The-quarters front view of the 1983, Osella FA1D Formula One Racing Car, driven, in period, by Jean-Pierre Jarier and Piercarlo Ghinzani,
Tony Southgate joined Osella for 1983, and his first job was to construct interim cars based on the remains of the crashed FA1Cs. These interim FA1D/83s were raced by Corrado Fabi and Piercarlo Ghinzani until the new FA1Es were ready. Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier[1] (born 10 July 1946) is a French former Grand Prix racing driver. He drove for Formula One teams including Shadow, Team Lotus, Ligier, Osella and Tyrrell Racing. His best finish was third (three times) and he also took three pole positions. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Hervé Guilpin had both left Osella, and sponsors Denim and SAIMA also departed. Skincare company Kelémata arrived as main sponsor, and Corrado Fabi, the 21-year-old younger brother of Teo Fabi, and Piercarlo Ghinzani were employed as drivers. Tony Southgate, an independent design consultant since his Shadow and Chevron designs had flopped in 1979, was employed to produce a new car which would be powered by Alfa Romeo's normally aspirated V12 engine. All the FA1Cs had been crashed during 1982, but the surviving monocoques were used as the basis of interim cars to start the season. Southgate stiffened the monocoques, redrew the suspension, changed the rear uprights, and designed new sidepods, but this had little effect, and the FA1Ds were regularly at the very bottom of the time sheets. Ghinzani failed to qualify for the first three races, but was still given the chance to drive the new Alfa Romeo-powered FA1E when it appeared at the San Marino GP. Fabi remained in his FA1D until the British GP, when the all-new Southgate designed FA1Es were ready.
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Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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