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F1 Beyond The Grid

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Nelson P.K.'s First Contact With Brabham

I read recently that Nelson P.K.'s first contact with Brabham was as a go for or a mechanic at the 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix. And we were racing in Paul Ricard, Formula One, and Nelson was in Formula Three. He basically extremely loose, because down the straight, it would enable him to submarine in the car,. How it's the long, mysterious, straight-to-pull record. Another time, he had a helmet that, well, it was just made of fiberglass. But he was just doing whatever he could for weight.

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