2012 Formula One Rejects Microprose Grand Prix Series season

The second season of the Formula One Rejects Microprose Grand Prix Series was held in 2012, on the same circuits as the 1991 Formula One season. The reigning Drivers' Champion was HWNSNBM, and the reigning Constructors' Champions were Formula One Rejects.

Calendar

Round	Host Country	Circuit	Date
1	United States	Phoenix Street Circuit	10 March
2	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 March
3	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	28 April
4	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	12 May
5	Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	2 June
6	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	16 June
7	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 July
8	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	14 July
9	Germany	Hockenheimring	28 July
10	Hungary	Hungaroring, Budapest	11 August
11	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 August
12	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	8 September
13	Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	22 September
14	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	29 September
15	Japan	Suzuka Circuit	20 October
16	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	3 November

Points system

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Entrants

The field consisted of 19 teams, all entering two cars as per the new rules for 2012.

Team and engine changes

• United States Grand Prix Engineering changed their name to Team America F1. There is a certain phrase which can be optionally added to the team name.
• Monteverdi Onyx Grand Prix dropped their in-house engine for one built by Chrysler, a rebadged version of the Dodge used by Team America.
• Scuderia Coloni and Andrea Moda Formula merged to form Scuderia Andrea Coloni. The Judd V8 engine supplied to them and EuroBrun Racing was upgraded to a V10.
• Tony Fernandes took over Pacific Racing. Denied the use of the name "Lotus Team Pacific" by popular opinion of everyone who has ever had an interest in F1, the team principals of F1 Rejects jokingly suggested the team name should be changed to Fondmetal Team Malaysia. He took them seriously. The Ford Cosworth engine was traded for a more modern Renault.
• Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives also dropped their Ford Cosworth engine for an arrow-formation W12 built by Moteurs Guy Nègre.
• Team Toleman have undergone extensive changes, discarding the Hart turbo engine for a Renault V8 as also supplied to FTM, and gaining title sponsorship from Scunthorpe United F.C.
• Scuderia Ferrari left the series.
• ATS Rial Racing, Stefan Grand Prix and Viking Racing were new teams for 2012.
• Toyota join the series as engine suppliers to Stefan Grand Prix.

Driver changes

• Fabrizio Barbazza moved from AGS to Monteverdi.
• Paul Belmondo moved from Pacific (now FTM) to Simtek.
• Kazuki Nakajima moved from Super Aguri to Stefan Grand Prix.
• Pierre-Henri Raphanel moved from Monteverdi to ATS Rial.
• Slim Borgudd, Johnny Carwash, François Hesnault, James Hunt, Roberto Moreno, Emanuele Naspetti, Nelson Piquet Jr., Ricardo Rosset, Ralf Schumacher and Gilles Villeneuve left the series.
• Marco Apicella (Super Aguri), Andrea Chiesa (Osella), Chris Dagnall (Toleman), Pedro Diniz (Forti), Þorvaldur Einarsson (Viking), Fairuz Fauzy (FTM), Rrrrrmmmnn Grrrrjjjjnnn (Toleman), Jan Magnussen (Viking), Allan McNish (Lola), Gabriele Tarquini (AGS), Jacques Villeneuve (Stefan), Volker Weidler (ATS Rial), Joachim Winkelhock (AGS) and Alex Yoong (Minardi) all joined the series.

Entry List

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Formula One Rejects	F1R-12	Life 3.5l arrow-W12, normally aspirated	1	HWNSNBM	All
			2	Jean-Denis Délétraz	All
Super Aguri Formula One	SA12	Honda 2.4l V8, normally aspirated	3	Marco Apicella	All
			4	Yuji Ide	All
Team America F1	USA=#1again	Dodge 5.7l V8, OHV, normally aspirated	5	Michael Andretti	All
			6	Scott Speed	All
EuroBrun Racing	ER212	Judd 3.5l V10, normally aspirated	7	Enrico Bertaggia	All
			8	Claudio Langes	All
ATS Rial Racing	ARC-3	Ford Cosworth 3.5l V8, normally aspirated	9	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	All
			10	Volker Weidler	All
Fondmetal Team Malaysia	FTM129	Renault 2.4l V8, normally aspirated	11	Andrea Montermini	All
			12	Fairuz Fauzy	All
Stefan Grand Prix	S-02	Toyota 2.4l V8, normally aspirated	13	Kazuki Nakajima	All
			14	Jacques Villeneuve	All
Forti Corse	FG05	Ford do Brasil 2.3l inline-4, normally aspirated	15	Luca Badoer	All
			16	Pedro Diniz	All
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	JH29	MGN 3.5l arrow-W12, normally aspirated	17	Gabriele Tarquini	All
			18	Joachim Winkelhock	All
Scunthorpe United Team Toleman	TG212	Renault 2.4l V8, normally aspirated	19	Chris Dagnall	All
			20	Rrrrrmmmnn Grrrrjjjjnnn	All
Osella Squadra Corse	FA1L mk.III	Alfa Romeo 3.5l flat-12, normally aspirated	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	All
			22	Andrea Chiesa	All
Minardi Formula One Team	PS07	Motori Moderni 1.5l V6, twin turbocharged	23	Pierluigi Martini	All
			24	Alex Yoong	All
Allez Les Bleus! Prost Formule Un	AP07	Peugeot 3.0l V10, normally aspirated	25	Olivier Grouillard	All
			26	Philippe Alliot	All
Viking Racing	MJØLNER-01	Koenigsegg 2.4l V8, twin supercharged	27	Jan Magnussen	All
			28	Þorvaldur Einarsson	All
Mastercard Lola	T12/30	Ford Cosworth 3.5l V8, normally aspirated	29	Vincenzo Sospiri	All
			30	Allan McNish	All
Simtek Research Formula One	S121	Ford Cosworth 3.5l V8, normally aspirated	32	Taki Inoue	All
			33	Paul Belmondo	All
Scuderia Andrea Coloni	SAC6	Judd 3.5l V10, normally aspirated	34	Pedro Chaves	All
			35	Perry McCarthy	All
Monteverdi Onyx Grand Prix	ORE-4	Chrysler 5.7l V8, OHV, normally aspirated	36	Gregor Foitek	All
			37	Fabrizio Barbazza	All
Life Racing Engines	L212	Life 3.5l arrow-W12, normally aspirated	38	Gary Brabham	All
			39	Bruno Giacomelli	All

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Team	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points	DNQ	Best result
1	HWNSNBM	F1 Rejects	5	8	4	1	2	6	3	Ret	1	6	4	16	6	6	2	1	196	0	1st × 3
2	Jan Magnussen	Viking	13	5	3	4	1	5	2	3	3	2	6	4	8	9	1	Ret	189	0	1st × 2
3	Michael Andretti	Team America	8	3	2	2	8	8	12	10	8	4	DNQ	1	5	1	5	4	162	1	1st × 2
4	Chris Dagnall	Toleman	18	12	1	DNQ	6	11	13	1	5	12	1	17	1	2	10	5	147	1	1st × 4
5	Þorvaldur Einarsson	Viking	7	7	8	9	10	1	5	2	2	13	7	9	3	4	8	6	137	0	1st × 1
6	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	1	13	6	6	7	Ret	4	Ret	13	5	2	6	2	5	6	Ret	129	0	1st × 1
7	Scott Speed	Team America	15	6	7	11	4	2	1	Ret	11	7	11	2	Ret	3	4	Ret	120	0	1st × 1
8	Jean-Denis Délétraz	F1 Rejects	2	17	12	18	5	4	7	4	4	DNQ	3	15	4	16	7	3	118	1	2nd × 1
9	Rrrrrmmmnn Grrrrjjjjnnn	Toleman	4	1	18	8	DNQ	3	8	5	10	3	5	14	16	18	Ret	2	114	1	1st × 1
10	Marco Apicella	Super Aguri	9	2	11	3	3	Ret	6	9	9	11	8	5	7	10	9	Ret	85	0	2nd × 1
11	Pedro Diniz	Forti	3	16	5	6	Ret	Ret	17	8	6	1	16	20	12	Ret	11	9	72	0	1st × 1
12	Luca Badoer	Forti	6	20	16	10	9	9	9	7	12	Ret	10	19	17	8	12	7	32	0	6th × 1
13	Pedro Chaves	SAC	14	19	20	19	Ret	Ret	11	6	7	20	13	21	10	Ret	3	14	30	0	3rd × 1
14	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	21	14	9	DNQ	14	Ret	19	12	15	16	12	3	11	7	13	8	27	0	3rd × 1
15	Fabrizio Barbazza	Monteverdi	Ret	4	DNQ	13	18	10	22	Ret	21	DNQ	9	8	13	19	15	Ret	19	2	4th × 1
16	Paul Belmondo	Simtek	Ret	11	13	5	16	Ret	18	13	DNQ	9	15	12	15	11	17	DNQ	12	2	5th × 1
17	Alex Yoong	Minardi	DNQ	21	DNQ	20	Ret	7	15	Ret	14	8	18	DNQ	18	DNQ	Ret	10	11	4	7th × 1
18	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	17	15	17	Ret	15	Ret	14	11	17	15	Ret	7	Ret	15	DNQ	12	6	1	7th × 1
19	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	20	9	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	21	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	9	12	DNQ	DNQ	4	7	9th × 2
20	Gregor Foitek	Monteverdi	16	24	19	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	Ret	18	10	20	Ret	20	Ret	18	Ret	2	3	10th × 2
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	12	10	DNQ	Ret	13	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	1	1	10th × 1
22	Taki Inoue	Simtek	11	Ret	Ret	15	17	12	Ret	15	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	DNQ	1	3	10th × 1, 11th × 1, 12th × 1
23	Perry McCarthy	SAC	DNQ	18	10	16	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DNQ	19	DNQ	14	Ret	16	13	1	3	10th × 1, 11th × 1, 13th × 1
24	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	10	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	1	9	10th × 1
NC	Fairuz Fauzy	FTM	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	5	19th × 2
NC	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNQ	22	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	Ret	0	7	14th × 2
NC	Enrico Bertaggia	EuroBrun	22	23	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	19	14	Ret	DNQ	17	DNQ	DNQ	0	7	14th × 1
NC	Philippe Alliot	Prost	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	12	Ret	20	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	9	11th × 1
NC	Andrea Montermini	FTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	20	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	0	9	14th × 1
NC	Andrea Chiesa	Osella	DNQ	DNQ	21	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0	9	19th × 1
NC	Olivier Grouillard	Prost	Ret	DNQ	15	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	11	14th × 1, 15th × 1
NC	Gary Brabham	Life	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0	11	14th × 1, 17th × 1
NC	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	13	14th × 1
NC	Allan McNish	Lola	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0	13	17th × 1
NC	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	ATS Rial	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	14	18th × 1
NC	Volker Weidler	ATS Rial	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0	14	DNF × 2
NC	Jacques Villeneuve	Stefan	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0	14	DNF × 2
NC	Kazuki Nakajima	Stefan	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	16	n/a
Pos	Driver	Team	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points	DNQ	Best result

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Team	Car no.	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points	DNQ	Best result
1	Viking Racing	27	13	5	3	4	1	5	2	3	3	2	6	4	8	9	1	Ret	326	0	1st × 3
		28	7	7	8	9	10	1	5	2	2	13	7	9	3	4	8	6
2	Formula One Rejects	1	5	8	4	1	2	6	3	Ret	1	6	4	16	6	6	2	1	314	1	1st × 3
		2	2	17	12	18	5	4	7	4	4	DNQ	3	15	4	16	7	3
3	Team America Formula One	5	8	3	2	2	8	8	12	10	8	4	DNQ	1	5	1	5	4	282	1	1st × 3
		6	15	6	7	11	4	2	1	Ret	11	7	11	2	Ret	3	4	Ret
4	Scunthorpe United Team Toleman	19	18	12	1	DNQ	6	11	13	1	5	12	1	17	1	2	10	5	261	2	1st × 5
		20	4	1	18	8	DNQ	3	8	5	10	3	5	14	16	18	Ret	2
5	Super Aguri Formula One	3	9	2	11	3	3	Ret	6	9	9	11	8	5	7	10	9	Ret	214	0	1st × 1
		4	1	13	6	6	7	Ret	4	Ret	13	5	2	6	2	5	6	Ret
6	Forti Corse	15	6	20	16	10	9	9	9	7	12	Ret	10	19	17	8	12	7	104	0	1st × 1
		16	3	16	5	6	Ret	Ret	17	8	6	1	16	20	12	Ret	11	9
7	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	17	21	14	9	DNQ	14	Ret	19	12	15	16	12	3	11	7	13	8	33	2	3rd × 1
		18	17	15	17	Ret	15	Ret	14	11	17	15	Ret	7	Ret	15	DNQ	12
8	Scuderia Andrea Coloni	34	14	19	20	19	Ret	Ret	11	6	7	20	13	21	10	Ret	3	14	31	3	3rd × 1
		35	DNQ	18	10	16	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DNQ	19	DNQ	14	Ret	16	13
9	Monteverdi Onyx Grand Prix	36	16	24	19	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	Ret	18	10	20	Ret	20	Ret	18	Ret	21	5	4th × 1
		37	Ret	4	DNQ	13	18	10	22	Ret	21	DNQ	9	8	13	19	15	Ret
10	Simtek Research Formula One	32	11	Ret	Ret	15	17	12	Ret	15	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	DNQ	13	5	5th × 1
		33	Ret	11	13	5	16	Ret	18	13	DNQ	9	15	12	15	11	17	DNQ
11	Minardi Formula One Team	23	DNQ	22	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	Ret	11	11	7th × 1
		24	DNQ	21	DNQ	20	Ret	7	15	Ret	14	8	18	DNQ	18	DNQ	Ret	10
12	Mastercard Lola	29	20	9	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	21	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	9	12	DNQ	DNQ	4	20	9th × 2
		30	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ
13	Osella Squadra Corse	21	12	10	DNQ	Ret	13	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	1	10	10th × 1
		22	DNQ	DNQ	21	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ	Ret
14	Life Racing Engines	38	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	1	20	10th × 1
		39	10	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret
NC	Fondmetal Team Malaysia	11	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	20	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	0	14	14th × 1
		12	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
NC	Allez Les Bleus! Prost Formule Un	25	Ret	DNQ	15	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	20	11th × 1
		26	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	12	Ret	20	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
NC	EuroBrun Racing	7	22	23	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	19	14	Ret	DNQ	17	DNQ	DNQ	0	20	14th × 2
		8	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
NC	ATS Rial Racing	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	28	18th × 1
		10	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ
NC	Stefan Grand Prix	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	30	DNF × 2
		14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ
Pos	Team	Car no.	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points	DNQ	Best result

Gallery

Any similarity between the 2012 F1RMGP cars and a heavily modified Dallara GP2/08 are purely coincidental. No, really.

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  F1 Rejects F1R-12
  (HWNSNBM)

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  F1 Rejects F1R-12
  (Jean-Denis Délétraz)

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  Super Aguri SA12
  (Marco Apicella)

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  Super Aguri SA12
  (Yuji Ide)

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  Team America USA=#1again
  (Michael Andretti)

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  Team America USA=#1again
  (Scott Speed)

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  EuroBrun ER212
  (Enrico Bertaggia)

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  EuroBrun ER212
  (Claudio Langes)

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  ATS Rial ARC-3
  (Pierre-Henri Raphanel)

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  ATS Rial ARC-3
  (Volker Weidler)

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  Fondmetal Team Malaysia FTM129
  (Andrea Montermini)

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  Fondmetal Team Malaysia FTM129
  (Fairuz Fauzy)

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  Stefan S-02
  (Kazuki Nakajima)

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  Stefan S-02
  (Jacques Villeneuve)

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  Forti FG05
  (Luca Badoer)

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  Forti FG05
  (Pedro Diniz)

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  AGS JH29
  (Gabriele Tarquini)

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  AGS JH29
  (Joachim Winkelhock)

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  Toleman TG212
  (Chris Dagnall)

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  Toleman TG212
  (Rrrrrmmmnn Grrrrjjjjnnn)

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  Osella FA1L mk.III
  (Piercarlo Ghinzani)

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  Osella FA1L mk.III
  (Andrea Chiesa)

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  Minardi PS07
  (Pierluigi Martini)

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  Minardi PS07
  (Alex Yoong)

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  Prost AP07
  (Olivier Grouillard)

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  Prost AP07
  (Philippe Alliot)

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  Viking MJØLNER-01
  (Jan Magnussen)

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  Viking MJØLNER-01
  (Þorvaldur Einarsson)

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  Lola T12/30
  (Vincenzo Sospiri)

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  Lola T12/30
  (Allan McNish)

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  Simtek S121
  (Taki Inoue)

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  Simtek S121
  (Paul Belmondo)

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  Scuderia Andrea Coloni SAC6
  (Pedro Chaves)

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  Scuderia Andrea Coloni SAC6
  (Perry McCarthy)

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  Monteverdi ORE-4
  (Gregor Foitek)

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  Monteverdi ORE-4
  (Fabrizio Barbazza)

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  Life L212
  (Gary Brabham)

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  Life L212
  (Bruno Giacomelli)

Seasons of the Formula One Rejects Microprose Grand Prix Series
Main series:	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
WEC:				2014	2015