
Jo Marquart
Respected racing car designer Jo Marquart died in his adopted Norfolk recently, following heart trouble. He was 57 years old. In the late 1960s Marquart was noted for his work…
is month Nigel wrote about new FIA plan regarding ormula 1 cars running in the pitlane from 2014. “The proposal is that when the new environmentally-friendly 6 turbo engines arrive,” he Wrote, “cars should run on electric power’ only in the pits.” Nigel recalled the time he as almost hit by the silent ightning-Cosworth of Gary ettenhausen as it rolled into the Indy pits in 1981 without its engine running, and s understandably dubious bout ‘silent’ El cars. Mike ogman agreed: “Having marshalled for more years than 1 care to remember, the most angerous time in the pits is hen a car enters with a dead otor. This is a dangerous idea
t odds with the experience of otor racing.”
However, Rob A was not totally against the proposal. ‘Surely there’s a trivial solution, namely to install some sort of evice which makes a noise hen the car is travelling under electric power only?” he said. *Make it a distinctive noise, nd it will be as unmistakable s the rasp of an engine.”