Patrick Tambay, perhaps best known as the man who replaced Gilles Villeneuve at Scuderia Ferrari in 1982, has died at the age of 73. adamcooperF1 pays tribute to the Frenchman:
“I was due to fly back to Canada for a CanAm race,” he recalled. “But I went to see John Hogan of Marlboro to talk about what I should do, and this and that. And suddenly out of the blue Teddy Mayer walked into the office, with his really nice leather briefcase.
“That's the way we would have done it, being friends. I suggested to Gilles, 'Step on it, go down to Monza, talk to them, they want a young guy to go along with Carlos, maybe it can work out.' I had no idea that it would. Hunt soon lost interest, while Tambay struggled to make any sort of impact with the M26. He was fourth in Sweden and scraped into the top six on four other occasions, finishing 14th in the World Championship. Meanwhile, Villeneuve had become a huge star with Ferrari.
“I remember the first day they rolled the car out of the workshop for the photo call. Three wheels were on the sidewalk, and one was off the sidewalk, up in the air. All the team was standing in the back, and I sat on the wheel that was off the ground. “What?,” I said, 'I'm not going to do a shoot-out against Prost. You give me a difficult time all year with that car, and I'm not about to be compared with him.'
He was third on his second outing at Brands Hatch and then won on his fourth start with the team at Hockenheim – the day after Pironi was badly injured.
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