AGS JH21C
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 AGS
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| Designer: | Christian Vanderpleyn | ||||||||
| Successor: | AGS JH22 | ||||||||
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| Chassis: | CFRP monocoque | ||||||||
| Wheelbase: | 2830 mm | ||||||||
| Weight: | 560 kg | ||||||||
| Tires: | Pirelli | ||||||||
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| Driver: |
 Ivan Capelli
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| First start: | 1986 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | - | ||||||||
| Podiums: | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | - | ||||||||
The AGS JH21C was the first Formula 1 car from the Provençal racing team Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS). It was based in many respects on components from Renault and was used twice in the 1986 Formula 1 season . The car did not reach the finish line.
background
AGS has been active in motorsport since 1969. Initially, the Gonfaron-based team, which emerged from an auto repair workshop, competed in Formule France and Formule Renault , and from 1977 onwards in the Formula 2 European Championship . In all classes, AGS built its own racing cars, which have been designed by Christian Vanderpleyn since 1970 . The team's founder, Henri Julien, had been thinking repeatedly about advancing to Formula 1 since the late 1970s. He made his first attempt at this in 1979, when a modified Formula 2 AGS under Alain Couderc took part in a run of the Aurora F1 Series . Subsequently, the Formula 1 ambitions in Gonfaron rested again. However, from 1981 onwards, Henri Julien asked Renault several times whether technical support, especially the turbo engines, could be obtained from Renault's Formula 1 team. Renault refused this several times. However, when Renault discontinued its Formula 1 factory involvement at the end of 1985 , AGS took over some of the tools and spare parts from the French team. This included several plastic monocoques , suspension parts, brakes and a lot more. AGS did not take over Renault's turbo engines. The Renault team's mechanical components formed the basis for Julien's Formula 1 project, which began in 1986.
Technology of the JH21C
The JH21C had a plastic monocoque. It was the first time that Vanderpleyn worked with this material; his previous vehicles for AGS regularly had aluminum cockpits . Overall, the monocoque corresponded to earlier Renault designs. Some sources suggest AGS used one of the monocoques it acquired from Renault. According to other sources, Vanderpleyn redesigned the monocoque; However, he was inspired by the Renault designs. The rear suspension and the gearbox were taken over from the Renault RE60 unchanged .
With regard to the drive, AGS had initially hoped for the turbo engines from Renault. After Renault had refused a delivery, however, stating that all available engines were needed for the Ligier , Lotus and Tyrrell customer teams , Vanderpleyn installed a 1.5 liter six-cylinder turbo engine from Motori Moderni . These were used engines that had been used exclusively by Minardi in 1985 . AGS thus became the first and only Motori Modernis customer team.
The car was overweight. At the factory, its weight was given as 560 kilograms, but observers assumed that the actual weight was significantly higher.
AGS manufactured a copy of the JH21C during 1986, which internally received the chassis number 031. It was prepared in the winter of 1986/87 to accommodate a Cosworth DFZ engine and became the first of the two JH22 models.
nomenclature
The designation of the car as JH21C is unusual. AGS gave each model that was constructed in Gonfaron its own type designation; Consecutive numbering was chosen. Additions to letters were only used if an initial model had been significantly further developed. The JH21C is an exception to this system. There was no JH21 without additional letters; neither a JH21A nor a JH21B existed.
Starting in 2005, a vehicle was exhibited in a French automobile museum, which was designated the AGS JH21D. It corresponded in its external appearance to the JH21C. At the factory, AGS did not make a car bearing the designation JH21D; no such car was entered for any Grand Prix. In the literature, the opinion has prevailed that this car is a replica or a dismantling. Mostly it is believed that the JH21D was built from the remains of the first JH22, which was based on the JH21C and was destroyed in an accident by Pascal Fabre during the 1987 season .
Races
AGS made its debut with the JH21C on the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix in September 1986. The reason for this start date was the fact that AGS had an Italian sponsor with the Jolly Club and an Italian driver with Ivan Capelli . In the debut race, Capelli retired after 31 laps due to a tire defect. He also qualified at the subsequent Portuguese Grand Prix , but had to retire due to a broken suspension. The team skipped the following races in Mexico and Australia due to cost reasons. There were no other races for the JH21C.
Results
| driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Ian Bamsey: The 1000 bhp Grand Prix Cars. Haynes Publications, Yeovil 1988, ISBN 0-85429-617-4 (English).
- Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. Cars, tracks and pilots. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 .
- David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
- David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars. Crowood Press, Marlborough 2001, ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English).
- Pierre Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1st 2nd edition. Chronosports, St. Sulpice 2000, ISBN 2-940125-45-7 (French).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the whole: Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1. 2000, p. 102.
- ↑ See also: Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. 1997, p. 362.
- ↑ Short story of the team on the website www.grandprix.com (accessed on January 11, 2012).
- ↑ Cf. Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1. 2000, p. 103.
- ^ Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1. 2000, p. 103.
- ↑ Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. 1997, p. 371.
- ^ Hodges: AZ of Grand Prix Cars. 2001, p. 8.
- ↑ AGS usually numbered the chassis consecutively across all classes.
- ↑ Complete overview of all AGS models at Hodges: Rennwagen from A – Z after 1945. 1994, p. 7 ff.
