Volker Weidlerin humiliated, formula one, until he got big chance to win Le Mans.Volker Berenger never got to participate in F1 races. AOP

30 years ago, the F1 world looked very different than today. Now that Liberty Media had to ensure that the grid can be, at least the tv companies promised 20 car, Bernie Ecclestone challenge through 1989 at the beginning of a completely opposite.

the F1 series had enrolled as many as the 21 garage 40 cars. Ecclestone fortunately, the FIRST Racing team to withdraw before Brazil’s opening race, but there were still record-breaking 39 cars.

Something still had to do, because the grid was only room for 26 driver.

the FIA to continue the previous year, invented the pre-qualification, where the slowest stable of drivers fighting for a place in the actual time trial. Through the open side of the two Onyx, Brabhamia, Zakspeed and coughed car, Eurobrun, Rialilla, AGS:of, Dallaralta as well as the coloni from the Friday morning to fight the four pre-qualification of a graduate place.

even That wasn’t enough, because the actual time trial was attended, however, a total of 30 drivers. They, too, another four knocked out before the races start.

start your F1 career just 1989. He was forced to participate in Friday’s qualifying for the first race in Portugal at the Estoril.

– In the pre-qualification was at best ten cars. At eight in the morning the machines were supposed to be already underway and it starts in an hour tight set, where you had to get through, lake grove recalls.

I just Had to hope that the team is ready for the basic good adjustments to the car, so was able to be immediately competitive. Immediately soft tyres a couple of laps, the new control and soon, there was only the last quarter. Then the time-ajorenkaat have was able to drive only one round: sick grip, and after that it was already full of blisters, ex-Onyx-driver continue.

“Out of the pits”

the qualifying system was intense, and left a permanent mark, for example, the German Volker Weidlerin . The 27-year-old heidelberg equal didn’t get it once through the preliminary screening, but because of his team-mate Christian Danner catch the Phoenix street race with three points, was raised to both Rial garage cars directly to time-pursuit through the latter half of the year.

That didn’t help Weidlerin. He didn’t make it ever F1 race starting box. Eventually, the garage’s internal disputes were the driver and chief designer of the Stefan Fobe, the resignation of the Hungarian grand prix.

– It was really tight. The cruel thing was that those drivers who do not get pre-qualification from through, were forced to immediately pack up the stuff, and the whole team was driven from the pit out, JJ said.

It was a very different formula one. It could not afford to work out. Should be a blast permanently involved right from the beginning.

Weidlerin background including your F1-career decided to Keke Rosberg . Together they wanted to continue to ignite a new flame German F1 career, and found the direction toward Japan.

Le Mans’n win volker Berenger and Johnny Herbert (pictured driving) won the Le Mans’classic race of the year 1991. AOP

Mazda offers weidlerin for the opportunity to drive the legendary Le Mans’24 hour race. And this time luck did not abandon German – or at least the results were better.

the first attempt ended with 12. instead, but the 1991 Mazda brought the track to unimaginable efficient and sustainable rotary piston engine of the now already historic 787B car.

the Machine is so remarkable that I found this today, Mazda’s museum in Hiroshima. It was the japanese characters of the first (and only always last until the summer, when the Fernando Alonso , led by Toyota took the number one status) won Le Mans, and it came with a two-round difference the second in the in every way.

Volker wanted to enjoy him long to shy away from success in its fullest, and feel the whole japanese planes a great boom.

He drove my turn to without hearing protection.

at That time used the ear plugs were not nearly as advanced as it is now. It can be said that the F1 machines howled at that time, really carefully. And sometimes it’s ear plugs knocked off, lake grove told me.

If it came off during the race, then another two days after that, it was a horrible scream in the ears and balance problems. That noise was really big.

Forced to stop the

Volker, he paid the ultimate price only suurvoitosta. In Le Mans’number one status after he led the Japanese F3000 series started to be a problem. Doctors combine as soon as Volker impaired hearing and balance difficulties of the German occupation.

the motor sports should be stopped immediately.

Constant tinnitus began Volker was only 30 years old. The team manager asked him if he knew anybody another German, who could continue F3000-class.

the Driver advised five years younger Heinz-Harald Frentzenin .

– It is not just the engine sound. There is so much mechanical noise, when any joint is not a rubber or other cushion. It’s the vibration becomes incredibly hard to wear a helmet in, lake grove to decide.

But yes, the reason was the Mazda rotary piston engine, too. YouTube is full of videos, which admired the japanese planes were high-pitched and extremely loud symphony.

Its handsome concert took Volker’s career higher to the top – and took his health.

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