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Originally Posted by Tim 27
I think you'll find Enzo said that with wink under those dark glasses and a smile on his face.
Famously Enzo didn't care much for his drivers, but he did have a soft spot for Gilles, loving the fact that he always drove to (and above) the absolute mechanical limits of his cars.
And if you doubt my words, just ask Nigel Roebuck, the journalist closest closest to Gilles in his latter career.
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Alas, if Gilles was noted for crashing cars, McLaren had Andrea DeCesaris in his files, who has the record of most cars crashed in a season, during his 1981 campaign.