The 1985 season was not a happy one for Lauda, although he raced with the number one on his nose cone, he won only a single grand prix at Zandvoort as Prost took revenge with a dominant championship title charge. He suffered ten mechanical failures over the course of the 16-race season, and duly retired from F1, for a second time, after the final race in Adelaide. It remains a tale of what might have been, however, as in the hands of Prost the MP4/2B took five wins and a further six podiums on his way to his first F1 world championship.
Seeing this astonishing car in action once again was quite the moment at Members’ Meeting. It’s first run out on Saturday afternoon was as spectacular as we could have hoped. With a 1.5-litre turbocharged TAG-Porsche engine that once produced somewhere in the region of 1,000PS (735kW) in qualifying trim, this thing is an absolute beast. It sounded it too, as it burbled away on its way down the start-finish straight, spitting flames from its exhaust as it went.
With Chris Goodwin at the wheel it was like being back in 1985, with this car looking and sounding like it was out for a qualifying session. Properly entertaining, properly evocative, every bit the celebration Niki deserved.
Photography by Pete Summers.
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