Description
Bernie Ecclestone, Gordon Murray, and a rule book. Murray figured everything out, Bernie made sure that the other teams didn't get too suspicious.
But it was circumstance not pace that revealed how god-tier this car was. With the two Brabham drivers under driving to make it look like it wasn't as fast as it was, Mario Andretti broke down and the car being able to grip even on an oil slick meant that the car was just getting faster and faster. It won its only race, and was then withdrawn to keep the other teams on Bernie's side in regards to FOCA.
But the question remains: How fast would this thing be if it was let completely off the lead? Might be faster than Claude, and she's FAST.
A longer video than normal, but let's have a look at one of my favourite cars of all time, and the car that really went "It doesn't say here we can't". Because that fan was fully legal. It did more to cool the engine than it did to produce downforce. By the letter of the law, it was a cooling fan, not a sucker.
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