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Post by René on Jul 15, 2021 13:13:13 GMT
Just watch that start! 
You don't see this anymore unfortunately with all the computerized procedures but it is one of those things that made a driver like Gilles stand out.
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Post by charleselan on Jul 15, 2021 14:22:35 GMT
I don't care whether these modern things require a degree in astrophysics to drive them, or more to the point the race engineer having said qualification. Before it was all about a driver feeling the clutch bite; the wheelspin and getting the power down; changing gear manually, basically skills of driving without any outside interference.
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Post by Carl on Jul 15, 2021 19:37:05 GMT
Just watch that start!
You don't see this anymore unfortunately with all the computerized procedures but it is one of those things that made a driver like Gilles stand out.
Amazing was the norm for Gilles Villeneuve! |
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Post by chrisb on Jul 16, 2021 7:15:52 GMT
oh wow - how brilliant was that? gosh and what a circuit as well, it is amazing just how the likes of Gilles, Jimmy, Stirling were renowned for their lightening starts
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Post by René on Jul 16, 2021 11:13:17 GMT
Just watch that start! You don't see this anymore unfortunately with all the computerized procedures but it is one of those things that made a driver like Gilles stand out.
Amazing was the norm for Gilles Villeneuve! A race was never boring when Gilles took part. |
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Post by René on Jul 16, 2021 11:16:50 GMT
oh wow - how brilliant was that? gosh and what a circuit as well, it is amazing just how the likes of Gilles, Jimmy, Stirling were renowned for their lightening starts What a track hey, the old Ōsterreichring!  |
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Post by charleselan on Jul 16, 2021 19:31:45 GMT
oh wow - how brilliant was that? gosh and what a circuit as well, it is amazing just how the likes of Gilles, Jimmy, Stirling were renowned for their lightening starts What a track hey, the old Ōsterreichring! Too close to my heart, I remember that day so very well. I know where I was, and what I was doing when the news came over the car radio in my Lotus Elan. Ronnie's last F1 win and a few weeks later he was gone, the world stopped and was never the same again. |
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Post by René on Jan 25, 2022 20:06:20 GMT
From racing snowmobiles in Canada… To being a Ferrari celebrity.  |
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Post by Carl on Jan 26, 2022 4:50:44 GMT
From racing snowmobiles in Canada… To being a Ferrari celebrity. Almost entirely backwards at 100 mph and he saves it... Amazing! |
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Post by chrisb on Jan 26, 2022 20:59:05 GMT
you know when you hear someone like Gilles speaking it makes their passing just that little bit more poignant -
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Post by charleselan on Feb 11, 2022 19:24:44 GMT
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Post by René on Feb 11, 2022 19:51:02 GMT
Very, very very very, very nice!  |
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Post by Carl on Feb 11, 2022 19:58:55 GMT
John, An excellent investment, easily recouped by selling any extras to our administrator  . Great photographs of a supremely great driver, especially as a small boy more in the mood for a hug than to use his toy handgun.
At first, I thought the cover photo might be Long Beach 1979, where he sat on pole, set fastest lap and won the race, but he is instead sideways at Monaco the same year.
Cheers, Carl
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Post by René on Feb 11, 2022 20:16:21 GMT
Well, I would actually be very interested in a copy!
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Post by charleselan on Feb 11, 2022 20:21:56 GMT
Well, I would actually be very interested in a copy! I thought that you might like it René  . You can order a copy via the Auto Hebdo site :- autohebdo.aboshop.fr/common/product-article/194They also do one on Ferrari and another on Niki Lauda. |
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. Great photographs of a supremely great driver, especially as a small boy more in the mood for a hug than to use his toy handgun.
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