How Shadow's F1 story ended in shambolic fashion
Celebrated at Goodwood this summer, the Shadow team and its mysterious owner captured the imagination of Formula 1 fans. DAMIEN SMITH charts the final chapter of a team whose cars were so scary that drivers feigned illness to avoid racing them…
To suggest the Shadow DN11 was a great Formula 1 car would be something of a stretch. After all, it started only one grand prix. In five attempts during the first half of the 1980 season, perennially underrated Geoff Lees made the grid just once, at Kyalami; Irishman David Kennedy tried seven times but always came up short; and promising young Swede Stefan Johansson failed to make his grand prix debut on two occasions.
So why are we bothering with this footnote of the first ground-effect era? Largely because it’s a Shadow, first and foremost.
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