The JH24 was a
Formula One car built and raced by the
AGS team for the
1989 Formula One season
The 1989 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 43rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on 26 March and ended on 5 November. Alain Prost won his third Drivers' Championship, and McLaren won the Constructors' Championship. ...
.
It was powered by the
Ford Cosworth DFR engine. The car only managed to qualify for one race. The cars were driven by
Gabriele Tarquini and
Yannick Dalmas, who replaced
Joachim Winkelhock in the middle of the 1989 season.
Race history
1989
The car was built to replace the JH23, but in its debut in the
British Grand Prix, it failed to qualify. At first, the JH24 was only used by Tarquini until the
Belgian Grand Prix
The Belgian Grand Prix (French language, French: ''Grand Prix de Belgique''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Grote Prijs van België''; German language, German: ''Großer Preis von Belgien'') is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula O ...
, where a chassis was also available for Dalmas.
In the second half of the season, the team had to prequalify - a task that was nearly never achieved by either Tarquini or Dalmas. AGS then finished 15th in the Constructors' Championship, equal with the Lolas used by the Larrousse team.
1990
A revised version of the car was entered in the first two races of the season. The car, being entered without a "B" suffix, ran with a revised suspension and enabled Dalmas to qualify for the
1990 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos, São Paulo on 25 March 1990. It was the second race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was also the first Brazilian Grand Prix to be held at Interlagos sinc ...
in last place, with a 3.8-second gap from the pole lap set by
Ayrton Senna. Dalmas then retired on lap 28 with a suspension problem.
The car was then replaced by the JH25.
Complete Formula One results
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) (results in bold indicate pole position)
References
External links
Profile at ChicaneF1
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AGS Formula One cars