Obituary: Hugely charming, double grand prix winner Patrick Tambay made friends wherever he went. adamcooperF1 looks back on the life and career of one of F1's true gentlemen
“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.
“And we heard this cracking sound – the bonding wasn't dry or something, and I was giving it a torsion test. They looked very, very worried, I tell you. I don't know what happened after that, but I think they had to have a stiffening contest.” “I didn't want a shootout, I didn't deserve one. But I opened up the way for Alain by not going to that test. They had to make a choice, and I think maybe Marlboro was pushing for him. I gave up the competition there, because I didn't feel that I deserved to be compared to him.”
"It was dramatic. The spirit of the team was shattered, they lost to one of their drivers, and then losing the second straight away. They were they were so low and depressed, and I mean shattered. I was just coming back, and I couldn't feel it as much as they were feeling the drama. I had been away, and I was not really in the team yet, even if I'd replaced Gilles only two races or three races before.
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