Jackie Oliver on going from F1 driver to F1 team boss with Arrows
This week\u2019s guest is that rarest of creatures: a man who was both a Formula One driver and a team owner. Jackie Oliver\u2019s F1 journey started in the worst possible circumstances when he had the unenviable task of replacing Jim Clark at Lotus in 1968, after the Scotsman had been killed at Hockenheim. He went on to start 50 GPs for Lotus, BRM, McLaren and Shadow, scoring two podiums, before hanging up his helmet to start his own team: Arrows. He gives a fascinating insight into life as a driver in the 60s, what he learnt from Colin Chapman that he would apply to life as a team boss, the incredible dramas that beset Arrows in the early days, and that \u2018almost victory\u2019 with Damon Hill in 1997\u2026
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