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Snetterton race track update
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:53 pm
by Stuart
Quoted from the article in a local newspapers website, some cracking news
Go-ahead for
Re: Snetterton race track update
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:55 pm
by RX7
[quote="stuart"]Laurence Moses, of Eccles, has lived in his home for 30 years and said the noise started being a problem in October 2005 and described it as
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:21 am
by Gerry H
So what happened 3 years ago that hadn't for the previous 27 years?
Has Johnathan Palmer dropped his Dr. status?
Isn't he the same Johnathan Palmer who drove for Zakspeed in F1?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:02 pm
by Stuart
Gerry H wrote:So what happened 3 years ago that hadn't for the previous 27 years?
Has Johnathan Palmer dropped his Dr. status?
Isn't he the same Johnathan Palmer who drove for Zakspeed in F1?
Pass
typo
Yes, I think you're right.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:11 pm
by Gerry H
stuart wrote:Gerry H wrote:So what happened 3 years ago that hadn't for the previous 27 years?
Has Johnathan Palmer dropped his Dr. status?
Isn't he the same Johnathan Palmer who drove for Zakspeed in F1?
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typo
Yes, I think you're right.
In which case, I suppose you know but, he got his big break into F1 thanks to Esther Rantzen and a TV series that also set Sheena Easton on the road to riches.
Career summary
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:15 pm
by Stuart
Dr. Jonathan Charles Palmer (born 7 November 1956 in London) is an entrepreneur and former racing driver from England. Educated at Brighton College, he won the 1981 British Formula Three Championship and the 1983 Formula Two championship. He participated in 87 Formula One grands prix, debuting on September 25, 1983. In 1985 he started for the German Zakspeed Formula Racing of Erich Zakowski. He scored a total of 14 championship points, with a career best finish of 4th. In 1987 he won the Jim Clark Cup for drivers without turbocharged engines, with team-mate Philippe Streiff his main rival. He also had a spell as McLaren test driver in 1990.
Before opting for a career in motor racing, Palmer qualified and worked as a doctor in London.
After retiring from driving Palmer was drafted in as a commentator by the BBC in mid-1993 to replace James Hunt who died of a heart attack shortly after the Canadian Grand Prix. Although his commentary alongside veteran Murray Walker was knowledgeable and articulate, when coverage moved to ITV in 1997 Palmer was replaced by Martin Brundle.
Palmer was impersonated by Jonathan Kern, an international conman who used his name all over Europe and the USA.[1]
Palmer is the name behind the Formula Palmer Audi open wheel racing series in the UK, and has managed the career of its inaugural champion Justin Wilson for some time.
MotorSport Vision, a company headed by Palmer, owns a number of motor racing circuits in the UK. These include Brands Hatch, Snetterton, Cadwell Park, Oulton Park and Bedford Autodrome.