The Ken Tyrrell Era: F1’s Legendary Team Owner and His Strict Rules for Drivers

2023-12-25 13:42:58

Valtteri Bottas would not have gotten along well with the late team owner, claims an F1 journalist who claims Ken Tyrrell, the founder of his eponymous F1 team, had strict rules for drivers to race. Told. Tyrrell competed in F1 from 1968 to 1998, winning three drivers’ championships and one constructors’ championship with Sir Jackie Stewart.

As well as Stewart, Tyrrell fielded a number of stars including Sky Sports F1’s Martin Brundle, former world champion Jody Scheckter, Jean Alesi and Jos Verstappen, but their entries were taken over by BAR Racing. , later taken over by Mercedes. Tyrrell himself is often credited with discovering Stewart, one of the most legendary F1 drivers of all time. Ken Tyrrell played a key role in F1 in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Tyrrell’s strict rules F1 journalist Roger Benoit revealed that it was Stewart himself who divulged all these secrets about Tyrrell’s idiosyncratic leadership style. “Sir Jackie Stewart once told me that drivers shouldn’t have sex the night before a grand prix, but Tyrrell had other habits,” Benoit told Blick. “If a driver is unshaven or wearing shorts, they send him back to the hotel. Under Tyrrell, Valtteri Bottas would have been sent back to the hotel many times.” I was having dinner in Anderstorp with Martin Brundle, who started my career, and Tyrrell came up to us at exactly 10pm and said to Brundle, “You should go to bed now.” ”

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