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| AndyW76 | Sep 5 2008, 12:13 PM Post #16 |
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Fortunately the Pacific Lotus team was very short lived. It would have been a travesty to taint the Lotus name by running as tail end charlies. |
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| Norbert | Sep 5 2008, 01:32 PM Post #17 |
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Well, to be fair, for the last few years, they pretty much were. Chronic unreliability didn't help, how often did Johnny Herbert actually get interviewed *after* the race in the 1990s? Not very often until he went to Benetton! I remember one interview quite vividly, Murray and co were in stitches (well, almost): "So Johnny, can you tell us what the problem was?" "Yes, I spoke to you *before* the race!"
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| u4coffee | Sep 5 2008, 01:34 PM Post #18 |
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Just Married
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Ah yes "The Unfortunate" Johnny Herbert as he was known
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| timmadigan | Sep 5 2008, 01:36 PM Post #19 |
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Chief Engineer
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I miss Lotus ![]() Great rundown, Norb. |
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| SaveOurSilverstone | Sep 5 2008, 01:41 PM Post #20 |
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i met uncle johnny in the paddock at silverstone a couple of years ago, i have to say he is a very very nice chap.
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| Norbert | Sep 5 2008, 02:57 PM Post #21 |
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Was he introduced by someone shouting "heeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!!!!"....?
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| Rob | Sep 5 2008, 03:13 PM Post #22 |
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And probably hurling as well.
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| Rob | Sep 5 2008, 03:15 PM Post #23 |
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Isn't some team, serveal times removed maybe, the Brabham team? |
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| PiquetFan | Sep 5 2008, 03:27 PM Post #24 |
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Not to my knowledge, Rob. Here's a link to the Brabham entry on the GP Encyclopedia. |
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| Rob | Sep 5 2008, 03:31 PM Post #25 |
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Guess not then. That's another bad loss. IMO Sir Jack is one of the most underrated drivers in F1 history. |
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| PiquetFan | Sep 5 2008, 03:35 PM Post #26 |
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Agreed. Even in his final season in 1970 he was very competitive, and with a little more luck might even have challenged for the WDC that season. |
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| FlutterBy | Sep 5 2008, 04:59 PM Post #27 |
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Refueller
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Too true.. In this Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Lotus under '1990s - The End': Quote: 'Pacific were initially referred to as Pacific Team Lotus and their car featured a green stripe with the Lotus logo but as the season wore on and Pacific's performance and finances were poor most observers felt it unfair to mention Lotus in the same name as Pacific' I rather lost interest in F1 early in the 1995 season (for this and other non-F1 reasons) and didn't really start taking notice again until Gerhard Berger's engine blew up at Hockenheim in 1996 in front of the championship leader! |
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especially when they turned into Pacific.







12:47 AM Jul 11