Harvey Postlethwaite

Harvey Ernest Postlethwaite (4 Maris 1944 - 15 Afrilu 1999) ya kasance injiniyan Burtaniya kuma Darakta na Fasaha na kungiyoyi da yawa na Formula One a cikin shekarun 1970s, 1980s da 1990s. Ya mutu daga ciwon zuciya a Spain yayin da yake kula da gwajin aikin Honda F1 da aka zubar da ciki.

 Farkon aiki 
Bayan barin Royal Masonic School for Boys, Harvey Postlethwaite ya halarci Jami'ar Birmingham, Ingila don nazarin injiniyan injiniya kuma ya kammala karatu, tare da BSc sannan kuma digiri na biyu, a cikin shekarun 1960. Ya kasance mai bin wasanni na motoci, yana fafatawa a cikin Mallock a matakin kulob din na ɗan lokaci. Bayan kammala karatunsa Postlethwaite ya shiga ICI a matsayin masanin kimiyya mai bincike, amma ya gaji da wannan nan da nan ya fara aiki a matsayin injiniyan mota na tseren, ya shiga Maris a shekarar 1970, sannan yana da shekaru 26. Postlethwaite ya yi aiki a kan motocin Formula 2 da Formula 3 na kamfanin amma an ja shi don shiga ƙungiyar Hesketh Formula One waɗanda suka kasance abokin ciniki na Maris. Kungiyar Hesketh an san ta sosai saboda hanyar da ba ta dace ba ga Formula One - Postlethwaite da kansa an dauke shi 'mai ban mamaki':

 "Bayani na Doc game da tafiyarsa zuwa Hesketh shine cewa 'Sun bugu ni'. 

 Tsarin Ɗaya 
Yin aiki don gyarawa da inganta tawagar Maris 731, Postlethwaite ya ɗaga tawagar zuwa babban jayayya kuma a shekara mai zuwa ya tsara motar tawagar daga karkace. 'Doc' Postlethwaite's 1974 Hesketh 308 ya sami matsayi da yawa. A shekara mai zuwa ya ci gaba da haɓaka motar motar motar da ba a saba gani ba kuma ya ga halittarsa ta sami nasara a Grand Prix na Dutch a hannun James Hunt.

A shekara ta 1976 Ubangiji Hesketh ba zai iya gudanar da tawagar ba kuma ya sayar da ita. Postlethwaite ya tafi tare da motocinsa zuwa sabuwar ƙungiyar Wolf-Williams Racing, wanda Walter Wolf da Frank Williams ke jagoranta, amma sakamakon ya kasance matalauta kuma masu shi nan da nan suka tafi hanyoyi daban-daban. Postlethwaite ya kasance tare da Wolf, yana tsara mai kalubalantar tawagar ta 1977, WR1.

Nasara ta kasance nan take tare da Jody Scheckter ta sami nasara a tseren bude kakar. Ƙarin nasarori biyu da kuma sakamakon matsayi da yawa sun biyo baya kuma Scheckter ya kammala na biyu a gasar zakarun direbobi.

Kodayake Postlethwaite ya kasance tare da tawagar har zuwa 1979 ba su sake maimaita nasarar da suka samu a shekarar 1977 ba. Lokacin da Walter Wolf ya rufe tawagar a ƙarshen 1979 ya sauya, tare da motocin Wolf da direba Keke Rosberg zuwa ƙungiyar Fittipaldi Automotive. Ya samar da sabon zane, F8, don ƙarshen rabin 1980 amma ya bar ya shiga Ferrari a farkon 1981. A lokacin an dauki tawagar Italiya a cikin mafi kyawun injiniya da masu gina gearbox a cikin wasanni, amma daga cikin mafi munin masu zanen chassis. Enzo Ferrari ne ya zaɓi Postlethwaite da kansa don gyara wannan matsala kuma a shekara mai zuwa duk abin da ya kasance a wurin nasara.

Ferrari 126C2 na 1982 ya ɗauki taken masu ginawa duk da matsaloli masu yawa, gami da hadarin motsa jiki a Zolder wanda ya yi ikirarin rayuwar Gilles Villeneuve. Duk da asarar direban su na Kanada mai ban sha'awa, ƙirar sabuntawa ta Postlethwaite, 126C2B, ta sake ɗaukar taken masu ginawa a 1983.

Postlethwaite ya kasance tare da Ferrari har zuwa 1987. Bayan shekara ta 1983 motocinsa sun sami karin nasarori da yawa, amma ba su iya yin gasa da McLaren da Williams don samun nasara ba. Daga bisani John Barnard ya maye gurbinsa kuma ya koma Tyrrell, inda ya yi aiki na shekaru hudu. A lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin darektan fasaha Tyrrell sakamakon ya inganta sosai, wanda ya ƙare a farkon kakar 1990 a Phoenix, inda Jean Alesi ya sami damar kalubalanci Ayrton Senna's McLaren don nasara kuma ya kammala na biyu a cikin Tyrrell 018. Alesi ya sake maimaita wannan aikin a cikin littafin Postlethwaite na 019 - na farko daga cikin motocin Formula One na 'high nose' - a Monaco. A lokacin da aka kaddamar da motar Postlethwaite ya tabbatar da amincin tsarin 'fuka-fukan gull' na gaba ta hanyar tsayawa a kai. Yayinda yake a Tyrrell Postlethwaite ya yi amfani da Mike Gascoyne, wanda ya zama mataimakinsa kuma mai karewa.

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