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The ultimate pay driver
Saw a link to this interview with the one and only Taki Inoue, a very entertaining read:
Taki Inoue: interview with a pay driver - F1 History - Motor Sport Magazine
Finally he found a seat in Japanese F3. “In 1990, before my first race at Suzuka I shunted coming out of the ‘esses’ and didn’t qualify as usual. All the sponsors arrived shortly afterwards, it was a nightmare.”
Taki’s form did improve over the next few seasons in Japan, scoring a couple of fourths in 1992. However, he admits, “to be honest with you, it happened by chance. Two or three cars were disqualified due to technical problems. I think in one race Jacques Villeneuve’s car was 200g lighter than the minimum weight.”
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