[VIDEO]: First Light – The Story Behind the McLaren MP4/1 | FerrariChat

[VIDEO]: First Light – The Story Behind the McLaren MP4/1

Discussion in 'F1' started by freshmeat, May 5, 2016.

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  1. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    #1 freshmeat, May 5, 2016
    I watched this over lunch, I enjoyed it!

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCNFtPN1rs[/ame]
     
  2. trumpet77

    trumpet77 Formula 3

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    Robert Nixon
    #2 trumpet77, May 5, 2016
    Very nice, thanks!
     
  3. spirot

    spirot F1 World Champ

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    #3 spirot, May 5, 2016
    Gotta hand it to John Barnard. He was pretty switched on... carbon chassis, coke bottle shape rear, paddle shift gearboxes.
     
  4. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #4 Fast_ian, May 5, 2016
    +1

    And as we know, the reason Ferrari let him set up his "design office" in the UK (Guildford IIRC?) - They wanted him so bad they'd have let him work from the moon if he wanted too - And paid for his trips too!

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  5. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #5 Bas, May 5, 2016
    Barnard talks so well. Very easy to listen to. Wish it was longer!

    Amazing though, when everyone looked at the car and where unsure how it would up in a shunt, and they had to wait until Watson had a high speed crash...Logic would say jus hurl one into a wall at 150mph (sans driver, obviously) and see if it's actually safe...:eek:
     
  6. rotaryrocket7

    rotaryrocket7 Formula Junior

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    #6 rotaryrocket7, May 5, 2016
    That was awesome
     

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