Editing Apollon (Formula One) (section)

==Formula One==
After Loris Kessel had left John Macdonald's [[RAM Racing|RAM]] team, he approached [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] for a drive at his team. Williams had no place left for Kessel, but could sell him an old car, the [[Williams FW|FW03]]. Kessel agreed and approached the Swiss Jolly Club of Switzerland, that was successful in touring cars and rallying. Kessel also hired ex-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] designer [[Giacomo Caliri]]. In his FLY-studio the FW03 was heavily updated. The result was a car with a striking long nose and radiators placed directly in front of the front wheel suspension. Painted in fresh yellow and white colours the former FW03 was a nice looking car. The car was renamed the Apollon Fly, named after the sponsor of the project, a pharmacist. However, it took a long time before the Apollon actually appeared on the track. Jolly Club tried to race in [[1977 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]], [[1977 French Grand Prix|France]], [[1977 Austrian Grand Prix|Austria]] and [[1977 Dutch Grand Prix|the Netherlands]]. However, in Belgium and France, Kessel had transport problems. At [[1977 Italian Grand Prix|Monza]] the Apollon finally appeared. Because not enough pit boxes were available, the Swiss had to settle for a place in the open air, a clumsy scene. In the untested car Kessel was way too slow and when he went off track in the final qualifying session, the adventure was finally over.