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Fun follows gas - self-experiment in the AGS F1 monoposto

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Created on July 1, 2018

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Daniel Reinhard

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Full throttle - into the bend in the AGS JH 24 from 1989

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Ready to go - lashed down in the AGS JH 24 from 1989

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There are still boxing girls here - Daniel Reinhard in AGS JH 24 from 1989

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Preliminary meeting and driver briefing

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Practice drive in a Formula 3 racing car

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Proper clothing from head to toe - perfect precautions to guarantee maximum protection

Bild von Partner Porsche AMAG Mai Foto-Galerie 2026

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - Starting aid for the Cosworth V8 engine

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - the F1 has no starter motor on board, external help is required

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The instructor uses hand signals to explain what to do

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The AGS JH 24 leaving the pit lane

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Always faster - the author in AGS JH 24

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Braking for the next bend - concentration is the order of the day in the AGS JH 24

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - ready-to-start monoposto

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - classic F1 architecture of the eighties

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - hardly any different than 30 years ago

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - flat and wide

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - thick slicks front and rear

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - large rear wing

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - perhaps not the fastest F1 car of all time, but more than just a challenge for a novice driver

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - less filigree than later designs

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - small steering wheel, no more instruments than a rev counter

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - conventional gearshift

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - Rear axle

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - Cosworth V8 engine in the rear

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - very loud

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - a good 30 years ago, the Cosworth V8 was the standard in F1

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AGS JH 24 (1989) - the slick tire has seen better days

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AGS JH21C Motori Moderni (1986) - Ivan Capelli as pilot

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AGS JH22 Ford (1987) - driven by Pascal Fabre and Roberto Moreno

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AGS JH23 Ford (1988) - driven by Philippe Streiff

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AGS JH23B Ford (1989) - driven (with JH24 Ford) by Gabriele Tarquini, Joachim Winkelhock and Yannick Dalmas

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AGS JH24B Ford (1990) - driven by Gabriele Tarquini and Yannick Dalmas (also as JH25 Ford)

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AGS JH25B Ford (1991) - the drivers Gabriele Tarquini, Stefan Johansson, Olivier Grouillard and Fabrizi Barbazzo drove it (and the JH27 Ford)

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Summary

It looks so easy when you watch it on TV. And even in the simulator or on the Playstation, you think you can quickly get to grips with a Formula 1 car. But what is it like to sit behind the wheel of a real Grand Prix car with a Cosworth engine and Hewland six-speed gearbox from the 1980s? Our author gave it a try and summarized his experiences in an interesting report.

This article contains the following chapters

Laborious rise
Major financial difficulties
From racing team to leisure company
A success story
As a "normal driver" in Formula 1
Self-test
Now it's time to get serious
Pure adrenaline
Half a century of Ford-Cosworth
Certainly fast enough for the novice

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

AGS (Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives) was a French racing team based in Gonfaron (where the oven still stands today, in which its own monocoques and carbon parts are produced), which raced in Formula 2, Formula 3000 and finally for six years in the premier class, Formula 1, from 1970 to 1991. AGS made its F1 debut in 1986 in Monza with Ivan Capelli and ended its involvement in Formula 1 after just 80 Grand Prix races in 1991 in Spain due to financial problems. With only two world championship points in six years, the team was not one of the successful participants in the premier league. The history of the AGS racing team began in the small Garage de l`Avenir, a small petrol station and workshop in the municipality of Gonfaron in the south of France. Hobby racing driver Henri Julien was the owner and he began designing and building his own small racing cars back in the 1950s. However, apart from the occasional respectable success, there was not much more to report. In the sixties, he then used third-party cars from Alpine and Lotus in Formula Junior and Formula 3.

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