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Post by René on Feb 5, 2024 19:35:07 GMT
Great memory.  |
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Post by René on Feb 16, 2024 16:42:02 GMT
1979 Race of Champions, Brands Hatch. Remastered video, commentary from Murray Walker. Watch it full screen and put the volume up! |
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Post by chrisb on Feb 17, 2024 10:08:30 GMT
guess who was there! Gilles drove brilliantly and it was a great dice with my beloved Lotus, left me muttering wish the drivers would swop - If memory serves wasn't that Gilles's 3rd victory on the trot? Talking of which I know Gilles has this reputation of a sort of wild child, yet to me he was so much more than that - his drive at Brands was smooth, assertive and precise, and summed him up for me.
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Post by René on Feb 17, 2024 20:43:52 GMT
guess who was there! Gilles drove brilliantly and it was a great dice with my beloved Lotus, left me muttering wish the drivers would swop - If memory serves wasn't that Gilles's 3rd victory on the trot? Talking of which I know Gilles has this reputation of a sort of wild child, yet to me he was so much more than that - his drive at Brands was smooth, assertive and precise, and summed him up for me. Fantastic that you were there Chris! What a race that was. Statistics say Gilles won 6 races in F1 but he really won 7 if you count this one in. It was not a championship race but it was a mighty race nonetheless. And what a beautiful circuit and beautiful cars! |
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Post by Carl on Feb 17, 2024 22:45:12 GMT
I remember watching the very exciting 1970 Monaco Grand Prix. The final lap was tremendous and when Jack Brabham slid into the barrier at the final corner, he loudly yelled an expletive I clearly understood 
One for our good friend John Charles  (click on youtube link)
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Post by René on Mar 6, 2024 23:51:37 GMT
The 1958 British Grand Prix in full color and amazing quality. From the Shell Historical Archives.
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Post by chrisb on Mar 7, 2024 8:32:50 GMT
Rene, that is just superb, in fact the best video I have seen from the 50's, sheer brilliance, although poignantly what struck me is just how many drivers we saw there smiling and happy would be lost to us in the next few years
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Post by Carl on Mar 7, 2024 17:12:58 GMT
I've never seen a better Grand Prix film from that period. Wonderful!
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Post by René on Mar 7, 2024 20:25:28 GMT
It really is a gem, like a time machine.  |
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Post by chrisb on Mar 8, 2024 7:55:38 GMT
and the sound and colour, magnificent but lethal circuits, great drivers and personalities, honesty on the track, well, after Farina retired that was, and of course there was Pete, very quick and so popular - so sad that two weeks after that film he should perish at the Green hell
now, if one lined up the three great cars of 1958, the Maserati 250F, The Ferrari and the Vanwall, which would win in the looks department? I do know which car looked liked a bug but proved it's worth and led the way, of course the Cooper, and not a success but pretty was of course the Lotus, so there must be a story in there somewhere
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Post by René on Mar 18, 2024 20:24:28 GMT
Another little gem from the fifties, the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree. Not in high resolution like the Shell film but still good quality and in full color. |
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Post by chrisb on Mar 19, 2024 10:53:11 GMT
I have also discovered a wonderful colour film of the 1958 Daytona race and the sound, my apologies for not having the nouse to upload it but it is well worth a search.
There is also a good clip of the 1957 British GP with lots of the personalities that were lost to us in the next few years smiling happily and lining up, including a burnt Tony Brooks who handed his well Vanwall over to Stirling who drove a masterful race to win
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Post by mikael on Mar 19, 2024 15:21:58 GMT
Another little gem from the fifties, the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree ...
A pleasure to watch; thank you, René :-)
I cannot resist mentioning that 1955 was also the year my late dad had his (serious, full-season) debut in motocross. Hence I have spent countless hours watching photos from back then, and I find it particularly interesting to ponder on the state of the art of Grand Prix racing around this time. Amazing how much was learned during the years that followed, say, during the twenty years up to 1975 ...
In motocross in the year of 1955, the motorcycles were virtually ordinary road bikes, just slightly modified. That was also - by-and-large - the case in "MotoGP", which at that time was known as "TT" (after "Tourist Trophy"). However, "aerodynamic" fairings were starting to appear ...
Motocross: Les Archer (GB) at the Dutch GP 1955
TT: Carlo Ubbaili (I) on MV Agusta in 1955
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Post by Carl on Mar 19, 2024 21:08:43 GMT
I have also discovered a wonderful colour film of the 1958 Daytona race and the sound, my apologies for not having the nouse to upload it but it is well worth a search. There is also a good clip of the 1957 British GP with lots of the personalities that were lost to us in the next few years smiling happily and lining up, including a burnt Tony Brooks who handed his well Vanwall over to Stirling who drove a masterful race to win Chris, I found two excellent short films about Aintree:
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Post by René on Mar 21, 2024 21:30:58 GMT
Fantastic quality footage of the 1970 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand.
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