Rebaque HR 100

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The Rebaque HR 100 was a Formula 1 - racing cars , which from that in Leamington Spa stationed rebaque to three races of the Formula 1 season in 1979 was reported. The car only took part in one race; a finish did not succeed.

prehistory

The Rebaque team, founded by the Mexican racing driver Héctor Rebaque , had used a Lotus 78 as a customer team in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1978 and scored a championship point for Héctor Rebaque, who also competed as the team's driver. For the 1979 season, Rebaque initially took over a used Lotus 79 , the “outstanding car of the year 1978”, with which Mario Andretti had become Formula 1 World Champion the year before and Lotus had won the constructors ' championship . Contrary to expectations, the Rebaque team was unable to convert the car's qualities into racing success. Héctor Rebaque saw the reason for the lack of success in the alleged lack of support from Lotus and then decided to develop his own racing car. The design work and the assembly of the car was outsourced to external companies.

The HR 100

The Rebaque HR 100 was developed by Penske Racing in Poole , UK during 1979 . The engineer in charge was Geoff Ferris; According to one source, the future McLaren and Ferrari engineer John Barnard was involved in the development work to a certain extent . Penske's engineers also built the vehicle.

The HR 100 was largely a copy of various successful racing cars. The layout of the car corresponded to that of the Lotus 79. The shape of the side pods, however, was influenced by the Williams FW07 , which was successful during the 1979 season. The HR 100 was designed for ground effect and had aerodynamic attachments typical of the time. There were no new solutions for the drive and chassis. Penske used a DFV eight-cylinder engine from Cosworth , a Hewland -Fünfganggetriebe and a conventional suspension with double wishbones on all wheels.

The Rebaque HR 100 debuted at the 1979 Italian Grand Prix . The driver was Héctor Rebaque himself. Rebaque, Emerson Fittipaldi and Arturo Merzario were the only drivers this season who brought cars with their own names to the start. In qualifying in Monza, Rebaque was more than 8 seconds slower than Jean-Pierre Jabouille , who later started the race from pole position . Rebaque, however, missed the qualification with his time. At the subsequent Canadian Grand Prix he was able to qualify as 22nd, but retired from the race after 31 laps after a break in the engine mount. At the last race of the season in the USA , Rebaque again missed qualification. This was the last attempt to qualify an HR 100 for a Formula 1 race.

Contrary to what Héctor Rebaque said at the beginning, no successor to the HR 100 was designed. Héctor Rebaque continued his motorsport career as a driver in the Brabham works team in 1980 and 1981 .

literature

  • Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. Cars, tracks and pilots. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 .
  • David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars. Crowood Press, Marlborough 2001, ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English).
  • David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. 1997, p. 283.
  2. ↑ a b c Hodges: AZ of Grand Prix Cars. 2001, p. 196.
  3. ↑ a b biography of Hector Rebaques on the website www.forix.com (accessed December 27, 2010).
  4. ↑ Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. 1997, p. 293.
  5. ^ Hodges: Rennwagen from AZ after 1945. 1994, p. 220.