RIP Patrick Tambay
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A truly lovely man, and on his day a mighty fine driver, he drove some sheds and some great cars, arguably had a title tilt at Ferrari, and was also decent at |Renauly before the abysmal Force closed his career. Part of the amazing french generation of Pironi, Laffite, Depailler Arnoux, Prost etc what an amazing time to be a French F1 fan.
Many of us remember him.
Nostalgia forum at Autosport/Atlas probably a better place to find more posts.
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/223080-patrick-...
Nostalgia forum at Autosport/Atlas probably a better place to find more posts.
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/223080-patrick-...
Another moving thing to listen to from the beyond the grid series
https://youtu.be/x9noeJfmB6w
And a nice clip from the first Ford turbo engine
https://youtu.be/ZME5xbdAURo
https://youtu.be/x9noeJfmB6w
And a nice clip from the first Ford turbo engine
https://youtu.be/ZME5xbdAURo
Leithen said:
Many of us remember him.
Nostalgia forum at Autosport/Atlas probably a better place to find more posts.
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/223080-patrick-...
Thank you. I watched him race but did not know enough to comment. He seems like a person I would enjoy the company of.Nostalgia forum at Autosport/Atlas probably a better place to find more posts.
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/223080-patrick-...
This wonderful story (especially for the kid) is from the autosport link comments:
"........Very sad news, I saw him race a couple of times when he was with Ferrari but my best memory of him was at Goodwood in 1999. Returning to the paddock after a run up the hill in his 83' Ferrari, he was pushing and steering the car when he spotted a young Ferrari fan in the crowd. Without hesitation he picked him up and plonked him in the cockpit, then carried on pushing the car, whilst shouting "left a bit, right a bit" to the lad in perfect English! . I'd always suspected that he was a genuinely nice person and that episode confirmed it.
RIP. (courtesy Chr1s of autosport comments)
Love it!!
Just saw trough the 83 season on YouTube, apart from the pleasant voice from Simon Taylor in the highlights, what a superb season it was, especially after that tumultuous '82.
Patrick could definitely stand against the initially higher rated Arnoux, in the end he outqualified him 8 to 7, both had 4 poles, unreliability let them down, but he could have been in much closer contention to the title, if only...
As Harvey Postlethwaite said in an interview, they sacked the wrong driver, Patrick was a better development driver than both Arnoux and his successor Alboreto.
Patrick could definitely stand against the initially higher rated Arnoux, in the end he outqualified him 8 to 7, both had 4 poles, unreliability let them down, but he could have been in much closer contention to the title, if only...
As Harvey Postlethwaite said in an interview, they sacked the wrong driver, Patrick was a better development driver than both Arnoux and his successor Alboreto.
hot metal said:
Too many on PH stay away from threads if they can`t find a way to abuse the subject in question, no real knowledge just social media hyperbolic bellends
Tambay was the quintessential gentleman F1 driver in the purest sense, difficult to find a bad word against him and perhaps too nice for F1.Easy to look back on him as another journeyman driver perhaps seen as damaged goods partly through bad decisions at the time and poor timing.
sidewinder500 said:
Just saw trough the 83 season on YouTube, apart from the pleasant voice from Simon Taylor in the highlights, what a superb season it was, especially after that tumultuous '82.
Patrick could definitely stand against the initially higher rated Arnoux, in the end he outqualified him 8 to 7, both had 4 poles, unreliability let them down, but he could have been in much closer contention to the title, if only...
As Harvey Postlethwaite said in an interview, they sacked the wrong driver, Patrick was a better development driver than both Arnoux and his successor Alboreto.
That season was a tale of two halves. Patrick was initially quicker but it was Arnoux ahead of Tambay going into the couple of races and won more races. Patrick could definitely stand against the initially higher rated Arnoux, in the end he outqualified him 8 to 7, both had 4 poles, unreliability let them down, but he could have been in much closer contention to the title, if only...
As Harvey Postlethwaite said in an interview, they sacked the wrong driver, Patrick was a better development driver than both Arnoux and his successor Alboreto.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
carl_w said:
And some of his contemporaries like Thierry Boutsen and Teo Fabi.
Such great names as well.Mr and Mrs Fabi, what are you going to call your bouncing baby boy?
Sid.
Just doesn't work.
I would not class Patrick as a gentleman driver, he was a top talent who was a little unlucky in the drives he picked, he was heavily pushed by Hunt and therefore linked to McLaren when they were in the doldrums in the early 80's as Prost found out. He went to Ferrari, his best days and was eventually swayed by Renault for obvious reasons only to find them being on the way down too, Beatrice had vast potential but again his timing was out of his control!
He won races and pushed for the title at some times, that is a full beans pro, not a guy who just bought money, but if you meant he was a gentleman, then the phrase could not fit a man in this era more.!!
He won races and pushed for the title at some times, that is a full beans pro, not a guy who just bought money, but if you meant he was a gentleman, then the phrase could not fit a man in this era more.!!
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