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Post by René on Feb 11, 2022 21:03:22 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. Great, thanks!  |
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Post by charleselan on Feb 13, 2022 15:02:26 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.
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Carl, A very good spot by you there on where the cover photo was taken, looks like the exit from Casino to me. It is a really good publication from the foremost French motor sport magazine supplier. There are some wonderful photos in the book and some I had not seen previously, plus several of the 308GTS that René has just modelled elsewhere here. Cheers John |
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Post by chrisb on Feb 19, 2022 11:17:11 GMT
that looks brilliant - you really get the flavour of Gilles, my favourite Ferrari driver although it is very close to Pete Collins
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Post by René on May 8, 2022 11:00:31 GMT
40 years. May 8, 1982 - May 8, 2022. _
In memory of my childhood hero a few pictures I made at the time.
This is the first picture I made of Gilles. His 312T4 being pushed to his grid position by the mechanics, Zolder 1979.
Zolder 1980, consultation with his engineers. Zolder 1981 in the turbo 126CK. _
Autosport has a very good article on Gilles by Adam Cooper. It's a not published before interview with Harvey Postlethwaite in 1996 about the 1982 season. A very positive and well balanced piece I must say, worthwhile reading. Link: The untold Gilles Villeneuve story from inside Ferrari |
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Post by charleselan on May 8, 2022 11:04:38 GMT
When I saw René's comment elsewhere about it being 40 years ago since that terrible day it made me step back, 40 years ago!! Just to add my great respects I feel it fitting that I post one of the last pictures I took of Gilles on the Saturday morning at the chicane before the pits at Zolder.  |
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Post by mikael on May 8, 2022 11:44:27 GMT
You may all have seen this; but just in case: on the official F1 site (www.formula1.com), there is a more extensive coverage of Charles Leclerc's "test drive" of Gilles Villeneuve's 312T4 at Fiorano, which René posted earlier. Very interesting and a pleasure to watch.
Somehow, any direct link to "formula1.com" leads one to their web-shop, so I give up adding a direct link ...
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Post by robmarsh on May 8, 2022 12:16:08 GMT
Lovely pic John. A sad day. This year's Ferrari reminds me of the 1982 car from certain angles.
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Post by René on May 8, 2022 12:20:40 GMT
You may all have seen this; but just in case: on the official F1 site (www.formula1.com), there is a more extensive coverage of Charles Leclerc's "test drive" of Gilles Villeneuve's 312T4 at Fiorano, which René posted earlier. Very interesting and a pleasure to watch.
Somehow, any direct link to "formula1.com" leads one to their web-shop, so I give up adding a direct link ...
Thank you Mikael. I had not seen it yet but I was waiting for it (it was clear more professional recordings were made). It's absolutely wonderful!  Here is the link: Charles Leclerc And René Arnoux Pay Tribute To An F1 Icon | Remembering Gilles Villeneuve |
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Post by René on May 8, 2022 12:31:36 GMT
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Post by charleselan on May 8, 2022 14:16:53 GMT
Lovely pic John. A sad day. This year's Ferrari reminds me of the 1982 car from certain angles. Many thanks Rob, so pleased I managed to get a few shots of him before the accident that days. I did not have a Press Pass for that race and took the photo(s) from the spectator banking with my then trusty Olympus OM1 SLR camera coupled to a Tamron 300mm f5.6 telephoto lens and used Barfen 400iso(asa) slide film which was home processed. The slide was photographed with my current Canon 60D DSLR camera using the method described elsewhere. Very pleased with the end result. |
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Post by charleselan on May 8, 2022 14:22:02 GMT
I wonder if Charles knows how much he reminds us of Gilles, in so many ways.
Apparently the Tifosi absolutely adore Charles, much as they did Gilles.
A Ferrari has to win this evening, just because............in a way it would be fitting for Charles to do so but also it would be great for Carlos to win just to get the monkey off his back.
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Post by mikael on May 8, 2022 16:16:35 GMT
Leclerc's thoughts about the difference between now and then are very interesting: "now it's very much about the small details, whereas back in those days (late 70s - early 80s) it was perhaps more about taking risks and about bravery ..." (Not completely verbatim, but close.)
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Post by charleselan on May 8, 2022 16:57:04 GMT
Just read Adam Cooper's resurrection of the old Harvey Postlethweight interview on Motorsport.com (they now own Autosport) and it is a good and informative read. Puts to bed a lot of the over hyped nonsense that as written at the time by the likes of Nigel Roebuck. Harvey was a no nonsense type of guy who loved Italy and embraced his time at Ferrari, designed some great cars for them as well so his words are worth listening to.
The funny thing is that he emphasises Gilles ability to show such speed in the slow corners and this was his strength, yet Didier Pironi was exceptional in fast ones which highlighted his unbelievable bravery. I cannot remember exactly but Stirling Moss made some comment about the ability in corners but not certain whether its as slow or fast corners. Also one of Team Lotus' designers said that to be quick at Monaco you had to have the ability to hustle a car and he said that was why Ronnie was so quick there and that is why he made the old Lotus 72 go so well in 1974.
To summarise both drivers (Gilles and Didier) were darn quick and Gilles was exceptional.
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Post by charleselan on May 9, 2022 13:33:01 GMT
I saw the Charles in the Ferrari 312T4 film clip on my large TV screen last night, brilliant little film and what a joy it is to hear Charles speak so eloquently about Gilles and the T4. Also lovely to see René Arnoux talking about Gilles as well; René " I love Gilles".  Reading between the lines I think that Charles much preferred the feel of the T4 to what he drives now, he mentioned that in the T4 he could feel everything the car was doing and that the rear end needed constant correction as it had so little grip. Pity the film wasn't longer. |
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Post by René on May 9, 2022 22:00:02 GMT
I saw the Charles in the Ferrari 312T4 film clip on my large TV screen last night, brilliant little film and what a joy it is to hear Charles speak so eloquently about Gilles and the T4. Also lovely to see René Arnoux talking about Gilles as well; René " I love Gilles". Reading between the lines I think that Charles much preferred the feel of the T4 to what he drives now, he mentioned that in the T4 he could feel everything the car was doing and that the rear end needed constant correction as it had so little grip. Pity the film wasn't longer. Just imagine if he could have tried the car the way it was meant to be driven with the skirts down and sticky Michelin tyres instead of the stone hard Avons! This is a nice article on that day: Charles: remembering Gilles |
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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.
