kar120c Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Living in Montreal, Quebec,Canada during his high times brings back lot's of good time's. Jack is 100 percent NOT his father. Gilles drove a race car from his gut. His son drives with his brain, you can see the difference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kar120c Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 This is the story of a young Gilles on his F1 try out with Ferrari. He arrived at the track, the mechanics prepared the car and he was told to go out and get a feel for the track and the car. He did this and then came into the pits and asked for fresh tires. He then when't out again and after a few laps Blew corner 1, flat spotted the tires, came back into the pits, said " i'm sorry i got that corner wrong". The answer that he got was no problem Gilles we have lots of tires use as many as you want". during that afternoon of testing (infront of Enzo no less) Gilles proceeded to screw up every corner on the track and kept coming into the pits for fresh tires, Their was lot's of chatter in the pits about WHO is this French guy, what the hell is he doing here testing, he can't make a set of tires last longer than 4 laps and he's spun the car at every corner at some point. Gilles came back into the pit's after shredding yet another set of tires and asked for a tire change at this point the higher up's were getting pissed ( Enzo said nothing). They told him that this was the last set of tires he could have! He said that was O.K. because he had finally gotten to terms with the car and the track. He said that he now felt confident to set some base lap times ( this is after 2hrs and god knows how much $ in tires). He when't out onto the track and did several laps clean but not super fast.Again he came into the pit's and asked if he could got to the bathroom,the opinon in the pits was well we spent the afternoon changing tires for some rookie that the BOSS wanted to look at in his CAR, he did several laps without spinning or shredding tires but his lap times were average......NEXT!!!! After his piss Gilles came back! and said i'm quoting now " I AM NOW READY TO DRIVE THE CAR"....... After some mumbling between the mucky-mucks and Enzo , Gilles was allowed to take the car out yet again. This time he was told that "You have 5 laps and then the test is over", his responce was " I only need three". He when't and did a easy first lap to get the yet another set of tires warm,What happened next is pure Gilles. Lap 2 he beat the track record, lap three he beat his 2nd lap speed, lap four he beat his third, lap five he beat his fourth lap time and then as was told brought the car back in. Not a scratch on the car, the tires were fine and he had just set the fastesed lap on this track FOUR TIMES. Enzo smiled and left without talking to Gilles. The next day he was signed to a long term contract to Ferrari Later on Gilles would explain his actions at that first test with the (at the time best team) and why he performed so badly yet still got signed.................... The answer is for next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kar120c Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 This is the story of a young Gilles on his F1 try out with Ferrari. He arrived at the track, the mechanics prepared the car and he was told to go out and get a feel for the track and the car. He did this and then came into the pits and asked for fresh tires. He then when't out again and after a few laps Blew corner 1, flat spotted the tires, came back into the pits, said " i'm sorry i got that corner wrong". The answer that he got was no problem Gilles we have lots of tires use as many as you want". during that afternoon of testing (infront of Enzo no less) Gilles proceeded to screw up every corner on the track and kept coming into the pits for fresh tires, Their was lot's of chatter in the pits about WHO is this French guy, what the hell is he doing here testing, he can't make a set of tires last longer than 4 laps and he's spun the car at every corner at some point. Gilles came back into the pit's after shredding yet another set of tires and asked for a tire change at this point the higher up's were getting pissed ( Enzo said nothing). They told him that this was the last set of tires he could have! He said that was O.K. because he had finally gotten to terms with the car and the track. He said that he now felt confident to set some base lap times ( this is after 2hrs and god knows how much $ in tires). He when't out onto the track and did several laps clean but not super fast.Again he came into the pit's and asked if he could got to the bathroom,the opinon in the pits was well we spent the afternoon changing tires for some rookie that the BOSS wanted to look at in his CAR, he did several laps without spinning or shredding tires but his lap times were average......NEXT!!!! After his piss Gilles came back! and said i'm quoting now " I AM NOW READY TO DRIVE THE CAR"....... After some mumbling between the mucky-mucks and Enzo , Gilles was allowed to take the car out yet again. This time he was told that "You have 5 laps and then the test is over", his responce was " I only need three". He when't and did a easy first lap to get the yet another set of tires warm,What happened next is pure Gilles. Lap 2 he beat the track record, lap three he beat his 2nd lap speed, lap four he beat his third, lap five he beat his fourth lap time and then as was told brought the car back in. Not a scratch on the car, the tires were fine and he had just set the fastesed lap on this track FOUR TIMES. Enzo smiled and left without talking to Gilles. The next day he was signed to a long term contract to Ferrari Later on Gilles would explain his actions at that first test with the (at the time best team) and why he performed so badly yet still got signed.................... The answer is for next time:d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Can't wait for part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kar120c Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 25 years, sh!t time flies:blueangel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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