Tag: Eddie Cheever
1983: Arrows & Renault F1 test at Willow Springs
by Walt Ottenad on Mar.24, 1983, under Auto Racing, Formula One, Willow Springs
Arrows & Renault F1 test at Willow Springs on March 24, 1983Images by Walt Ottenad
On the Thursday prior to the 1983 Long Beach Grand Prix, the Arrows (Alan Jones) and Renault (Alain Prost, Eddie Cheever) teams went to Willow Springs to test. I rented a car and drove to the track, where I got my first taste of modern Formula One cars in action. The transporters were another matter altogether – if you look closely, you can see the Renaults being loaded and unloaded into U-Haul trucks! What a difference a couple decades makes. This day also marked the “world debut” of the RE-30 Turbo, which Alain Prost raced for the first time at Long Beach. I got some of the first photos of the car outside of the Renault factory…
