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Post by chrisb on Jun 17, 2024 9:20:02 GMT
so saddened by the news, she was an icon for me, representing so much about the glamour and prestige of F1 in the 60's, I always wondered of she ever knew Francois Cevert as there are similarities there between fact and fiction methinks.
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Post by Carl on Jun 27, 2024 16:41:13 GMT
I would like to take this opportunity to nominate our learned administrator to be the next president of the FIA. René is a busy man, but so qualified that he could lead motorsport into new greatness in his spare time.
Other names that came up during discussion and were disqualifed for nominating themselves were Toto Wolff, Lawrence Stroll and Flavio Briatore. Günther Steiner is the only other viable candidate and he wants to be paid...
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Post by René on Jun 27, 2024 20:06:47 GMT
I would like to take this opportunity to nominate our learned administrator to be the next president of the FIA. René is a busy man, but so qualified that he could lead motorsport into new greatness in his spare time. Other names that came up during discussion and were disqualifed for nominating themselves were Toto Wolff, Lawrence Stroll and Flavio Briatore. Günther Steiner is the only other viable candidate and he wants to be paid...
Thank you, Carl. I’m available.  |
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Post by mikael on Jul 2, 2024 12:21:01 GMT
Colin Chapman, at age 50, in 1978.
According to an article at "sfcriga.com", in 1981, Chapman made the following statement in a press release:
This is interesting in the light of our own misgivings about the state of contemporary Formula One. As Rob noted, yes, maybe this is how you typically start to feel when you reach a certain age ...
Apropos age: for sure Chapman started, at some point, to look a good deal older than his actual age. The same article has the following to say about it:
Source:
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Post by Carl on Jul 2, 2024 17:38:00 GMT
According to an article at "sfcriga.com", in 1981, Chapman made the following statement in a press release:
This is interesting in the light of our own misgivings about the state of contemporary Formula One. As Rob noted, yes, maybe this is how you typically start to feel when you reach a certain age ...
Apropos age: for sure Chapman started, at some point, to look a good deal older than his actual age. The same article has the following to say about it:
I don't believe Chapman ever fully recovered from the shock of the Brabham BT46, his own disastrous Lotus 80, and the political disputes over ground effect design.
He always wanted full credit for a concept and was disinclined to acknowledge improvements by others. |
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Post by René on Jul 4, 2024 10:04:01 GMT
It was only when Chapman died when I realized his age. He did look old, certainly when I compared him to my dad who was practically the same age.
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Post by chrisb on Jul 8, 2024 11:27:29 GMT
Chapman was always a dynamo, a real live wire, I think it was the 88 and the 88B that upset him the most, although one of the mechanics said he changed after Ronnie's death and wasn't so involved.
Personally I think he was so stressed about the De Lorean fiasco and not being knighted that brought on his premature ageing and ultimate demise.
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Post by René on Sept 30, 2024 18:39:20 GMT
Scuderia Ferrari drivers, past, present, and future.  |
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Post by René on Nov 22, 2024 20:52:03 GMT
This is fun to watch; 1960s F1 cars battling it out at Goodwood. How tiny those cars were!
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Post by chrisb on Nov 23, 2024 11:51:02 GMT
There is a contrast feature around 1986/7 at the British GP with the late and very lamented Murray Walker sitting in a Lotus 25 and next to it was the Williams Honda of Nigel Mansell and even then the 25 was dwarfed, so gosh knows what today's monsters would compare to those lovely - pretty F1 cars of the early sixties-
Mind you, driving a 1500cc tube with skinny tyres, no downforce in torrential rain at the old Spa will always lift my opinions and respect, I still think that had they been 2 litre cars that era would have been even more special.
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