SPARK-MODEL - SHADOW - F1 DN8 N 16 JAPAN GP 1977 RICCARDO PATRESE

For 1976, Tony Southgate set up the Shadow DN8 project, but its debut was delayed to the summer. Meanwhile Southgate had left the Shadow to go to Lotus and it was Dave Wass' turn to develop the DN8 between 1976 and 1977. Southgate returned to Shadow in time to follow the DN8 for the 1977 season, in which the car showed a great deal. competitive. Conquering victory in Austria with Alan Jones. At the end of the season, the Shadow finished seventh in the constructors' championship. Jean-Pierre Jarier, Alan Jones, Arturo Merzario, Jackie Oliver, Riccardo Patrese, Tom Pryce, Clay Regazzoni and Renzo Zorzi drove the DN8.