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Jonathan Palmer: doctor, driver, deal-maker

F1 Beyond The Grid

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How I Won Formula One in 84

I was absolutely thrilled to do it. The next year of 84, I was desperate to get in Formula One. And one of the drivers that I've ever driven, I really wanted, was the Tyrell drive. Martin was very much the guy that was being pushed forward for that Tyrell seat. So I was slightly irked when Martin got the drive at Tyrell and I didn't. But I salvaged together a deal to get myself into the Ram with John McDonald. Then I had a year with Ram, which was a pretty dreadful car. And then I got picked up by those, a new German team starting and looking for a driver. And Andrew Marriott actually put me into

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