Nigel Roebuck: Fifth Column
"De Angelis declared the 88 the scariest car he had ever driven"
"When this is over, I shall seriously reconsider whether or not grand prix racing is still what it purports to be: the pinnacle of sport and technological achievement. Unfortunately, this appears to be no longer the case, and if it is not cleaned up, Formula 1 will end up in a quagmire of plagiarism, chicanery and petty rule interpretation, manipulated by people for whom the word 'sport' has no meaning."
Jean Todt? Ron Dennis? No, the words are from Colin Chapman, uttered in Buenos Aires in 1981, after the 'twin chassis' Lotus 88 had failed to get through scrutineering, for the third race in succession.
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