User talk:Lotus Hasse

Hello, I have a feeling that even if our flag's white/blue or blue/white livery by far are the most common colors for Finnish sportsmen, the color given to us for motor racing, even if not well known and even very strange indeed, was not this but BLACK! Yes most cars during the fifties and sixties did use the white and blue colors, just remember the Scuderia Askolin and Curt Lincoln cars... The reason why black was given to a small country could have been because the white/blue combination was already listed for USA, or maybe also because nobody wanted the black color? At least the black color were used by Leo I Mattila and Jouko Nordell for their Lotus FJ cars and Mikko Kozarowitzky for his helmet! I have seen the black color listed for Finland in at least two reliable looking sources years ago, but cannot remember them now, so if somebody can find more reliable information regarding this, it would be appreciated indeed, as it gets more and more difficult with each to find the truth?

Cheers, Hans Nordström, Helsinki, Finland