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Old 4 Jul 2005, 13:31 (Ref:1346861)   #22
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Originally Posted by mixxer
As you said John it only raced in 1 championship race and it won however the FIA banned it straight away, the team tried to tell the FIA the fan was actually for cooling (true story)
Just to be pedantic and argumentative, but also attempting to be historically accurate, fans were banned after the event, not the car, which was 'never declared illegal, nor was it disqualified from that Swedish Grand Prix success' (quoted from 'Brabham' by Alan Henry - Ive just looked it up!); hence my earlier statement.
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