[allenbrown]

From 'the other place' and the excellent Michael Ferner:

Originally posted by fines
Kauhsen did indeed bring one of his Formula Two cars to the Suzuka Grand Prix in 1977 (Nov 6), to be driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille, its original designer. But somehow Keke Rosberg ended up with the drive (#30), qualifying 3rd (1'57.83") but retiring on lap 3 (engine) out of 35. This was the last race of the season, and in the first race of 1978 (Mar 5), again at Suzuka, Keke was supposed to drive again, but got a call to drive the F1 Theodore/Ford at Kyalami, so Gianfranco Brancatelli qualified the car (#2) 4th and finished the race 5th. By this time, the car was already entered (and presumably owned) by the ex-patriate German Nico Nicole (Team Nicole Racing Japan), and Kauhsen was said to prepare the two 1977 Kojima/Ford KE009 for an entry into F1. Nothing became of the latter, but Nicole raced the F2 Kauhsen/Renault a couple of times, retiring (#7) at the Fuji Grand Prix (May 3) on lap 25 out of 35 and finishing 9th (#3) at the Suzuka Ruby Trophy (Jul 2), 11 laps in arrears! He then appeared in a Chevron/BMW B40 (possibly an ex-Tetsu Ikuzawa car) at the Suzuka Grand Prix before starting out on his own as a manufacturer (Niki/BMW, another failure). The Kauhsen/Renault appeared one more time, as a spare car (#96) for Masao Segawa (S&A Racing International) who had apparently crashed his Chevron/BMW B40 in practice for the 1979 Suzuka Ruby Trophy (Jul 1), but retired on lap 10 out of 30.

So that must be a different one to the car Chris mentions in South Africa.

Allen