“I think our archives are really important and really fascinating,” Brawn adds. “You can keep all your test and race reports, design information and green sheets on file and access them whenever you want. There are also original paper drawings to help you remanufacture your car or re-engineer its components to revitalize it. run.
“The green sheet tells you which driver was involved, time of day, weather, ride height, camber, wing level, what the problem was…etc. One of the seats I saw recently was Damon’s from when he won the championship in 1996 and the race engineer left a note on the bottom that said ‘P1 – World Champion!’”
F1 icon: Damon Hill’s father, two-time world champion and triple winner Graham Hill
But such a detailed back catalog comes with risks.
“Unfortunately it’s a bit like the TARDIS!” Barker laughs, referencing the popular time travel TV show Doctor Who. “It’s truly breathtaking to see what we have. Once you get in there, you tend to waste half your day. Because you open a folder and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I remember that!’
“We can then provide a copy to the potential owner. We don’t just think ‘your car was used in 9 events’. We can say, ‘I received an official FIA ticket from the weighbridge.’ During the warm-up for that race, I weighed 601kg’. So, as the owner, you’re not just buying a car, you’re buying the car and its history, and you basically have access to all of the car’s history.
