The second part of the ‘Jaguars in Competition’ specia looks at some of the more successful times for Jaguar. Their success in the early days of GTP and later at Le Mans, was spearheaded by Bob Tullius and his Group 44 team, who created the sublime XJR5. Jim Roller talks to the first man to drive it in anger, Bill Adam. Joe Bradley finds out from Rob Beere just how you build a 7 litre V12 E Type racer, and Paul Jurd looks at the very strange XJR15 mini series, when drivers left the start line not knowing how long the race would be. Plus lots of nuggets and comments along the way!
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It’s hard to underestimate the impact that the Jaguar brand has had on motor racing for over seventy years and this month’s ‘Insider Special’ looks at Jaguars in Competition. Paul Jurd looks at the early days and at some of the failures as well as the successes, Jim Roller talks about Jaguar in the USA and Joe Bradley examines the bumpy road which was Jaguar F1. Part 2 will be broadcast on September 15th.
This week’s show includes an exclusive interview with Johnny Mowlem, who announces his retirement from professional motor racing after almost two decades. Graham Goodwin on brake problems in the World Endurance Championship, Nick Daman’s in Oslo with views on the futures of Felipe Massa and Jenson Button, and Tim Gray has the latest on F1’s sale to Liberty Media.
John Hindhaugh compares models from two of Britain’s sportcar manufacturers, as the Aston Martin Rapide is set against the Jaguar XJ Supersport.