Robin Day, part 3 of 3

In part 3 Robin tells us what it was like to work for Bernie, working on the BT55 then on to Leyton House March in 1987. Then it was a move to Indycar but still with March, back to the F3000s then lastly six months at Pacific Grand Prix in 1993.

All three parts of the interview are also on YouTube at https://tinyurl.com/mryh6f8x

Audio podcast is here.

Robin Day, part 2 of 3

 Part 2 continues with the McLaren move to Woking and the extra workload courtesy of Mr. de Cesaris. Then it was testing with Niki Lauda, the drivers strike at Kyalami, switching to Brabham then back to McLaren then another return to Brabham and running Stirling Moss in the car at Brands Hatch.

All three parts of the interview are also on YouTube at https://tinyurl.com/mryh6f8x

Audio podcast is here.

Robin Day, Part 1 of 3

Our guest this time is Robin, a 15 year F1 veteran. Robin was born in Uganda and was brought up in Kenya. Straight after his apprenticeship with British Leyland he decided to build and sell his own motorbike. In 1978 he was poached by McLaren. He worked on the first MP4 and with driver Andrea de Cesaris.

There are memories of John Watson's British Grand Prix win and his 'light bulb moment' at Zandvoort.

All three parts of the interview are also on YouTube at https://tinyurl.com/mryh6f8x

Audio podcast is here.

Ed Taylor, part 3 of 3

Part 3 sees Ed back in F1 running the Yamaha Engines truck for Brabham and then Jordan. It was into Historic F1 with BMTR tyres and finally he teamed up with European Minardi running their two-seater F1 cars.

Podcast can be downloaded here, watch the interview on YouTube

Ed Taylor, part 2 of 3

This part sees Ed working at Leyton House March running with Judd engines. He tells how the truckies made a little extra money at the end of the season,  how he finished with Leyton House and then back into F3000 with Bromley Motorsport. 

Podcast can be downloaded here, watch the interview on YouTube.

Ed Taylor, part 1 of 3

This week we speak to Ed Taylor whose first job in motor racing was in F1 with tyre supplier Goodyear. He tells us what was put into the tyres instead of air, what it was like when he attended his first tyre test at Silverstone, setting up the stillborn Benetton Trussadi project and when that didn't work out it was into F3000 with Middlebridge Racing.

Podcast can be downloaded here, watch the interview on YouTube.

Doug Garner

Today we chat with Gold Leaf Team Lotus mechanic Doug Garner who tells us about how he got started working for Lotus Cars before being poached by the race team next door to work on his first race car, the type 56 Indycar. 

After Indy 1968 he moved on to the F3 team to work on the 41X with John Miles driving. For 1969 it was back to Indy with the type 64 and drivers Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Mario Andretti. After that it was into building and racing the legendary Lotus 72 in 1970.

You can listen to the recording here or watch Gary's interview with Doug on YouTube.