AGS JH22
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | AGS | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Christian Vanderpleyn | ||||||||
| Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre and Aluminium monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbones, springs, pushrods | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones, springs, pushrods | ||||||||
| Engine | Cosworth DFZ, 3,494 cc (213.2 cu in), 90° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | Renault / Hewland 5/6-speed manual | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Team El Charro AGS | ||||||||
| Notable drivers | 14.  Pascal Fabre14.  Roberto Moreno |
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| Debut | 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The AGS JH22 was a Formula One racing car designed by Christian Vanderpleyn and used by the AGS Racing Team for the 1987 Formula One season.
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[edit] Background
The AGS JH22 replaced the Motori Moderni-powered JH21C, which was moulded around an old Renault chassis.[2] The team, Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS), chose to enter just one car throughout the 1987 season, powered by the normally aspirated Ford-Cosworth DFZ V8 engine. AGS built only two chassis, labeled #32 and #33, which were used throughout the season. The JH22 was noted as "a development of the 1986 car",[3] although the chassis numbering sequence is different than the previous year's JH21C car.
The car used the number 14 throughout the season, and was painted white with red stripes and a large rose on the nosecone. The team tried different configurations for the engine airbox (when one was used at all); sometimes it was positioned near the roll-over bar, in others, it was just above the engine, aft of the fuel tank. In deference to the sponsor El Charro (a Mexican shoe and clothing company),[4] the race entries throughout the year were listed as "El Charro AGS".
[edit] Results
For the first 14 race meetings, the driver was F1 newcomer Pascal Fabre, who had driven for AGS' Formula 3000 team the previous year. The Frenchman qualified last on the grid in 9 of his 11 race starts,[5] and usually finished last as well. After failing to qualify for the Mexican Grand Prix (his third failure to qualify of the season), he was replaced by Roberto Moreno for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.[6] It was Moreno's first appearance in Formula One since he failed to qualify for the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix with Lotus.[7]
Moreno scratched onto the back of the grid at Suzuka, but at the season-ending race at Adelaide, he finished in 7th place. After the race, Ayrton Senna's Lotus 99T was disqualified for oversized brake ducts,[8] so both Moreno and AGS found themselves with their first championship point, having been moved up to sixth place.[9] The team finished the season tied for 11th in the Constructor's Championship, and that single championship point would help AGS escape the Friday morning pre-qualifying sessions for 1988.
[edit] After Formula One
Both JH22 cars were not used in Formula One racing after 1987; one remains in AGS' historic collection, and the other is on display at the Lohéac Automobile Museum.[10]
[edit] Complete Formula One results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts. | WCC |
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| 1987 | Team El Charro AGS | Cosworth DFZ V8 NA |
G | BRA | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | 1 | 12th | |
| Pascal Fabre | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 13 | NC | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | ||||||||
| Roberto Moreno | Ret | 6 |
[edit] Colin Chapman Trophy (for constructors of cars equipped with naturally aspirated engines)
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts. | CCT |
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| 1987 | Team El Charro AGS | Cosworth DFZ V8 NA |
G | BRA | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | 41 | 3rd | |
| Pascal Fabre | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 4 | NC | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | ||||||||
| Roberto Moreno | Ret | 3 |
[edit] References
- ^ "AGS JH22 • STATS F1". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "CONSTRUCTORS: AGS (AUTOMOBILES GONFARONNAISE SPORTIVES)". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice. AUTOCOURSE 1987-88. Hazleton Publishing. p. 58.
- ^ "F1 Teams & Sponsors". Fun Trivia. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "AGS JH22". Chicane F1. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "Pascal Fabre Biography". F1 Rejects. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "A Lotus break that came too early". 8W. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice. AUTOCOURSE 1987-88. Hazleton Publishing. p. 223.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice. AUTOCOURSE 1987-88. Hazleton Publishing. p. 222–23.
- ^ "AGS F1 chassis locations". F1 Cars Today. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
All Formula One race and championship results are taken from Official Formula One website:
- Results: Fabre, Pascal - 1987 Season. Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
- Results: Moreno, Roberto - 1987 Season. Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Black-and-white pit lane photos of the AGS JH22 at the 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix: AtlasF1 The Nostalgia Forum (post)
- Fabre at the 1987 San Marino Grand Prix: Sutton Images
- Moreno at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix: Sutton Images
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