Born on this day in 1946, Brian Henton was Toleman's original talisman, as he claimed a dominant European F2 Championship title aboard the TG280 in 1980. In today's Great Read, Chris Witty organised a team reunion at Silverstone, where Brian Henton and team-mate Derek Warwick were reunited with their winning machines
Before we go back to the history, can we start with what it was like to drive the Toleman TG280 again after 40 years?
Derek Warwick, Toleman team driver: "I was stunned how comfortable I felt. I was almost flat through Copse. The car was amazingly balanced, and I was pushing it. Unfortunately, I only had a short run and I would have loved to go out again. It was so easy to predict what it was doing, there was no snappiness. Just a bit of understeer, but I think that was the tyres more than the car. I didn't want to do it, to be honest. I know what I'm like and I know I will push too much too soon! But I was nowhere near its maximum, and I was on top of it. It's put a big smile on my face."
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario