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THE HEART OF A WINNER

three-seat layout with central driving position: Gordon Murray was sketching such an idea back in 1969, and it’s back with the new T.50 (see following feature), but the F1 famously made it his trademark. And while Murray was busy paring supplier (Kenwood was told to ‘just try harder’ with its CD player), his relationship with BMW – specifically, engine designer Paul Rosche, technical manager at BMW Motorsport – was closer than it was with most.

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