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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
I think - the very first car that ran with the engine was a 956 'mule'. Then it ran in an MP4/1-1 that was 'converted' to be the MP4/1-D?
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Yes the test hack was the MP4/1D, but the first race appearance for the TAG was the Dutch GP for Niki Lauda in an MP4/1E (Watson was in an MP4/1C Cosworth)
Watson joined Lauda with an MP4/1E for the following race at Monza.
Pic below is Watson testing the MP4/ ID at the Porsche Weissach test track in June 1983.
Ron Dennis (right), race director Peter Falk (third from right) and engine designer Hans Mezger (left) at the Weissach track in 1983.
On 6 May 1983, Roland Kussmaul takes the first laps in a 956 with the TAG Turbo engine
Last two pics are from Porsche Newsroom archives and articles found there re the Weissach Test track.