Brundle pushed his number 1 XJR-12 to the limit, and beyond, then switched to the number 3 to grab the victory
“Go like hell and we’ll try to break them. If yours breaks, I’ll swap cars”
Price Cobb (left), Brundle and John Nielsen celebrate their win… Eliseo Salazar didn’t
Tom Walkinshaw was key to Jaguar’s return to racing in the 1980s, persuading the factory to take on a campaign in the European Touring Car Championship, with the XJS in ’82. He also convinced John Egan, the firm’s chairman, to allow TWR to create a Group C car from scratch, rather than develop the US-spec XJR-5.