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MarcA Wrote:
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> > im sure someone has told me this before, but why is there no car
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yer jenson is 12 and i believe coulthard(?) is 14?
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> iCeMaN pAuL Wrote:
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> > im sure someone has told me this before, but why is there no car
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yer jenson is 12 and i believe coulthard(?) is 14?
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no, he means "are you serious" that you actually had to ask the question why no driver uses the number 13.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
do you know that 13 is considered unlucky?
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
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but in some cultures it is a different number that is unluky, i think 8 is one of them but can't remember who.
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but in some cultures it is a different number that is unluky, i think 8 is one of them but can't remember who.
yeah well Paul is English, and in this country it's considered unlucky (don't know why though), as is a black cat crossing your path, breaking a mirror, walking under a ladder, crossing on the stairs etc.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Thirteen may be considered a "bad" number simply because it is one more than 12, which is a popularly used number in many cultures (due to it being a highly composite number). When a group of 13 objects is divided into two, three, four or six equal groups, there is always one leftover object.
The number 13 also retains biblical meanings. At the Last Supper, Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table (also spilling the salt).
It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.
Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings — it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianised into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.
The Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1686 BC) omits 13 in its numbered list. This seems to indicate a superstition existed long before the Christian era.
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The number 13 also retains biblical meanings. At the Last Supper, Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table (also spilling the salt).
It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.
Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings — it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianised into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.
The Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1686 BC) omits 13 in its numbered list. This seems to indicate a superstition existed long before the Christian era.
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what a pathetic reason not to have a car 13! best not use tyres as they might explode going round a high speed corner. best not have helmets as they tend to mess up the driver's hair. best not have car number 13 cause old granny's in tents with a crystal ball say it's unlucky. lmao
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and Hill took the no.1 to Arrows for '97.
and yes Paul it does seem crazy that in such a scientific pursuit as racing, they still abide by superstition and don't use no.13. but just imagine if they did use it, and something happened to that driver, everybody would say "we warned you not to use it!".
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2006 02:15PM by Muks_C.
and yes Paul it does seem crazy that in such a scientific pursuit as racing, they still abide by superstition and don't use no.13. but just imagine if they did use it, and something happened to that driver, everybody would say "we warned you not to use it!".
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2006 02:15PM by Muks_C.
yeah and Kimi likes to play with his genitalia for about 20 seconds before getting into the car (did you see him at Monza just before the race, he had a right good fiddle down there as he was getting into the car?).
DC said he used to have a lucky pair of pants in lower formulae, all old and ripped, but one day after an accident, they had to cut his racesuit off him, and his bits were hanging out in the rips, so he threw them away after that!
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2006 02:27PM by Muks_C.
DC said he used to have a lucky pair of pants in lower formulae, all old and ripped, but one day after an accident, they had to cut his racesuit off him, and his bits were hanging out in the rips, so he threw them away after that!
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2006 02:27PM by Muks_C.
mwb schreef:
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> Isn't 11 Barrichello's favourite number so Buttton let him have it? I
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Because he is the better one of the two
Magic Senna
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> Isn't 11 Barrichello's favourite number so Buttton let him have it? I
> seem to remember there being a reason behind it anyway.
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Because he is the better one of the two
'Drivers' Superstition
One doesn't associate the hard world of Grand Prix racing with superstition but where there is luck involved, where a driver can so easily lose, anything that turns that luck around to make a win is looked on with favour.
Michael SchumacherSometimes, though, it is actually habit that seems to verge superstition. Michael Schumacher, his brother Ralf, Alessandro Zanardi, Pedro de la Rosa, Pedro Diniz and Jean Alesi all get into their cars from the left hand side. Some say that is simply more convenient, others admit that it is lucky.
"I always get into the car from the left hand side, with the right foot first," says Schumacher. "It's always brought me luck, so there's no reason to change. I always get out of the car on that side too." Stewart driver Johnny Herbert used to do the same thing. After he outqualified Heinz-Harald Frentzen at Budapest in 1996, the mechanics pointed out that he had got into the car from the left, and had laid out his gloves neatly on the side of the car. He continued to do that until the end of last season. Now he's hoping that a change of helmet colour might change his luck.
The most obvious lucky story is Alexander Wurz's. Take a look at his racing shoes and you will understand why. The left one is red, and the right is blue. Why? When he was in New Zealand, racing at Formula Ford, his teammate hid one of his shoes, so he had to take a shoe from another pair, which was a different colour. But he won the race, so he has stuck to what he considered a lucky omen ever since. He, however, always gets into the car from the right - and he won't sleep in a hotel room with his feet facing the door.
Pedro de la Rosa has a different kind of good luck charm: he has a picture of the Madonna taped inside his helmet - the picture is a present from his aunt. His girlfriend Maria always hides a similar picture in the cockpit of his racing car.
Less obvious - thankfully - is the story of David Coulthard's pants. He had a lucky pair of underpants which he used to wear in every race. They were wearing out quite badly when he had an accident in Formula Opel and they had to cut off his overalls. His mother found out that he was wearing old underpants and forbade him from ever wearing them again. He has obeyed her, but still takes them in his luggage. He also has a St Christopher's medal.
One of the weirder stories concerns Jean Alesi - who swears he's not superstitious. Even so, he believes that a string of garlic can bring good luck. Last year, he brought a string back from Naples as Sauber had been having a bad run of races. At Spa, Jean claimed third place; the garlic had done its job, he says. Jean is also a stickler when it comes to tidiness. He lays out his helmet, balaclava and gloves in the pits and nobody is allowed to touch them in case it brings bad luck.
Finally, two tales from the toilet: Rubens Barrichello apparently always disappears 12 minutes before the start of a race and more disconcerting, Jacques Villeneuve won't take off his helmet when he goes to the loo just before a race! '
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
One doesn't associate the hard world of Grand Prix racing with superstition but where there is luck involved, where a driver can so easily lose, anything that turns that luck around to make a win is looked on with favour.
Michael SchumacherSometimes, though, it is actually habit that seems to verge superstition. Michael Schumacher, his brother Ralf, Alessandro Zanardi, Pedro de la Rosa, Pedro Diniz and Jean Alesi all get into their cars from the left hand side. Some say that is simply more convenient, others admit that it is lucky.
"I always get into the car from the left hand side, with the right foot first," says Schumacher. "It's always brought me luck, so there's no reason to change. I always get out of the car on that side too." Stewart driver Johnny Herbert used to do the same thing. After he outqualified Heinz-Harald Frentzen at Budapest in 1996, the mechanics pointed out that he had got into the car from the left, and had laid out his gloves neatly on the side of the car. He continued to do that until the end of last season. Now he's hoping that a change of helmet colour might change his luck.
The most obvious lucky story is Alexander Wurz's. Take a look at his racing shoes and you will understand why. The left one is red, and the right is blue. Why? When he was in New Zealand, racing at Formula Ford, his teammate hid one of his shoes, so he had to take a shoe from another pair, which was a different colour. But he won the race, so he has stuck to what he considered a lucky omen ever since. He, however, always gets into the car from the right - and he won't sleep in a hotel room with his feet facing the door.
Pedro de la Rosa has a different kind of good luck charm: he has a picture of the Madonna taped inside his helmet - the picture is a present from his aunt. His girlfriend Maria always hides a similar picture in the cockpit of his racing car.
Less obvious - thankfully - is the story of David Coulthard's pants. He had a lucky pair of underpants which he used to wear in every race. They were wearing out quite badly when he had an accident in Formula Opel and they had to cut off his overalls. His mother found out that he was wearing old underpants and forbade him from ever wearing them again. He has obeyed her, but still takes them in his luggage. He also has a St Christopher's medal.
One of the weirder stories concerns Jean Alesi - who swears he's not superstitious. Even so, he believes that a string of garlic can bring good luck. Last year, he brought a string back from Naples as Sauber had been having a bad run of races. At Spa, Jean claimed third place; the garlic had done its job, he says. Jean is also a stickler when it comes to tidiness. He lays out his helmet, balaclava and gloves in the pits and nobody is allowed to touch them in case it brings bad luck.
Finally, two tales from the toilet: Rubens Barrichello apparently always disappears 12 minutes before the start of a race and more disconcerting, Jacques Villeneuve won't take off his helmet when he goes to the loo just before a race! '
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