22 Oct 2003, 07:32 (Ref:759096)
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If ever there was a man who should have been a GP driver on a regular basis it was Hoshino. He was tough, fast and physically up to driving F1 (the latter trait is what Satouro was arguably not). He would have been a great F1 driver IMHO - Honda let him down terribly in 87 by not running him in Japan - I also thought they would have replaced Mansell with him after Nige's practice shunt in 87.
Interesting story about the Dunlops - Im surprised not one of the european teams stuck a set on in 77 based on the Kojima performance the year before.
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