Chris Dagnall F1 Career -- 1984/????

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 03 Apr 2011, 21:16

Aerond wrote:Pacific buys over Lotus assets

After weeks of negotiations, Peter Collins failed to secure a future for the Lotus Formula One team. The administrators named by the Tax Office, opened a bid in order to sell the assets of the team. Pacific team owner, Keith Wiggins, has subsequently bough over one of the most valuable things of the Lotus team, the one year contract the Norfolk team had with the British 1991 Formula One World Champion, Chris Dagnall, as well as some contracts on other staff. Wiggins went on to outbid Jordan Grand Prix boss Eddie Jordan, and Chris Dagnall itself, who wanted to buy his own contract in order to be free to choose a team himself (presumably McLaren, in needs of a number one driver after a fruitless 1994, and Ferrari, not very happy with Gerhard Berger). In the end, Mr. Wiggins bought the contract for $8.4 Million, 5.5 of which will go to the driver in terms of salary. This is what Wiggins told the press afterwards;

This is awesome beyond words. Things like this should be made mandatory by the FIA. :mrgreen:

Post by **Londoner** » 03 Apr 2011, 21:28

shinji wrote::shock:

What is Dagnall doing?

Seconded.

I can't wait for the first round of Dagnall vs Deletraz :twisted:

Where in the name of HWNSNBM is Forti?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 03 Apr 2011, 21:32

East Londoner wrote:I can't wait for the first round of Dagnall vs Deletraz
Where is Forti Corse?

Forti will be there... just the official entry list not been announced yet. It´s going to be a 28 car list, so there´ll be DNQs again.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 05 Apr 2011, 09:53

January 21st, 1995

Dagnall speaks to press about the Lotus-gate

Former Lotus driver has spoken about the whole drama which has seen him landing a seat in backmarkers Pacific, despite having offers from better teams.
"Peter Collins is a liar. Prior to the Australian Grand Prix he told me about how bad the situation was for the team and that he saw no other alternative than selling. I knew that would mean losing many things for 1995, specially the Mugen Honda engines, then, mid november, we agreed to negotiate me buying the rest of my contract if there was a bid for it as a result of the administration, but the negotiation didn´t happen at all and on bid day Keith Wiggins appeared with a lot of money, nobody knowing where it came from, and bought it. So I´m forced to drive for Pacific even though I don´t want to as Mr.Wiggins would never agree to negotiate my exit and no team principal will pay more than the $8M he paid."

Questioned about the posibilities of the team, Dagnall hasn´t been very optimistic about the new season:

"Even though it seems we´re getting a big sponsor there´re no real chances this season. We´ll be very lucky if we manage to score points at all. Don´t get me wrong, everybody in the team has been very nice to me and there´s a good spirit, but you can´t compare a team like this to any other team in the grid in terms of resources or personnel expertise. I´m not doing any testing with the PR01 and we´ll be waiting until the PR02 is ready."

+++++++++++++++++

February 3rd, 1995

Pacific confirms major sponsor

Pacific Grand Prix team principal Keith Wiggins has announced British Telecom as the main sponsor for the team for the 1995 season. It´s believed the participation of Chris Dagnall has atracted a big company to venture into the team. No figures have been given but it´s rumoured the company will pay 6 million pounds to display its piper logo in a premier position at the side of the car. The PR02 will test on 14th February at Snetterton, then more testing will follow at a secret British venue.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 05 Apr 2011, 10:03

1995 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST

Mild Seven Benetton Renault

1 Michael Schumacher
2 Johnny Herbert

Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha

3 Ukyo Katayama
4 Mika Salo

Rothmans Williams Renault

5 Damon Hill
6 Rubens Barrichello

Marlboro McLaren Mercedes

7 Mark Blundell
8 Mika Häkkinen

Footwork Hart

9 Gianni Morbidelli
10 Taki Inoue

MTV Simtek Ford

11 Domenico Schiattarella
12 Jos Verstappen

Total Jordan Peugeot

14 David Coulthard
15 Eddie Irvine

BT Pacific Grand Prix

16 Chris Dagnall
17 Andrea Montermini

Kronenburg Larrousse

18 Christophe Bouchut
19 Jean-Dénis Deletraz

Parmalat Forti Ford

21 Pedro Diniz
22 Roberto Moreno

Minardi Scuderia Italia

23 Aguri Suzuki
24 Luca Badoer

Ligier Gitanes Blondes

25 Martin Brundle
26 Olivier Panis

Scuderia Ferrari

27 Jean Alesi
28 Gerhard Berger

Red Bull Sauber Ford

29 Karl Wendlinger
30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Apr 2011, 10:21

Dagnall's not a happy boy. I for one can see either brilliant performances or a massive repair bill by season's end.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 11 Apr 2011, 11:37

http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

Ok, who's responsible for this, Wizzie i'm looking in your direction.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 11 Apr 2011, 11:43

redbulljack14 wrote:http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

Ok, who's responsible for this, Wizzie i'm looking in your direction.

I swear I had nothing to do with it. (Although not that you mentioned it I am tempted to finish it off for whoever started it.

)

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 11 Apr 2011, 13:09

Wizzie wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

Ok, who's responsible for this, Wizzie i'm looking in your direction.

I swear I had nothing to do with it. (Although not that you mentioned it I am tempted to finish it off for whoever started it. )

Of course not - it was me who began writing it...and then left it abandoned, to my shame. And I did write a Danny Ongais profile (sort of) there as well.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 11 Apr 2011, 14:44

Phoenix wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

Ok, who's responsible for this, Wizzie i'm looking in your direction.

I swear I had nothing to do with it. (Although not that you mentioned it I am tempted to finish it off for whoever started it. )

Of course not - it was me who began writing it...and then left it abandoned, to my shame. And I did write a Danny Ongais profile (sort of) there as well.

Wow, that is amazing! Hope it gets finished someday! :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 11 Apr 2011, 18:34

GPMagazine

Chris Dagnall exclusive shots at Pacific shakedown!!

Snetterton, 14th February

We offer you the first shots of Dagnall at the wheel of the Pacific! Although team Pacific didn´t want to publish their times at the PR02 shakedown session, we timed Chris Dagnall from last corner and he recorded a best time of 0:59.3

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 11 Apr 2011, 22:02

What the heck?!?! I've been away from this thread some time and this is what happens?!?!?

Oh my God, I've suddenly lost all faith in Chris Dagnall

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 11 Apr 2011, 22:47

Phoenix wrote:What the heck?!?! I've been away from this thread some time and this is what happens?!?!?

Oh my God, I've suddenly lost all faith in Chris Dagnall

Read the last few posts to know the whole Lotus-gate

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 Apr 2011, 14:11

This is shite. There was absolutely no way for him to free himself from that contract?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Apr 2011, 14:16

Phoenix wrote:This is shite. There was absolutely no way for him to free himself from that contract?

Peter Collins said he would negotiate, then the administrators came in and negotiations went up in smoke; then a bid for Lotus assets was set and Keith Wiggins appeared with a lot of money to outbid Dagnall and Eddie Jordan. Keith Wiggins will obviously not sell the contract for a lower sum than he paid, so Dagnall is tied for 1995 to Pacific. :lol:

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 Apr 2011, 14:19

Aerond wrote:
Phoenix wrote:This is shite. There was absolutely no way for him to free himself from that contract?

Peter Collins said he would negotiate, then the administrators came in and negotiations went up in smoke; then a bid for Lotus assets was set and Keith Wiggins appeared with a lot of money to outbid Dagnall and Eddie Jordan. Keith Wiggins will obviously not sell the contract for a lower sum than he paid, so Dagnall is tied for 1995 to Pacific.

I'd rather lose money than throw my career down the toilet.

Post by **tommykl** » 13 Apr 2011, 17:36

Regarding the Wikipedia page, I started it, but Phoenix typed pretty much everything.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 20 Apr 2011, 15:48

1995 - ROUND 1 - BRAZIL

Here I am, looking at the team with the less ammount of personnel all along the grid and at the end of the pitlane. Not the most appealing way of continuing my F1 Career, but determined to do what I like to do (i.e. driving a car at the limit) and give everything at the wheel. I can´t understand my life if I don´t do this and the hazards I´m going to find this year don´t have to stop me from driving at 100%.

Qualifying

A bit better than initial expectations. We felt we would be struggling to qualify but I was able to run ahead of a bunch of cars. Andrea did a good job as well and he never found it too daunting. The car?? A big piece of crap.

Race

I did a fine start, getting up to 18th but coming into the second part of the Senna S I touched sideways with Salo, my car was launched into Suzuki´s Minardi, who retired and I had to slowly come back to the pits for a new front wing. Then I found myself 17.4 seconds off Moreno. I climbed to 23rd when Diniz pitted on lap 3 and Blundell retired. Montermini suffered a spin shortly afterwards and I was also closing fast on Moreno but on lap 7, coming out of Mergulho I found Barrichello´s Williams in the bathplug MIDDLE, trying to recover from a spin without looking first, resulting in a big crash and the inmediate retirement from both. Everybody else but Schumacher made mistakes all along the race so it was an easy win for the current world champion in the end.

Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher, 1:19.372
DOTR: David Coulthard; Was heading for a podium at debut before his gearbox failed.
ROTR: Rubens Barrichello; Had everything to win until a stupid mistake put him out and costing a massive repair bill to Williams.

Barrichello leads

My touch with Suzuki

The barrichello accident

It was so big that totally destroyed his car!!!

Hill and Herbert spinning at the same time!!

STANDINGS

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Apr 2011, 12:44

Wow...car cut in half! Didn't happen to me very often in racing incidents.

Post by **tommykl** » 23 Apr 2011, 18:30

Chris Dagnall's work in progress wikipedia page now includes full World Championship results (with some blanks made up because no results were available)!
http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 23 Apr 2011, 18:38

tommykl wrote:Chris Dagnall's work in progress wikipedia page now includes full World Championship results (with some blanks made up because no results were available)!
http://f1rejects.wikispaces.com/Chris+Dagnall+wikipedia+page

When I finish the career I´ll put full 1984/1985 results (because the game goes bananas if I load an old season with another carset loaded)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 23 Apr 2011, 23:43

TMLW and I also have a spreadsheet of your results so far

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 24 Apr 2011, 01:22

Wizzie wrote:TMLW and I also have a spreadsheet of your results so far

Also in my collection of spreadsheets include F1RWRS, F1CC, my career in FORCDA and the current F1 and V8 Supercar seasons.

Post by **tommykl** » 24 Apr 2011, 06:58

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
Wizzie wrote:TMLW and I also have a spreadsheet of your results so far

Also in my collection of spreadsheets include F1RWRS, F1CC, my career in FORCDA and the current F1 and V8 Supercar seasons.

Hmmm...I have all F1 results up to 1999, all my alternate championships involving a complete season, Formula Nations and the F1RWRS.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 25 Apr 2011, 03:09

tommykl wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:
Wizzie wrote:TMLW and I also have a spreadsheet of your results so far

Also in my collection of spreadsheets include F1RWRS, F1CC, my career in FORCDA and the current F1 and V8 Supercar seasons.

Hmmm...I have all F1 results up to 1999, all my alternate championships involving a complete season, Formula Nations and the F1RWRS.

Spreadsheet collectors? Papaya throwing Hungarians? Vanuatu-loving followers? My god, what the hell kind of cult have I signed up to?!

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 26 Apr 2011, 14:27

kostas22 wrote:Spreadsheet collectors? Papaya throwing Hungarians? Vanuatu-loving followers? My god, what the hell kind of cult have I signed up to?!

Guys, Chris Dagnall is a fictitious character! No need to adore him so much! You really are wasting your time! Now let's kneel facing the Hungaroring, it's HWNSNBM's pray time.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Apr 2011, 15:09

Phoenix wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Spreadsheet collectors? Papaya throwing Hungarians? Vanuatu-loving followers? My god, what the hell kind of cult have I signed up to?!

Guys, Chris Dagnall is a fictitious character! No need to adore him so much! You really are wasting your time! Now let's kneel facing the Hungaroring, it's HWNSNBM's pray time.

Chris Dagnall will give you a cookie for your speech. Cookies for everyone!!!

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Apr 2011, 17:21

Aerond wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Spreadsheet collectors? Papaya throwing Hungarians? Vanuatu-loving followers? My god, what the hell kind of cult have I signed up to?!

Guys, Chris Dagnall is a fictitious character! No need to adore him so much! You really are wasting your time! Now let's kneel facing the Hungaroring, it's HWNSNBM's pray time.

Chris Dagnall will give you a cookie for your speech. Cookies for everyone!!!

YAY, COOKIES! I CALL THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS!!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Apr 2011, 20:25

Aerond wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Spreadsheet collectors? Papaya throwing Hungarians? Vanuatu-loving followers? My god, what the hell kind of cult have I signed up to?!

Guys, Chris Dagnall is a fictitious character! No need to adore him so much! You really are wasting your time! Now let's kneel facing the Hungaroring, it's HWNSNBM's pray time.

Chris Dagnall will give you a cookie for your speech. Cookies for everyone!!!

I predict one very pissed off popcorn vendor...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Apr 2011, 22:22

1995 - ROUND 2 - ARGENTINA

If everybody was complaining about Aida last year I don´t know why they added this race to the calendar. I´d rather race in a karting track than here, seriously.

Qualifying

Simply awful. I qualified just because the Larrousses and Fortis are shamefully slow, but couldn´t find a good balance for the car all along the weekend.

Race

I did an incredible start and moved up to 16th by 1st corner!! Then 12th after a number of cars tried to squeeze together into turn 2, which gave me the opportunity to do it. At the beggining of lap 2 Panis passed me while Blundell decided to collide with my left wheels, launching himself into the air and losing his front wing. Next lap I was passed by both Minardis and Frentzen due to my obvious lack of speed and found myself infront of both Tyrrells. While Frentzen managed to pull an important gap I was able to keep the Tyrrells behind me, then Katayama passed me at the straight on lap 10 before I could pass him again next lap, only to touch wheels a lap later, Katayama lost loads of time and at the next corner Salo touched my back and we both spun, falling into 19th, just behind Verstappen. Frentzen retired next lap, and Berger one after, climbing to 17th, then 16 th after passing Verstappen. I opened a 9 secs gap in just three laps before my pitstop on lap 20. Verstappen was again ahead of me but I managed to catch him by lap 24, then he closed the door when I was about to pass him and we bot touched, although I claimed 16th. By then, Inoue was behind me but he was slower and Irvine was more than 30 secs ahead and totally out of reach (him, or anyone ahead of him), so the race came pretty eventless afterwards. A few retirements (mainly Suzuki and Coulthard), and the puncture I suffered one lap to the end while I was 14th and which made me retire.

Fastest lap; Michael Schumacher -- 1.25.576
DOTR; Martin Brundle; Nearly got a podium in inferior machinery
ROTR; Damon Hill; Looked pretty slow all over the race and missed the points solely on pace and strategy.

STANDINGS - After 2 races -

Drivers

1. Michael Schumacher -- 20 pts
2. Johnny Herbert -- 12 pts
3. Martin Brundle -- 5 pts
4. Damon Hill -- 4 pts
=. Mika Hakkinen -- 4 pts
6. Olivier Panis -- 3 pts
7. Jean Alesi -- 2 pts
8. Eddie Irvine -- 1 pt
=. Rubens Barrichello -- 1 pt

Constructors

1. Benetton-Renault -- 32 pts
2. Ligier-Mugen Honda -- 8 pts
3. Williams-Renault -- 5 pts
4. McLaren-Mercedes -- 4 pts
5. Ferrari -- 2 pts
6. Jordan-Peugeot -- 1 pt

Chris Dagnall said:

A very valid weekend. I´m glad we were able to run infront of cars which are suposed to be way ahead of us and that´s very encouraging. Of course I would´ve liked to cross the finish line but it´s important to have completed a race distance and it makes me feel way more confident with the car. We´ll have to take risks to catch some of our rivals, if not we´ll just be fighting the Simteks I guess

Pics ---

Blundell flying

Passing Verstappen

Salo incident

A second Salo incident, later in the race

Retiring

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 26 Apr 2011, 23:25

I want my cookies only if Chris Dagnall manages to win a race this season.

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 27 Apr 2011, 00:02

Phoenix wrote:I want my cookies only if Chris Dagnall manages to win a race this season.

I can predict the future in regards to that and the only way Chris will win I think is to follow the advice of another great Englishman called Charlie Croker who said

Put your foot down, put your foot down, we'll lose them easy

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 27 Apr 2011, 09:50

I put 1986 update on Wikipedia page.

Post by **tommykl** » 27 Apr 2011, 13:06

Bleu wrote:I put 1986 update on Wikipedia page.

And I updated the career results. Dagnall is currently in 21st position.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 29 Apr 2011, 19:39

For your pleasure; 1984 and 1985 Dagnall results (if you want to I can give full race results -by position only, no times-) for your records

1984

BRA - Ret
RSA - Ret
ESP - Ret
SMR - Ret
FRA - Ret
MON - 8th
CAN - Ret
DET - 6th
DAL - 4th
GBR - Ret
GER - Ret
AUT - 14th
NED - Ret
ITA - 5th
EUR - Ret
POR - DNQ (so there´re two DNQ´s in Dagnall´s career)

For 1985; all Ret except 5th at Monaco, 2nd at Brands Hatch and 9th at Italy

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 30 Apr 2011, 23:36

1995 - ROUND 3 - SAN MARINO

Qualifying

Friday was horrible, with the car being very, very slow on a standard setup. The new chicanes didn´t help either. We took loads of risks on setup for saturday with mixed results. But decided to run it for the race.

Race

I kept my position at the start and then managed to pass Inoue and Katayama during the first lap, but losing loads of time with Wendlinger. Katayama passed on lap 2 and then disappeared in the distance too. I spun on lap 5 falling to 24th, mainly due to the risks taken with the setup. I found myself 2 seconds behind Schiattarella, then passed him on lap 8, with Montermini 3.1 secs ahead. Managed to pass my team-mate two laps later while gaining confidence with the setup (although it still felt pretty unstable). I passed Bouchut for 21st on lap 13, with Inoue 9.9 secs ahead, but I went off track two laps later and found myself behind Montermini again, while losing loads of time as leaders started to lap me. It´s a pretty new situation and I have yet to adapt my driving to it. Bouchut retired shortly afterwards and then Hakkinen. Managed to pass Montermini before the first pit-stop, but with Inoue being 25 secs ahead now. Then started a series of very good laps after the first stop and by lap 25 I was 16.0 behind Inoue. By lap 30 it was 13.3 and by lap 35 only 5.1, but on lap 37 Diniz blocked me and lost my front wing, having to stop way earlier for my 2nd stop and ruining all the previous effort. After Hill retirement found myself 16th and on lap 42 I was 18.4 behind Inoue and within range of passing him at his pit-stop, which happened on lap 47. Then on lap 51 I went off track again and Inoue passed me but it didn´t matter as next lap I suffered a water leak and that was it.

FASTEST LAP; Michael Schumacher -- 1.23.030
DOTR; Michael Schumacher -- Stellar effort to destroy any kind of competition.
ROTR; Damon Hill -- Suffered an stupid accident and hampers his title options.

Chris Dagnall said:

When you take risks and the car is so unstable there´s the chance you may make several mistakes and that´s what happened today. We´ve not taken any step forward but it´s also true that this type of track didn´t suit us much: We´ll go better at tracks with some fast corners, where power at the exit of the corner doesn´t matter as much as here.

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS - After 3 races -

1. Michael Schumacher -- 30 pts
2. Johnny Herbert -- 15 pts
3. Rubens Barrichello -- 7 pts
4. Martin Brundle -- 5 pts
5. Damon Hill -- 4 pts
=. Mika Hakkinen -- 4 pts
=. Gerhard Berger -- 4 pts
=. Olivier Panis -- 4 pts
9. Jean Alesi -- 2 pts
=. David Coulthard -- 2 pts
11. Eddie Irvine -- 1 pt

Constructors

1. Benetton-Renault -- 45 pts
2. Williams-Renault -- 11 pts
3. Ligier-Mugen Honda -- 9 pts
4. Ferrari -- 6 pts
5. McLaren-Mercedes -- 4 pts
6. Jordan-Peugeot -- 3 pts

The start

Passed by Katayama

Spinning in lap 5

Passing Schiattarella

and Montermini

Drifting

Hill accident

Folding

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 04 May 2011, 13:51

1995 - ROUND 4 - SPAIN

Qualifying

We brought new parts for this Grand Prix and I expected to bring the car forward; thinking that fast corners would help us as well and remembering my performances here the last few years... but I never expected to qualify that forward! That is a major success!! I also got the GREATEST.ADVANTAGE.OVER.A.TEAMMATE.EVER

Race

Well, the instructions from the team were very clear. To take the lesser risks and try to bring the car home, with the hope to score a point in a case of high attrition. We also planned for a conservative two stop solution. However, the start was good and I was 5th by the first corner, and I even moved in front of Schumacher, who made a poor start! By the end of the first lap Irvine was like one second ahead and following me were Schumacher and Alesi. We decided for a low downforce setup to try make up our lack of speed and it seemed to work pretty well. On lap 4 both Schumacher and Alesi got slipstream and passed me, but I managed to pass Irvine on lap 5 and then take it back on Alesi two laps later for 5th again, with Herbert ahead as Schumacher started to move towards the lead. It pretty stayed much like that, with Herbert around 1 sec ahead and Alesi 1 sec behind until lap 24, when I managed to pass the Benetton, just before my pitstop, falling to 8th. Coulthard stopped two laps later, then Alesi stopped as well and managed to pass Hakkinen on lap 27 for 5th. Herbert stopped that same lap and I found myself 5.1 secs behind Damon Hill, who passed Barrichello on lap 32. Meanwhile, Herbert was just following me around, never more than 1.5 secs behind. Schumacher stopped on lap 33, climbing to 3rd, but the german would go for just one stop. Then Hill went off track when trying to lap a Minardi and I found myself 2nd and going faster than Barrichello!! Herbert and Alesi retired shortly afterwards, allowing me to concentrate on the Williams, as it was clear that Schumacher would be uncatchable. On lap 40 I was just at the tail of the Williams and managed to pass him at the start of the next lap, leading a GP for Pacific!! I did my 2nd stop two laps later, recovering the 2nd place when Hill stopped on lap 45, with Schumacher 29 secs ahead. Something went wrong with the right front wheel, which became loose and I had to pit to fit it again, loosing every chance for a podium finish but I was still within the points range in 7th position. Panis stopped on lap 48 and I found myself 7.8 secs short of Martin Brundle. Berger then stopped and climbed to 5th and I started my best series of lap to pass Brundle on lap 54. I managed to open the gap over Brundle a little bit and finished 4th, getting 3 amazing points for Pacific!

FASTEST LAP - Chris Dagnall; 1.30.958
DOTR - Chris Dagnall; Held the lead and score the fastest lap on a Pacific... Incredible!
ROTR - McLaren; Their drivers looked ordinary, at best.

Chris Dagnall:

Don´t ask me how I did it because I don´t bathplugging know how! This is tremendous and it has to be my most consistent race ever.
BBC INTERVIEWER: Do you know that Murray Walker was just screaming your name all over the place?
CD: Haha, I can quite imagine it! I´m eager to watch the replay of the race on the TV. I told my wife to record it because I knew it would be a special day. I don´t care not having got into the podium. I´ve made my point and I know every team boss in the paddock has seen what I can do with any car. Some of them will have gotten the message, including one who managed to ruin one of the best teams ever. Whatever result we get in the next 13 races we´ve saved the season today. Keith Wiggins is a good guy but he knows I won´t stay in Pacific for another year and I hope to land in a good seat for 1996. I know I can win another championship with the right machinery.
BBC:Do you think you´ll be able to score again this season?
CD: It´s going to be impossible, if you ask me. I´m still not very optmistic and we must face reality. As I´ve said before, maybe at some track with fast corners and high attrition we can make it. Silverstone, Spa and Suzuka could be good places, but we need high attrition, being in good shape and an awful lot of luck to make it.

Passed by Schumacher

Passing Irvine

Then Alesi

Then Herbert

Then Hakkinen

Then Barrichello

...a Pacific leading!!

and celebrating the points finish

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 04 May 2011, 14:03

If I were female I would want to marry you. :lol:

This is very impressive.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 04 May 2011, 14:58

This proves that Dagnall is the GREATEST DRIVER EVER!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 May 2011, 18:50

A random fan wrote:Which is the more satisfying for you professionally - your championship win or almost scoring a podium with a backmarker team for whom you had not wished to drive for?