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Old 23 Jan 2009, 13:28 (Ref:2377545)   #100
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Originally Posted by chunterer
I wonder if this has anything to do with Chatfield's eligibilty issues at the beginning of 1985 that KA refers to? Or maybe he installed a 3.4 engine and the scrutineers fell over laughing or something!!!....


....Now if he'd given up trying to get the Esso car through scrutineering, he may have just run the red car instead? Running a car underweight, would certainly give it a bit of a leg up against the more modern machinery. Just a thought.
I'll try to dig out the '85 season review from Autosport this weekend- I don't know if it goes into the precise reasons for the early-season DQs, but it does mention them
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