Arrows
On
15th February 2001, OrangeArrows announce that Johnny Herbert
had joined the team as Development & Test Driver. Commenting
on the announcement, OrangeArrows Team Principal, Tom Walkinshaw,
said:
"It's
great to have Johnny on board. We have good continuity with
Jos (Verstappen), fresh talent with Enrique (Bernoldi) and
with the experience of Johnny we have a complete driver line-up."
Johnny
said he was delighted to be joining the team:
"I
see OrangeArrows as a team of people who are very serious
about their racing performance but also like to enjoy life
and that suits my philosophy down to the ground. This is a
new challenge for me, I know I can make a valid contribution
and I am very much looking forward to getting down to business."
On
joining the team, Johnny
said that he intended to enter both the Indy 500 and Le Mans
24-Hour races this year and that his Arrows duties would not
interfere with those plans:
"Nothing
has changed with my plans to race at Indy and Le Mans. I've
got two options to drive in Le Mans and everything with Arrows
will work around both projects."
Johnny
had his first taste of an Arrows car at Silverstone when he
carried out a three day development test, driving both the 2000
car, the A21, and the new car, the A22 (see Matt
Fowler's photos). It was a mixed test with Johnny posting
the quickest time on the first day but the slowest on days 2
and 3. Johnny was positive:
""It
was definitely useful to get out in the A22 and it gives me
some food for thought before Barcelona. Generally, I'm happy
with the way things have gone and it's good to be in the position
where I can go away and think about what we've done and hopefully
help the team out for [the next GP in] Malaysia."
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Last updated 11th March 2001.
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