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[Roman]

I saw this car in EHC (hillclimb race) Rechberg. It was described as F1 car, I have only this image, please, can you recognize it? Is it F1, which make, type is it? Thank you, Roman

[Francis]

With its hump-backed engine cover, low side-pods and bulky nose it looks to me more like a Formula Nippon car.

Could it be a Reynard 97D?

[Gary C]

It's certainly NOT an F1 car. It could well be a Formula Nippon Reynard or even a Lola of some sort?

[david_martin]

It is almost certainly a mid 90's Reynard F3000 car - the nose and "humpback" mark that out. The Avon tyres and lack of Katakana probably rule out Formula Nippon. I would guess it is an early 95D, from the lack of a separate roll over hoop and the rather "old fashioned" rear wing layout.

[Barry Boor]

I 'google-searched' FADEWA and got a couple of references that included the word Reynard. One said Horag-Reynard while the other mentioned Reynard 93D Zytek. Both references carry the name of Walter Leitgeb, but there my knowledge runs out, not being a fluent speaker of the Czech language.

Incidentally, neither reference will load; both give the unobtainable message - in Czech!

[Barry Boor]

Searching FADEWA further took me to an Austrian site that appears to be a racing school at St. Anton.

One of the cars shown on the site is indeed a Reynard, but not a red one! It looks similar, so may be the same car. We need someone with local knowledge.

[Egon Thurner]

Walter Leitgeb
Reynard 95D ( car entered as 'Fadewa F3000')

( Fadewa = a sponsor )

Walter Leitgeb is Winner of the Mobil Bergcup 2000 (11 hillclimbs) and 'Austrian Mountain Champion' (group E - over 2000cc)

[Egon Thurner]

Welcome on board, Roman

Just recognized, you are Martin's brother.

[Frank de Jong]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
I 'google-searched' FADEWA and got a couple of references that included the word Reynard.

Incidentally, neither reference will load; both give the unobtainable message - in Czech!

Barry, perhaps you already know this, but anyway: if the link is "dead", Google keeps a copy of that page on its server. ("cache"). Although further links on THAT particalur page probably won't work, at least you see the page where your keywords did appear.

[fines]

The car is indeed a Reynard, probably a 95D. I recall some fuss made about the 'fact' that two Austrians (Walter Leitgeb and Josef Neuhauser) would be competing in F1s in European hill climbing this year. Neuhauser has an old Minardi (probably his ex-Interserie car, no more info at hand at the moment), while Leitgeb's car seems to be powered by an old F1 Cosworth engine (DFR?).

BTW, Leitgeb withdrew from the race after setting fastest practice laps because his fourth child was due that day! ==> Strange/bizarre reasons for DNS...

[Roman]

Walter Leitgeb really raced Reynard 95D chassis No.30 last year with Ford (and also Judd?) engine. This is his last year Reynard 95D Someone on Rechberg told me that Leitgebs car is Honda-Mugen powered, the speaker said it is a "F1 bolid". Fadewa is Leitgebs sponsor he used since 1995 or 1996 I saw his for the first time (in Ralt RT23 Mugen).

BTW Yes, I am brother of Martin Krejci

[david_martin]

That Mugen-Honda engine will most likely be the MF-308, Mugen's F3000/Formula Nippon engine.

[Frank de Jong]

Roman,

there may be another possibility for this car. Take a look at this picture:

This is Reynard's first F1 car, the 89M, a modified 89D F3000 car. This car was, of course, never raced in F1 but was used as a testcar for Bridgestone. This car had a 3.5 litre Mugen engine, an enlarged F3000 MF 308.
The car would be twelve years old by now (!), but perhaps it has had bodywork modifications during the years. I'm no expert in Hillclimbing cars, but I think there is much more freedom in the rules than current F1, so using a 3.5 engine would be quite possible.
I don't know what happened to the 89M since the bridgestone days; does anyone else know?
(Reynard built yet another F1 car before BAR, the DAMS, but this car doesn't look like the hillclimb car at all).

[fines]

IIRC Reynard did NOT build the DAMS, but the Pacific!

[Frank de Jong]

Fines, Reynard was involved in both F1 projects: Paul Brown designed the first Pacific, with the F3000 car as a starting point, Barry Ward was responsible for the DAMS. Source: The Reynard story, Mike Lawrence.