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Formula One hasn't been the same since Gordon Murray got fed up and turned his focus to road cars. F1 has always been about innovation, but to my mind nobody combined radical technology and stunningly beautiful cars the way that Murray did. Think of the early '70s Martini sponsored Brabhams with the Alfa boxer 12s, the BT46b fan car, one of my all time favorites the BT49 with no front wing that Piquet started out in, the skateboard looking BT55 with the laid over BMW 4 (never very successful, but a noble experiment), and finally those mid to late '80's McLarens that looked so fragile, but ran so strong.
I hadn't thought of him for a while, but as I write this I'm awed by what Gordon Murray accomplished in those two decades. And on top of that what he has designed since focusing his attention on road cars....nothing short of stunning.
Now if only he could be lured to Weissach.....
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1955 pre-A Carrera Speedster...x 1974 leichtbau..."Sascha"
"It makes me sad. Our cars were meant to be driven, not polished" - Ferry Porsche while surveying a PCA Parade concours field.
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