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Any idea what car this is ???

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  1. TifosiF2002

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  2. redcar1

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    Niki Lauda McLaren 1982or1983?
     
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  3. teak360

    teak360 F1 World Champ

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    It's Niki Lauda in a Mclaren MP4/1c I think at Long Beach in 1983
     
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    Would Western Models be advertising at Long Beach?? I always thought they were British. Could this be Silverstone? But wait, the sun is out. I heard there is no sun in England.

    It's a McLaren, that is all I am sure about.
     
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    That's pretty good from that obscure pic. If you are right.
     
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    I think it may be Lauda's MP4B from the 82 season. Few subtle differences in the car that make me think it's not the MP4/1C.
     
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    and i was wrong :)
     
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    This photo is from Spa-Francorchamps.
     
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    Yup Spa
     
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    Didn't John Watson drive the #8 car for McLaren?
     
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    He was always 7 at McLaren except for one race in 1985 when he substituted for Lauda and drove the 1 car. The only time in F1 that a substitute driver has driven the 1 car.
     
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    So who what and where is the final conclusion here? Its not Lauda's helmet, the driver's head is tilted forward in a way that reminds me how Watson drove.

    So what's the correct answer.
     
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    It is Lauda's helmet. Here he is at Silverstone the same year. Photo by Anthony Fosh
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    Thanks, I do not remember this helmet. Always thought he had a solid red with his name on each side. But the question reamains to the original post, who, what, where, and when??
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  17. teak360

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    That's an MP4/1C. The driver is Lauda because it is number 8.. The year is 1983 because of the livery and the MP4/1C combination. It's a street course and that is the livery that was used at Long Beach. The livery (with the black number 8) and the shape of the rear wing endplate were unique to Long Beach for McLaren that year.
     
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  18. Anthony_Ferrari

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    That's a pretty comprehensive answer! This place is great!
     
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