{"id":490360,"date":"2008-11-01T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T21:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=49984"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:45:50","slug":"1988-arrows-10b-megatron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1988-arrows-10b-megatron\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Racecar? 1988 Arrows 10B Megatron"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking back, the 1980 Formula 2 season with Ted Toleman was a terrific time to be racing. The Toleman TG280 car was superb. Brian Henton and I ended the season finishing the F2 British Championship in 1st and 2nd places. We moved, as a team, up to the dizzying heights of Formula One. Initially, a step too far but, by the end of 1983, we got our act together. The twin-winged TG183 started to perform, and I finished in the points for the last four races. In 1984, I signed for Renault and drove the Renault RE50 turbo; it was just a fantastic car. I scored 2nd places in both the Belgium GP and my home GP at Brands Hatch.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the following year, the Renault was a real \u201cshitbox,\u201d and I carried on driving \u201cshitboxes\u201d for some time, until 1988. I had joined the small Arrows team and racing with Eddie Cheever. Ross Brawn had designed a neat little car for the season, the Arrows 10B Megatron\u2014a fantastic car which was very neat, very tidy, very small, and very good to race. For a small team, our cars were quite reliable; we regularly finished in the points, behind the major players, and rose to 4th place in the F1 Constructors\u2019 title. To sum up, the best F1 cars I drove were the Renault and the Arrows. However, the Arrows did so much for a small team on a very small budget, compared with the might of the Renault works team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n