THE PIT STOP issue 7
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YELLOW FLAGGED Jonny Tipler examines how Corvette got on at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours
LIVING THE DREAM The childhood dream Marino Franchitti got to play out at Goodwood Members' Meeting
BATTLING BEYOND THE RACE The illness Rick Parfitt Jr is fighting, and how it affects his racing
ROLE MODEL Jamie Chadwick explains why she's in W Series for a third straight season
LOTUS' LAST SUCCESS A deep dive into the Lotus 99T, the car that gave Lotus its last ever Formula 1 victory
MOTO GP'S SILLY SEASON IN FULL FORCE
SOL RALLY BARBADOS Luke Barry takes a look at this beautiful island rally
UNDERDOGS With Gary Anderson, we explore Jordan's 1995 Formula 1 season, and specifically, the Jordan 195
DAY AND NIGHT The Nurburgring 24 Hours from the view of Falken Porsche
THE ESSENZA: LAMBORGHINI'S LABORATORY ON FOUR WHEELS Stephen Brunsdon examines Lamborghini's racing car that will never race
GETTING THE SENNA EXPERIENCE
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LIVING THE DREAM AT THE 79TH GOODWOOD MEMBERS' MEETING, MARINO FRANCHITTI GOT TO REALISE A CHILDHOOD DREAM.
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THE CARS WERE TAKEN FOR A DEMONSTRATION RUN IN THE EVENING ON THE FIRST DAY OF GOODWOOD MEMBERS' MEETING
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ROLE MODEL HAVING WON W SERIES ON TWO CONSECUTIVE OCCASIONS, JAMIE CHADWICK HAS CARVED OUT A NEW CAREER FOR HERSELF.. NOT ONLY IS SHE RACING TO WIN, BUT SHE'S INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION.
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PIERS COURAGE PIERS COURAGE IN THE MIRROR OF HIS WILLIAMS BRABHAM-FORD BEFORE THE 1969 GERMAN GRAND PRIX AT THE NURBURGRING. HE HAD TWO PODIUMS THAT YEAR, FINISHING EIGHTH IN THE FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP.
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LOTUS' LAST SUCCESS
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THE 1987 SEASON SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE TO REMEMBER FOR LOTUS. THAT DID TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE, BUT ALL FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
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THE JORDAN 195 GOT A DOUBLE PODIUM RESULT IN CANADA
any black and white means just yet, so it was still an area of experimentation. We went one way and others went another way. And as I say, maybe if I spent more time on the chassis project, perhaps we would have recognised it and done something about it. “But we were small, doing the best that we could to move forward, all of that stuff was done for logical reasons. We felt it was a direction to take and we
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needed to optimise it. We never quite optimised it as good as some others. “The car wasn’t bad. It wasn’t as good as it could have been, but it wasn’t bad. We had a second and third at Canada. It was by luck with others falling out here and there as well, but we were still there to have a fight.” 1995 didn’t get off to the best of starts for Jordan,
with double retirements in the opening two races. Reliability, particularly with the Peugeot engine, was a considerable issue. But having said that, the car still had pace, especially over one lap. The evidence of that was there for all to see at the second race of the season in Argentina. Despite both Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine failing to make it to the finish line, Irvine was still able to get the car up to
fourth in qualifying. A similar feat happened two races later when the Jordans lined up sixth and eighth on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix. Canada was the obvious highlight for Jordan. Both cars made it onto the podium, with Barrichello ending up second with Irvine four seconds further back in third. It was the best result in Jordan’s history in that point, but as Anderson admits, the team still needed others
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