Thread: Lola T280
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Old 21 Sep 2003, 15:38 (Ref:725630)   #45
Chofar
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Chofar should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Alain,

In A-utomobiles Historiques of juin 2003, There's an interview of G.Larrousse where he says he switched from 8 to 7 after the Number 8 car lost time with gearbow issues. He drove Number 7 to 3rd place before the night and then the car had clutch problems. Larrousse quotes gearbox as a main issue of that car. So, when Bonnier's accident came, Larrousse was no longer in the race. And as i read it, he never switched back to number 8. And the 2 spanish boys never had time to drive number7. At the time, switching was permitted or were the rules changed in 77 when Ickx switched from Number3 to Number 4 ?
i also remember Jabouille drove a stint in the Alpine number 4 in 1978 after his retirement. If you want i can scan you the arcticle.
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