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Post by mikael on Nov 6, 2022 13:16:58 GMT
Came across this beautiful photo of three specimen of the Ferrari "Shark nose" at the Monaco Grand Prix 1962.
It might also be worthwhile to re-watch this spectacular portrait of that Grand Prix (Monaco 1962):
P.S.: Please note the truck parked directly on the track, at the very beginning of this little movie. It's not in the actual race, "just" in a practice session; nonetheless ... quite unbelievable (when seen with "modern glasses"). One can also notice spectators/pedestrians standing unprotected on sidewalks at various places along the track. In 1962, the concept of "danger" was still to be invented, apparently :-D
The onboard footage might be taken from a Mercedes 300 SLR.
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Post by René on Nov 6, 2022 16:07:30 GMT
Fantastic photo and footage that give such a great impression of how racing and Monaco once was. The speeds are of course nowhere near as fast as in modern racing but they were still fast and the total abcense of safety makes it so dangerous. Unbelievable really. But so beautiful.
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Post by René on Nov 8, 2022 21:18:52 GMT
Again 1962, again the sharknoses. Phil Hill and Ricardo Rodriguez at Spa.  |
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Post by René on Nov 25, 2022 19:43:36 GMT
Alfonso De Portago, Bahamas Speed Week 1955.  |
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Post by Carl on Nov 25, 2022 20:15:01 GMT
Alfonso De Portago, Bahamas Speed Week 1955. Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, must by aristocratic birth and bank account have had the intelligence never to do anything as stupid as declining a tyre change recommended by his team for safety reasons. |
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Post by René on Nov 26, 2022 11:26:51 GMT
Alfonso De Portago, Bahamas Speed Week 1955. Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, must by aristocratic birth and bank account have had the intelligence never to do anything as stupid as declining a tyre change recommended by his team for safety reasons. I assume you refer to his fatal accident at the Mille Miglia that also killed many spectators? Did his team recommend a tyre change?
The famous 'Kiss of death'.
Alfonso kisses beautiful actress Linda Christian. Not long after this moment De Portago's Ferrari spiralled off the road after a tyre blew. The Ferrari 335S was travelling at 240 km/h (150 mph). De Portago and his co-driver Edmund Nelson were killed instantly as were nine spectators, among them five children.
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Post by Carl on Nov 26, 2022 17:59:26 GMT
Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, must by aristocratic birth and bank account have had the intelligence never to do anything as stupid as declining a tyre change recommended by his team for safety reasons. I assume you refer to his fatal accident at the Mille Miglia that also killed many spectators? Did his team recommend a tyre change?
Yes, at the last check point at Mantova, but he declined. |
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Post by mikael on Dec 13, 2022 17:27:39 GMT
Just a non-important stray-thought: the immensely beautiful Ferrari F1-90 (or Ferrari 641) of 1990 also had the appearance of a "safe" car, with the driver sitting low and well-protected. Some other cars of that year were so low-slung, and exposed the driver to such an extend that they rather looked like large karts (go-karts). Maybe the Lotus (bottom-most photo) was the "worst" of all in that respect ...
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Post by René on Dec 14, 2022 18:17:49 GMT
Just a non-important stray-thought: the immensely beautiful Ferrari F1-90 (or Ferrari 641) of 1990 also had the appearance of a "safe" car, with the driver sitting low and well-protected. Some other cars of that year were so low-slung, and exposed the driver to such an extend that they rather looked like large karts (go-karts). Maybe the Lotus (bottom-most photo) was the "worst" of all in that respect ...
The cars were safer than say in the early 80s because of the carbon tub but head and shoulder (sounds like a shampoo..  ) protection was non existent. The Lotus indeed worst.
Stunning photos from the Ferrari!  |
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Post by mikael on Dec 14, 2022 20:19:57 GMT
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Post by René on Dec 15, 2022 12:08:39 GMT
That Lotus is a fantastic looking car! And the sideview picture shows very well how low it really is. Not very successful but I love the styling and the experimental double rear wing. It was actually one of the first Formula 1 slot cars I had as a kid on my Polistil track. Still have it to this day. Not a bad looking slot car considering it was released in the mid seventies.  |
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Post by mikael on Dec 15, 2022 15:41:57 GMT
Very nice that you have taken so good care of such things, René. I had several nice model cars, and also some slot cars, that I would have loved to own still now, but which are long gone.
Wasn't it, also, the Lotus 76 that had two brake pedals? I remember being completely mesmerized when reading about such things as a kid, in the motor sport magazines that my dad bought.
Addendum: Now when JC has told us that the JPS letters and "pin stripes" were actually not made with a "metallic gold" paint, but just with a certain yellow paint, I have started to see any JPS Lotus in "a new light", so to say. I think that was very interesting! And looking carefully at photos henceforth, you always get the feeling that, "yes, for sure - that's how it is; it's just yellow - not golden" :-)
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Post by René on Jan 2, 2023 20:05:37 GMT
How it all began.  |
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Post by robmarsh on Jan 4, 2023 17:32:10 GMT
Mikael the stipes on the JPS Loti were golden when they first branded them but changed to a very pale yellow because the yellow stood out better on TV. I thought it was in the 80s but it might have been late 70s. If you look at pics of the Lotus 72 the gold does not stand out as well as it did on the 1980scars.
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Post by mikael on Apr 22, 2023 12:11:34 GMT
The Tyrrell 012 (1983/1984) - not exactly a candidate to "the best looking Formula One car of all time".
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