Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Chris Amon Racing (also known as Amon), was a Formula One team that competed in 1974.Fresh from the 1973 disaster at Tecno, but encouraged by the potential of the undeveloped Gordon Fowell chassis, driver Chris Amon tried running his own F1 car in 1974. Financial backing came from John Dalton, and the car, designed by Fowell, followed the Lotus 72 in some areas of construction, with sophisticated torsion-bar suspension and side radiators. The car was called the AF101 (A for Amon - F for Folwell). One unusual (for the time) feature of the AF101 was that the fuel tank was located between the driver's cockpit and the engine.The venture failed completely. Amon qualified but retired from the team's first race at the Spanish Grand Prix. Both Amon and Larry Perkins failed to qualify the car for the German Grand Prix. Amon failed to qualify again for the Italian Grand Prix and the team closed down after the race when the money ran out.. }
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- Chris_Amon_Racing abstract "Chris Amon Racing (also known as Amon), was a Formula One team that competed in 1974.Fresh from the 1973 disaster at Tecno, but encouraged by the potential of the undeveloped Gordon Fowell chassis, driver Chris Amon tried running his own F1 car in 1974. Financial backing came from John Dalton, and the car, designed by Fowell, followed the Lotus 72 in some areas of construction, with sophisticated torsion-bar suspension and side radiators. The car was called the AF101 (A for Amon - F for Folwell). One unusual (for the time) feature of the AF101 was that the fuel tank was located between the driver's cockpit and the engine.The venture failed completely. Amon qualified but retired from the team's first race at the Spanish Grand Prix. Both Amon and Larry Perkins failed to qualify the car for the German Grand Prix. Amon failed to qualify again for the Italian Grand Prix and the team closed down after the race when the money ran out.".