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Friday favorite: The “ridiculous” Group C Jaguar that roared briefly however loudly
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Friday favorite: The “ridiculous” Group C Jaguar that roared briefly however loudly

By Miles Cooper December 27, 2024
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Martin Brundle wasn’t blessed with the best Formulation 1 equipment for his 159 world championship begins. The Benetton B192, which supplied 5 of his 9 grand prix podiums, was most likely the most effective nevertheless it doesn’t take the accolade of his favorite race automotive.

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Ross Brawn’s Jaguar XJR-14 moved the goalposts in world sportscar racing in 1991 and Brundle was Tom Walkinshaw’s part-timer early within the season, in between his Brabham F1 commitments.

The three.5-litre naturally aspirated XJR-14 took pole by 2.5 seconds on the Suzuka opener, solely to be let down within the race by starter motor failure. However Jaguar bounced again at Monza. This time the hole to the remaining was 4s and Brundle completed each first and second, sharing the profitable automotive with Derek Warwick and the runner-up with Teo Fabi.

“The automotive was so quick,” says Brundle. “It was an unbelievable automotive, just like F1 speeds. And scorching inside.

“The entire automotive was a venturi from behind the driving force and it wasn’t overpowered with the Ford HB engine. You could possibly simply do ridiculous issues with it. I bear in mind at Monza on a saturated moist observe being on slicks, watching the rooster tail out the again, and the automotive was simply caught to the street. A unprecedented automotive.”

Brundle charges his Silverstone efficiency within the BRDC Empire Trophy as his best. A damaged throttle cable price him simply over 9 minutes, or six laps. He then drove the #3 XJR-14 solo, smashing the lap file on the reconfigured circuit.

Friday favorite: The “ridiculous” Group C Jaguar that roared briefly however loudly

Brundle appears to be like spent as he stands alone on the podium in third after a Herculean effort aboard the XJR-14

Photograph by: Andre Vor / Sutton Photos

Throughout his cost, Brundle set a quickest lap of 1m29.372s, 0.7s faster than anybody else and – maybe much more remarkably – 1.6s sooner than he would handle in his Brabham BT60Y through the British GP two months later. Certainly, it took till lap 5 of that GP for runaway winner Nigel Mansell’s Williams FW14 to surpass Brundle’s mark on the new-for-1991 format. “That exhibits how good that automotive was,” says Brundle.

Brundle completed third, 4 laps down on the profitable sister automotive of Warwick/Fabi and three laps behind the second-paced Mercedes of Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher, having repeatedly overtaken the sphere.

“Sportscars appeared to go well with my driving type,” says Brundle, who places his 1992 Benetton drive right down to his Silverstone effort. “I at all times felt invincible in them, whereas I didn’t in a system automotive, for some cause.

“I don’t suppose I’ve ever skilled a automotive, aside from the 1991 Jaguar, that stated, ‘Come on, let’s go, throw every part at me as a result of I can deal with it’” Martin Brundle

“I believe they tended to have a contact extra understeer and you actually needed to boss them. I at all times had confidence in them. Once you really feel assured in a automotive that’s received plenty of downforce you will get some unimaginable pace going.”

Away from his personal racing profession, Brundle has now pushed many machines by way of his tv work. Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake, the ex-Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T and Lewis Hamilton’s 2018 Mercedes W09 – “simply so superbly sorted” – however they don’t fairly get Brundle’s closing vote.

“I’ve pushed 70 F1 vehicles now and the one which stands out is the 2008 McLaren, Lewis’s automotive,” says the 65-year-old of the MP4-23. “It’s an enormous aerodynamic system. I don’t suppose I’ve ever skilled a automotive, aside from the 1991 Jaguar, that stated, ‘Come on, let’s go, throw every part at me as a result of I can deal with it’.

Brawn devised the XJR-14 in which Fabi (left) won the 1991 title and Brundle starred when F1 commitments allowed

Brawn devised the XJR-14 during which Fabi (left) received the 1991 title and Brundle starred when F1 commitments allowed

Photograph by: Andre Vor / Sutton Photos

“Check supervisor Indy Lall stated, ‘Pit now’ – I used to be on fairly previous Bridgestones and we have been doing a TV piece – and I didn’t need to. I’ve by no means recognized a automotive that invitations you to go flat-out like that automotive did.

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“Of the vehicles I raced, it’s received to be the Jaguar and of the vehicles I’ve pushed it’s the 2008 McLaren.”

So, is there something left on the want checklist? “The Williams FW14B, the one which thrashed us in 1992, spoiled our yr as a result of it was so dominant,” Brundle instantly shoots again. “That’s high of my checklist.”

The Williams FW14B remains top of the bucket list for Brundle, who spent much of 1992 chasing it in his Benetton

The Williams FW14B stays high of the bucket checklist for Brundle, who spent a lot of 1992 chasing it in his Benetton

Photograph by: Motorsport Photos

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