
Herbie Blash: race mechanic to Race Control
F1 Beyond The Grid
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The First Time I Met Jocken Eccleston
Jocken came into my view as in Formula Two, where he was just a star. And then bang, kind of meeting him when he first arrived at Lotus. Very laid-back guy, very funny guy. For some reason, I got on extremely well with him. Because I used to have the lightest cigarette for him after the practice sessions and the race. Now, he was an incredible driver. Technically, no, he wasn't anything special with. But it's the first time that I started to kind of understand bending the regulations because my job was actually to kneel on the wing endstays to reduce the height of the rear wing. With Brabham's
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