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Designer Of Six-Wheeled Tyrrell F1 Race Car Dies

Derek Gardner, the transmission engineer whose obsession with tire grip led him to design the six-wheel Tyrrell P34 race car, has died at the age of 79. Here's the Tyrrell lapping Monaco in its full freak glory. (H/T jalopnikfan) [ITV]

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