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Post by Carl on Mar 6, 2018 23:04:03 GMT
It's excellent and long overdue. It's telling that a Japanese manufacturer has stepped in to alter the American tradition of rugged individualism, a concept created in western movies, to help young drivers along.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 20:21:27 GMT
Pironi and Patrese came second and third at Pau 1977... like this...  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 23:15:41 GMT
This is Rouen 1977:  Eddie Cheever (Ralt RT1) Rouen 1978, Cheever still leading at the start  He was there also in 1979, with Osella, his progression stalling. |
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Post by robmarsh on Jul 9, 2018 7:35:04 GMT
I was informed by Amazon last week that the Chris Witty book on F2 which I was looking forward to has been cancelled. Merde Alors.
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Post by charleselan on Jul 9, 2018 16:11:46 GMT
I was informed by Amazon last week that the Chris Witty book on F2 which I was looking forward to has been cancelled. Merde Alors. Huge disappointment on hearing that news Rob. Probably the Pre-Orders were not significant enough to warrant print run, an absolute shame. So might seek out the other book that has supposedly been written about the same subject. |
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Post by robmarsh on Jul 10, 2018 6:35:58 GMT
I was informed by Amazon last week that the Chris Witty book on F2 which I was looking forward to has been cancelled. Merde Alors. Huge disappointment on hearing that news Rob. Probably the Pre-Orders were not significant enough to warrant print run, an absolute shame. So might seek out the other book that has supposedly been written about the same subject. Yep Charles. I guess that is the problem with the really decent motor racing books. The market is not huge so the print runs are limited and prices high. That is why you have to buy them to read them as most libraries, in this country anyway, only carry the very popular ones if at all. They are normally driver biographies and not the more technical type which I prefer. |
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Post by chrisb on Jul 10, 2018 20:36:55 GMT
and let's be honest, if you chaps hadn't mentioned this i would have not been any the wiser of the existence or non-existence of these books and that is where I feel the motor racing fraternity does not do enough to sell itself unless it is yet another super biographical nausea inducing ego trip, like DC's new book as carefully placed on C4's presentation, MS does some reviews but it is limited and requires more input
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Post by chrisb on Sept 17, 2018 7:25:12 GMT
was there an F2 race at Singapore? if not was there any support races?
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Post by Jamie on Sept 17, 2018 7:34:12 GMT
Definitely no F2 or GP3, but I think there were Porsche cup cars and something else.
I’ve been enjoying F2 this year so it was missed this past weekend.
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 17, 2018 8:09:30 GMT
Definitely no F2 or GP3, but I think there were Porsche cup cars and something else. I’ve been enjoying F2 this year so it was missed this past weekend. Me too hey Jamie. I am going to miss my Monday and Tuesday night fix of F2 this week. I find them very entertaining and interesting and they provide the perfect antidote to adrenaline withdrawal after Ferrari managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. Tonight though I will watch part 1 of Sonama. |
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Post by Jamie on Sept 17, 2018 8:13:00 GMT
Definitely no F2 or GP3, but I think there were Porsche cup cars and something else. I’ve been enjoying F2 this year so it was missed this past weekend. Me too hey Jamie. I am going to miss my Monday and Tuesday night fix of F2 this week. I find them very entertaining and interesting and they provide the perfect antidote to adrenaline withdrawal after Ferrari managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. Tonight though I will watch part 1 of Sonama. 👍 There has been some great racing in F2 this year hasn’t there.... Sonoma for me as well this evening. |
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Post by René on Sept 17, 2018 14:23:58 GMT
was there an F2 race at Singapore? if not was there any support races? There was the Porsche Carrera Cup and the Ferrari Challenge. No GP2 or 3. |
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 24, 2018 17:14:02 GMT
Hey Jamie I have just watched the second F3 race from Monza. It was very enjoyable as was the first. Pedro Piquet beat Guiliano Alesi on the second last lap. Their two fathers were there and walked of arm in arm smiling after the race. I didn't realise what a bad limp Nelson Piquet has.
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Post by Carl on Sept 25, 2018 2:19:48 GMT
Hey Jamie I have just watched the second F3 race from Monza. It was very enjoyable as was the first. Pedro Piquet beat Guiliano Alesi on the second last lap. Their two fathers were there and walked of arm in arm smiling after the race. I didn't realise what a bad limp Nelson Piquet has. Sometimes the best racing is done by the least heralded racers and I'd love to be able to watch F3, but it's nowhere on American television.
One of the most enjoyable and least pretentious race events was to spend a weekend in Riverside when the Sports Car Club of America had National Races, drawing top SCCA amateurs from all over the western States. Eight Production classes, from A Production 427 Corvettes to H Production Sprites, with a handful of factory supported teams, notably Brock Racing Enterprises racing for Datsun (team principal Peter Brock designed Carroll Shelby's Daytona Coupe). Anglophile Bob Tullius' Group 44 successfully raced various Triumphs and Jaguars with factory support, but most competitors were pure amateurs. There were several sedan and five Formula classes. Each race was 25-30 minutes.
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 25, 2018 6:05:20 GMT
I agree Carl. We were so spoilt for choice in the old days we probably squandered opportunities. I used to enjoy the race meetings at our local track in Harare. The cream of the crop was when the South African drivers came up for the Rhodesian Grand Prix or the Mashonaland 100 and we got to see about a dozen F1 and Formula 5000 cars driven by some pretty good folks. The f1 cars were normally at least a year old but consisted of such greats as Lotus 49 and 72, McLaren M7 and M23, Brabham BT 33 and Tyrrell 007 to name the faster ones.
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