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DIFFERENT RACE NUMBERS FOR EACH GP
Stage 100 contains the decals with the numbers “1” and “2” of number 12 in the “filled”
and “hollow” versions. The choice of which numbers to use is up to you. The vehicle
reproduced in this model is the one with the 041 chassis that Gilles Villeneuve drove in
the following races in 1979, with different types of number on the nose.
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• On
1 July 1979
in Dijon in the
French Grand Prix
, on
12 August 1979
at Österreichring
in the
Austrian Grand Prix
and on
26 August 1979
at Zandvoort in the
Dutch Grand
Prix
, he raced with the “hollow” version, both on the left and right sides.
• He raced with the “hollow” number on
the right side only on the
29 July 1979
at Hockenheim in the
German Grand
Prix
, on
30 September 1979
in Montréal
in the
Canadian Grand Prix
and the
following week on
7 October 1979
, at Watkins
Glenn in the
Unites States
Grand Prix
.
The car used to make this
model is a restoration of the
official car, which is now
in the Ferrari museum in
Maranello. The cars that
actually raced have two
“filled” numbers.