Not this one, but very interesting car you mentioned. I thought one can make good question out of it.WhiteBlue wrote:The BT46 was earlier, so that can't be the one.
I thought of TG183B, I heard those were water coolers in front --dumrick wrote:The Brabham BT53 and the Toleman TG183B of 1984 had oil coolers on the front nose. I don't know if you were thinking about any of these...[/img]
Yes, first car Senna raced in F1, but not the first F1 car he drove, that was Williams if I'm not mistaken. Another interesting bit of info is that the car was designed by Rory Byrne, a name also very significant for F1 history!WhiteBlue wrote:Unbelievable! This was apparently the first car driven by Senna. There are very good fotos from a Goodwood appearance.
You must be right, I had never seen a pic of this car w/o bodywork, but judging by the size they seem water radiators indeed (this is embarassing, I've always been a fan of Rory Byrne's work at Toleman/Benetton - which can be atested by my avatar - and didn't know this)timbo wrote:I thought of TG183B, I heard those were water coolers in front --
The 1997 Grand Prix of Luxembourg was held at the Nürburgring in Germany – a ruse to allow both Germany and Spain to have two Grands Prix – Spain also hosting the ‘European’ round.
It began well for McLaren with their two Mercedes cars leading ahead of the top brass from the German manufacturer. But it fell apart in the cruellest possible fashion when both David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen’s cars ground to a halt on the start/finish line within a lap of each other.
Depressing as the spectacle was for Ron Dennis, he didn’t know things were about to get much worse. The cars stopped near F1 Racing photographer Darren Heath, who had been waiting for just such an opportunity.
He snuck over to Hakkinen’s car, thrust his camera deep into the footwell, and clicked the shutter repeatedly.
Foot operated clutches have been a thing of the past in Formula 1 for many years, so a drivers footwell typically only features an accelerator and brake. But Turner was expecting to see a third pedal when he had his roll of film developed – and that’s exactly what he found.
