye
13 - Alan Morrison
14 - Gary Ayles
15 - Dave Pinkney
16 - Steve Robertson
17 - Tom Chilton
18 - Gabriele Tarquini
19 - Colin Gallie
20 - Phil Bennett
21 - Roberto Ravaglia
22 - Paula Cook
23 - Richard Kaye
24 - Tiff Needell
25 - Jamie Wall
26 - Dan Eaves
27 - Rob Gravett
28 - Andy Priaulx
29 - Paul O'Neil
30
31
32 - Will Hoy
33 - Craig Baird
34
35
36
37 - Jean-Christophe Boullion
38
39
40
41 - Kurt Luby
42 - Thomas Erdos
43 - Steve Sutcliffe
44 - Steve Soper
45 - Frank Biela
46
47
48
49
50 - Andy Middlehurst
51 - Rob Collard
52 - Gordon Shedden
53 - Joanna Clark
54 - Nick Beaumont
55 - Nigel Mansell
56 - Alan Blencowe
57
58 - Kelvin Burt
59 - Annie Templeton
60 - Mark Fullalove
61
62 - Spencer Marsh
63 - Mark Thomas
64 - Gavin Pyper
65 - Colin Blair
66 - Simon Graves
67
68 - Mark Lemmer
69
70 - Dave Allan
71 - Simon Harrison
72
73
74 - Geoff Kimber-Smith
75
76
77 - Tom Kristensen
78 - Norman Simon
79 - Hyla Breese
80 - Andy Neate
81
82
83
84 - Matt Kelly
85 - Nick James
86 - Steven Wood
87
88 - Derek Warwick
89 - Peter Cate
90
91
92
93
94 - Gareth Howell
95
96 - Rick Kraemer
97 - Richard Miens
98 - Matt Jackson
99 - Flavio Figuereido

[lauz]

you probably already have this but was Peter Kox not number 35

[John]

Originally posted by lauz
you probably already have this but was Peter Kox not number 35

When?

He was 33 in 99 if thats when you're thinking of - Jimmy was #3 so he was #33