“Things were vastly different in Formula 1 in those days. During the winter, the engineers and designers were creating the new car. And during the summer, they were wearing a different hat and they were operating the cars at the race tracks. Today, the two teams are made of different people.”
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| Ken Tyrrell in the old wood shed. (Photo: Archives René Fagnan/Auto123.com) |
Nowadays, a top Formula 1 team can employ up to 500 people, including 100 engineers.
“So I got hired by Tyrrell in 1986 when they were running a pair of V6 turbo Renault-powered 015s for Martin Brundle and Philippe Streiff with sponsorship from Data General,” Beresford continued.
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| Ken Tyrrell looking at the aluminium chassis of the 1979 Tyrrell 009. (Photo: Archives René Fagnan/Auto123.com) |
“Brian Lisles was basically the guy in charge of engineering, Maurice Philippe was the car designer, we had one guy designing the gearbox, a draftsman, another designer and myself. That was it, meaning just five people to conceive an entire Formula 1 car!”
“It was a fantastic and stimulating environment because you needed to be involved in several projects,” he added.
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| Ketteringham Hall, home of Team Lotus. (Photo: Archives René Fagnan/Auto123.com) |
