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Post by Carl on Aug 1, 2024 17:36:08 GMT
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and Autosport has earned a right to judge...
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Post by mikael on Aug 1, 2024 20:40:52 GMT
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and Autosport has earned a right to judge...
As to the first entrant, the Ligier JS11/15, I think their earlier car, the JS5 (of 1976) deserves a spot too. The "teapot" air-intake version stood out but it was original and - I think - actually beautiful. The version without air-intake (for the updated 1976 regulations), on the other hand, was a true beauty. (Apparently, a variety of designs were considered by Ligier in 1976.)
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Post by Carl on Aug 1, 2024 21:11:38 GMT
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and Autosport has earned a right to judge...
As to the first entrant, the Ligier JS11/15, I think their earlier car, the JS5 (of 1976) deserves a spot too. The "teapot" air-intake version stood out but it was original and - I think - actually beautiful. The version without air-intake (for the updated 1976 regulations), on the other hand, was a true beauty. (Apparently, a variety of designs were considered by Ligier in 1976.)
Mikael, I also really liked the Ligier with curvaceous teapot intake, although partly for the seductive Gitanes' mademoiselle silhouette  P.S.- At Long Beach, it was easy to spot the Ligier as it sped close alongside the concrete barriers, resembling the fluke of the great white whale moving fast through the water. |
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Post by mikael on Aug 2, 2024 10:43:07 GMT
... and while the Ligier JS11/15 was equipped with a Cosworth DFV V8 engine, the JS5, JS7, and JS9 were propelled by the glorious Matra V12. That contributes a great deal to their overall beauty as well ...
This movie has been shown here before, I believe; yet I think it's worth a re-posting ...
At a few places where the light is right (e.g., from 3:10 and onward), one can enjoy the classical racing tachometer/rev-counter that moves in steps.
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Post by René on Aug 2, 2024 11:07:41 GMT
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Post by mikael on Aug 3, 2024 19:34:40 GMT
It's interesting that Ligier reverted to the Matra V12 for the 1981 and 1982 seasons, after having used the Cosworth DFV V8 in 1979 and 1980. (They reverted once more to the Cosworth for the 1983 season ...)
The "Talbot" sponsorship is historically interesting as well. It was a (failed) attempt to glorify the "Simca" brand by bringing back this old, glorious luxury-brand name. All Simca models were simply rebranded to Talbot's. (But customers weren't fooled so easily ...)
Ligier JS17, 1981, again with the Matra V12 engine:
1950 Talbot Lago:
1980/1981 Talbot 1100 (prev. Simca 1100):
1981 Talbot Samba:
Talbot (Sunbeam) Lotus in the 1981 World Rally Championship ... (Notice the name of the co-driver! By now much more famous than the driver himself.)
... with Lotus-prepared engine!
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Post by Carl on Aug 3, 2024 22:20:08 GMT
Great post, Mikael The co-driver of the Talbot rally car is Jean Todt. No wonder the car is heavily weighted on one side.
Another incarnation of Talbot was created by Universal Studios in a classic horror film, "The Wolfman". The studio famous for Frankenstein and Dracula also made the Wolfman, and all three terrified me as a kid. The wolfman's character (Laurence Talbot) was played by Lon Cheney Jr. and his gypsy mentor between cycles of the full moon was Maria Ouspenskaya, who later married Donald Trump.
Cheers, Carl
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Post by René on Aug 20, 2024 18:13:42 GMT
It's always special to be a Ferrari driver, not least because you get the chance to drive some amazing and historic cars. The week before the Monaco GP 1999, Michael Schumacher tried a 1983 Ferrari 126 C2B Turbo at Fiorano (Ferrari 021/031, 1,5 V6 turbo).  It was the first time Michael had driven a turbocharged F1 car and it took him by surprise: "I did not feel very comfortable as I was scared of damaging what is in fact a piece of history," he said. "But most of all I was terrified! These cars struck me as terribly dangerous. They are only 16 years old, but they seem to belong to another era." ⠀  Here Michael gets some advice from Patrick Tambay how to handle the V6 turbo.  |
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