1985 Dutch Grand Prix race report
Quite a race Zandvoort, August 25th Before the engines started up on the first morning of practice for the Dutch GP the talk was of the "musical chairs" that Niki Lauda…
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS
+44 (0) 20 7349 8484
[email protected]
18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE, UK
Editor Joe Dunn
Editor-at-Large Gordon Cruickshank
Production Editor Robert Ladbrook
Features Editor Simon Arron
Grand Prix Editor Mark Hughes
Art Editor Damon Cogman
Digital Editor Dominic Tobin
Contributing Editors Andrew Frankel, Doug Nye, Mat Oxley
Special Contributors Gary Watkins, Jennie Gow, Simon de Burton, Paul Fearnley
Picture Library Motorsport Images, 020 3405 8100
Special thanks to the following for helping with this issue
Red Bull and Max Verstappen, for being available; Zerex Special owner Greg Heacock; and Ferrari, for track time in the new 488 racer
+44 (0) 20 7349 8484
[email protected]
Commercial Director Sean Costa
Commercial Manager Mike O’Hare
Advertising Manager Laura Holloway
Sales Executive Connor Garnett
Senior Sales Executive James Tirebuck
Managing Director Giovanna Latimer
Publisher Steve Kendall
Financial Controller Niall Colbert
Marketing and Operations Director Gerard O’Brien
Project Manager Zamir Walimohamed
Brand and E-commerce Manager Neal Rawlinson
Subscriptions Marketing Manager Samantha Nasser
Senior Customer Services Executive Henrique Da Silva
Event and Content Manager Laura Hill
Founder Editor Bill Boddy MBE
Proprietor Edward Atkin CBE
As detailed in this issue, the Zerex Special is rammed full of cunning tweaks designed to swerve the rules, but not all are that complex. The story goes that Roger Penske managed to get the single-seater car through scrutineering in 1963 by cramming himself into the tiny makeshift passenger seat. Fair enough. But he was then told the car couldn’t run without a horn. So he simply bolted a borrowed bulb horn underneath the dash. Pleasingly, it’s still there…
Motor Sport (ISSN No: 0027-2019, USPS No: 021-661) is published monthly by Motor Sport Magazine GBR and distributed in the USA by Asendia USA, 17B S Middlesex Ave, Monroe NJ 08831. Periodicals postage paid New Brunswick, NJ and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Motor Sport, 701C Ashland Ave, Folcroft PA 19032. UK and rest of world address changes should be sent to 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE, UK, or by e-mail to [email protected]. Distribution: Marketforce, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU. Colour origination: All Points Media. Printing: Precision Colour Printing, Telford, Shropshire, UK. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Publisher. Copyright © 2019 Motor Sport Magazine Limited, all rights reserved. We take every care when compiling the contents of this magazine but can assume no responsibility for any effects arising therefrom. Manuscripts and photos submitted entirely at owners’ risk. Advertisements are accepted by us in good faith as correct at the time of going to press. Motor Sport magazine is printed in England.