Steve Nichols: An Oral History of Formula One's Greatest Era (1980 - 2000)

In this very special episode....

An expanded version of my recent interview with Steve Nichols, where we talk about his career in F1 - how he led design of the most dominant F1 car in history, and the subsequent feud with Gordon Murray.

Featuring a supporting cast of some of F1's greatest - like Watson, Lauda, Prost, Mansell, Hakkinen and Senna.

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Chapter Listing:

0:00 Introduction
4:27 Steve's Early Years
7:16 Actual Rocket Science
9:17 Beginnings in Motorsport
14:47 John Barnard, Formula One & Project Four
21:46 The MP4/1 & Carbon Crash Testing
26:13 Lotus vs McLaren's Carbon
29:31 1982/83: The "Coke Bottle" Shape
32:58 1984: The TAG Turbo Engine & Niki Lauda
38:51 How Many Engines?
40:10 1985: The Rise of Prost
43:06 John Barnard's Departure
45:29 The Arrival of Gordon Murray
47:35 1986: Designing the MP4/3 (1987 Car)
49:32 1987: Honda and Senna Arrive
51:47 Beginning the MP4/4 Design
58:35 Job Descriptions Memo
1:01:28 John Barnard and Gordon Murray Comparison
1:04:54 The "Low-Line" MP4/4
1:07:07 Ayrton Senna Seat Fitting
1:08:09 Did Gordon Bring Drawings?
1:13:09 Pre-Season Testing At Imola
1:17:34 Prost and Senna
1:22:12 Race Power & Turbo Disadvantage
1:24:52 1989 MP4/5
1:27:06 Steve Leaves McLaren
1:30:13 The Chaos of Ferrari
1:39:53 Nigel Mansell & Launch Control
1:43:55 Suzuka 1990
1:44:47 Senna's Move to Ferrari
1:45:44 The Argument Begins
1:50:43 Ian Bamsey's Response
1:55:51 Gordon's Rumours
1:58:35 The Haynes Manual
2:00:07 Murray Threatens Nichols
2:01:22 Why Is Gordon Doing This?
2:04:31 1992-93 Sauber & Jordan
2:06:07 F1's Active Era and Steve's Return to McLaren
2:11:42 Dealing with the Ban of Driver Aids
2:14:38 Mika Häkkinen
2:15:47 Brake Steer
2:23:17 1997 - 1999 F1 Season Summary
2:26:49 Max & Lewis vs Prost & Senna
2:29:53 The SENNA Movie
2:33:09 Outro

Thanks to John Minett, David Laird, Matthew Jeffreys and Steve Nichols. Thanks also to Jon Bourne and Ellie Thompson from University of Surrey. Venue provided by Chris Drake at Lights, Cars Action - http://www.lightscarsaction.com

A Special thanks to Antony Marcano from ‪@sportzntouring‬ for his contribution.

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