Racing Scott Dixon for second place, Bourdais took advantage of a couple
of backmarkers to make a move and when he did, it was... well, epic!
Under darkness and with only headlights lighting up the track, spinning cars in the midfield were always going to be tough to avoid for
some of the backmarkers.
But when you look at it you just know that this is the livery
of a backmarker.
Not exact matches
The final event wasn't exactly packed with top names as most
of the 13 runners were made up
of midfield and
backmarker teams, but it did have reigning champion Keke Rosberg, as well as Ferrari's René Arnoux.
In fact it might be the most
backmarker - ish livery
of all time and for that, it rocks.
He thinks that Toro Rosso taking Honda engines is a sign that it's in trouble, like when struggling
backmarkers resort to taking pay drivers over talented ones, and that it could lead to the collapse
of the team.
If you want to get a slice
of that «
backmarker chic» without having to buy a Brabham, then there is an alternative out there...
If James didn't like you, if you were an unhelpful
backmarker or if you were just a bit out
of your depth, you'd get both barrels.
Red Bull team principal Horner joked in Melbourne that the best sounding car
of the weekend was a 12 - year - old
backmarker Minardi.
It's more difficult to follow in the 2017 cars than it has been in the past, and some drivers have complained that
backmarkers are costing them time even though they're outside
of the blue flag window.
In an effort not to lose too much time he went for a risky move on
backmarker Jean - Louis Schelesser at the start
of the penultimate lap.
Montoya
of course didn't back down and managed to tough it out on the outside and stole a tow from the
backmarker of Tarso Marques, giving him just the enough
of an advantage to win.
There's nothing like the excitement
of seeing a
backmarker or midfield team suddenly come up with an absolute peach
of a car
Every now and then, however, Minardi would build a car that would thrust the team from
backmarkers to the dizzy heights
of the lower midfield.
From there he moved onto Larrousse where he spent three seasons being fast but crash - happy, and also being a bit
of an uncooperative
backmarker.