Who is he

[Jamie]

Ah, excellent one Lucio....love that film.

Don't know them all but here goes, from left to right:

Pass, Hill, Rindt, Garner, Bondurant (possibly, can't make the face out) , Gurney, Ginther, McLaren, Pass (But I'll kick myself when you tell me, I know the face), Italian actor (don't know the name), Siffert

[Jamie]

Jo Bonnier......it just came to me, had Lucian Bianchi in my head but knew it was wrong.

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I don't want to pretend I know them all, Jamie, but that was a very good try.

I don't know who is the first on the left, behind Graham Hill, alto' I have an idea.

I don't think it's Bondurant, Ginther and Bonnier.

The actor is Antonio Sabato.

[Jamie]

Ah, you're probably right as Bondurant and Ginther were half guesses as you can't quite make them out. I did think it was Jo though.

Im intrigued to find out now - Im sure one of our fellow racers will know exactly who they are 👍

[charleselan]

What a great effort there Jamie. I don't think Jo Bonnier or Bob Bondurant figure in the photo, and not certain about Lucian Bianchi. If it is the guy playing cards you are referring too than it looks more like Ivor Bueb but seeing as he died years before 1966 it can't be.

Anyway I would say the guy behind James Garner is Guy Ligier and the fair haired chap right at the back is probably Mike Spence, not a good likeness but the nose profile fits as does the hair style. However it looks more like actor Michael York, but he wasn't in the film so not him  .

Great photo Lucio, and quiz!

[Carl]

I believe the driver in the high-backed chair is Paul Frere.

Is Andre Pilette playing cards?

Is the interested spectator behind Graham Hill journalist Bernard Cahier?

Regardless, Jessica Walter in her room at the Hotel de Paris is far more intriguing...

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Very good JC! Ligier and Spence indeed.

The one missing, besides Siffert is another Jo, poor Schlesser.

The one behind Hill is difficult, perhaps Hulme.

Very good effort, gentlemen.

[Jamie]

Schlesser....of course.

Enjoyed this one Lucio 👍

[Carl]

Well done John Charles!

When I first saw "Grand Prix", I recognized only a handful of the drivers. I'm ashamed to admit that when Juan Manuel Fangio appeared at the party to unanimous acclaim, I was with Jessica Walter in her hotel room.

To me, the cinematography is the most awesome aspect of "Grand Prix", and from the very beginning, with the multiple frames of exhausts and tachometers and spark plug wrenches on the starting grid at Monaco. Formula One was presented as an elegant dance, as poetry in motion by director Frankenheimer, the cinematographer and film editors. The storyline and acting are good for the most part, but it's the filming process that makes "Grand Prix" great.

Cheers, Carl

[Carl]

The two Hills were the best of an unsteady lot of driver/actors. Graham Hill displays proper contempt when James Garner insults Jessica Walter for her disloyalty and Phil Hill has some lines at Brands Hatch as Mr. Yamura's excitable adviser.

Juan Manuel Fangio was comfortable being once again showered with the respect of his peers.  The others were all more comfortable driving than acting.

An edited conversation between vain #2 Ferrari driver and vapid beauty:

"Would you like a drink?"

"I don't drink..."

"Would you like a cigarette?"

"I don't smoke..."

"Would you like to act?"

"I don't act..."

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It is harrowing to think that within four or five years that picture was taken, only three drivers survived racing, five sadly perished.

[charleselan]

Very distressing think of the mortality rate, the one side of racing that was truly unacceptable, even more so when viewed from a 21st Century perspective.

Not sure about Antonio Sabato's well being, but of the rest only one survives today, the great Daniel Sexton Gurney.

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According to wikipedia Sabato is still with us. But he wasn't a driver, of course.

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Who is he?

[René]

Ha ha, I know that photo so I won't spoil the fun!