The Colonel put his own house mortgage, posudivši money from sponsors and Ecclestonea Henry Villiger, knocking the game Ambrosija, Oliver, Rees and designers Wassa and Southgatea. But these are only sixty days in almost any of the Arrows team which created that is named after the initial letters of their names with the addition of another letter "r". Is a real truth to light broke out in Brazil, where they appeared on the starting grid, two identical cars of different teams: Shadow DN9 and Arrows FA1. Nichols then went to counter-attack, accusing his former companion for plagiarism, fraud, theft of materials and the threat of intellectual property. In February of 1978th northamptonska police found a seat Arrowsovom overall control system of cars that came from the shadow. Six months later, made the death sentence Arrows FA1, for now only in history, which was carried out on a racing automobilu.Seams that in 1978. was very interesting for a variety of "cases". 15th June švedskome Anderstorp the light went out "case fan." But that it could be well understood need to get back in the spring of that year when in May it became clear that the Lotus 79 with their elusive opponents. At the same time, and Ecclestone and his team Brabham nurtured great ambitions for their realization has led the team Nikija double world champion Lauda. But that was not enough to equal the race with Lotus.
The headquarters team designer Gordon Murray was under constant pressure Ecclestonovim, but the shape of his Brabham BT46 largely dictated and glomazni Alfin 12-cylinder boxer engine. Instead of the main designers intriguing ideas to come to his assistants Gary Anderson and David Cox. Recalled the simple solution - the fan - which would improve the adhesion of the car along the course. Cox claimed that something like that seen in the project of Maurice Philippe, Tyrrelovog designers during a business meeting.From the first training for the Swedish Grand Prix has become clear that dojučerašnji rabbit turned into a fox, a Brabham Bt46 per cent of the hitherto elusive and landslide Lotus. Gordon Murray ordered the drivers to train with full fuel tanks that would not be too fast and caused suspicion. Disturbed Chapman even pointed out below Brabham Bt46B to discover the secret. Perhaps it is unnecessary to repeat that it is finished Laudinom victory, while Watson was dropped after izlijetanja in which the damaged refrigerator, and I am a fan. After the race almost all the teams have invested an appeal, but I am dissatisfied led Chapman and Ken Tyrrell. This event was significant in the political sense because it is the first time there has been disagreement in the Foca-and anglosaksonskih Constructors Association, and headed stood Ecclestone. Then it became questionable, and its leading position in the association.
On Thursday, after the Swedish Grand Prix Bernie met with unyielding members Foca-e. The meeting was lasted for six and a half hours before the final decision. It was decided that the Brabham Bt46B equipped fan can race three Grand Prix and then had to be withdrawn. Next Monday Ecclestone arrived in the seat of a CSI (current FIA) in Paris, to this institution informed on Automobile agreed, but the expert commission agreement eliminated a najnepopustljiviji was Jean-Marie Balestre as president of the FIA and najljući Ecclestoneov rival. So he was buried Brabham Bt46B, officially for security reasons. Of the three copies made one car remained Ecclestoneu, another fell from Parmalata Callisto Tanzi, a third, spare car, which was not yet any complex, completed in the trash in Chessington. Bernie was in this skirmish left defeated, or if one sounds better, defeated, but it is necessary to remember the names of his opponents (Chapman, Tyrrell, and Balestre) because they will in the years that followed to be the protagonists of similar events.
Wednesday 12th March 1981. when they missed four days until the U.S. Grand Prix West in Long Beach, Chapman's public presented its new revolutionary Lotus 88, the fruit of his nepresušne and ingenious imagination. His favorite model MK80 iz 1979. proved to be extremely moody car and did not give expected results. Two years later Chapman came to the idea of double chassis. While she stood inside the soft springs, out was fixed in relation to the asphalt. However, the creation Chapmanovu struck the same fate as earlier Brabham. All have conspired against him, holding 88 illegal Lotus car. On Thursday before the race was held quite stormy meeting of the Technical Commission in which they were najbučniji Peter Warr from Lotus and Guy Ligier, who repeatedly hit his fist on the table. On Friday, before eleven o'clock the race team filed a complaint against the Lotus 88 that De Angelis was driving 9 seconds faster per cycle than the other driver and the car was excluded from the competition. Chapman was paid bail of $ 250 and appealed Car Club USA, which gave him the right. But on Saturday at 10.58 h commissars were again off the car with the competition. It was the end of the first round because the other went to Chapman, after he ACCUS in April, again given the right. Three copies of Lotus 88 were returned, therefore, 16th July back in training for the British Grand Prix. Then there was the "home turf". However, complaints were lodged Ligier, Ferrari and Alfa, so. legalists. Colin Chapman once again appealed, this time the Royal automobilističkom Club (RAC) and it was again accepted. it seemed that he finally succeeded in their intentions, but the telex, which he sent from Paris, Jean-Marie Balestre razuvjerio soon it was in it. Chapman asked the solidarity of members Foca-e, but Ecclestone is then turned back. He was buried and Lotus 88th
Summer 1984th Another new experiment in boxing, and it is the Tyrrell 012 was a conventional car or how interesting, let alone like genius Murrayjevih and Chapmanovih creation. However, this is a car for months attracted the attention of many because it is more successful than with his competitors, which is disposed of everywhere, and where powerful turbocharged engines. Was especially effective on city tracks. But sports are commissars soon discovered that during pit-stops in the mechanics Tyrrell dolijevaju not gasoline, but the strange dark liquid in it contained lead pellets, for which the car at the end of the race was a regular weight, but until now had been below the minimum allowed weight . I asked Tyrrell Ecclestonovu help, as this would not even hear. The teams were all canceled and score immediately off to the races for the World Cup. It was also the 012th model of forgiveness
