From Nick Worth to Nick Worthless. I think its remarkable what he accomplished despite his setbacks but for once, I agree with Ecclestone... he was in over his head. Poor financials and heavy dependency on investors while playing it incredibly safe and risky at the same time. Ambition overriding direction. Amazing video Wim! unique story!
I heard a story that the uprights (part of the suspension) were extremely expensive which just shows that money was being directed to the wrong things.
Slight correction if i may,..Both cars did race in Monaco in 1995 but both stopped out on the circuit,..Verstappen's gearbox let go before the second restart and Schiattarellas car was badly damaged by Marshalls (they put it on the back of a truck to bring back to the pits but did not strap it down so it fell off and broke the tub),..so he could not take part in the restart,.. Great video !
I will discuss this with the writer of the book I used to write this script. 😊 Thank you for pointing this out and I'm glad you still enjoyed the rest of the video.
I was sitting at Tosa on Friday morning with a group of friends from the UK. Both Simteks had spun to the outside of the track and rejoined hitting their wings on the high inside curb. Fortunately we moved on to Variante Alta for the afternoon. On Sunday I was at Rivazza with some Italian friends. On the flight back to the UK I sat next to one of the Simtek team and we chatted about old F1 races. Before we disembarked I told him I hope he had not been bothered by the chat but he was OK with it. I did bump into him on the Thursday at Spa and he invited me into the pits for a look around their garage.k
The tragedy of Simtek reminds me of the tragedy of Virgin/Marussia/Manor. Two small but affable teams cursed by money problems and horrible luck. I wasn’t around in the 90s, but I think I would’ve also been rooting for Simtek the same way I remember rooting for Manor.
This is a great video Wimbo, may even be the best one yet! Really love the documentary style story telling. Looking forward to more content just like this!!!
