Regardless of being a massively versatile racing driver who competed in Components 3000, IndyCar, Sports activities Vehicles and Touring Vehicles, Christian Danner was unable to showcase his full potential in Components 1 within the mid-to-late Nineteen Eighties.
Throughout an period characterised by poor reliability and pre-qualifying – that’s proper, qualifying to get into qualifying! – Danner both failed to start out most of the races he entered, or failed to complete them. However that actually doesn’t imply he’s wanting some fascinating tales from his time within the sport.
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Chatting with host Tom Clarkson on the most recent episode of Past The Grid, Danner remembers turning into the primary F1 driver to be disqualified for harmful driving and the way Ayrton Senna leapt to his defence.
