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Post by Carl on Aug 3, 2018 6:50:20 GMT
Ah, so it was public knowledge then. Cheers Carl. Knew nothing about. I suppose it must have been something long-time in the planning, he must have been waiting for a donor to then make his way back to Austria for the transplant. We wish him well, of course. Lucio,
It was more sudden than planned. Lauda interrupted his vacation and flew to Vienna after contracting a lung infection and the surgery may have been done on an emergency basis.
I learned about his being hospitalized from your original post. It all happened in recent days and was made public earlier today (August 2), which may be a good sign. Niki Lauda is a great champion and a real character, one who doesn't play politics or pull his punches. We do wish him well...
-Carl
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Post by mikael on Aug 3, 2018 8:07:18 GMT
Mikael, I haven't checked but I always thought it was a tyre exploding at Daytona that caused Barry's accident. Chris, the whole Daytona documentary (50 min) is available on YouTube; here: The accident part only is also available; I have included it below. At 2:00 Sheene explains: "... I was doing 175 miles an hour, and all of a sudden, the back wheel just locks solid .... and ... I pulled the clutching 'cause I felt the engine seized, or something went wrong ... " |
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Post by René on Aug 3, 2018 8:25:55 GMT
Ah, so it was public knowledge then. Cheers Carl. Knew nothing about. I suppose it must have been something long-time in the planning, he must have been waiting for a donor to then make his way back to Austria for the transplant. We wish him well, of course. Lucio, It was more sudden than planned. Lauda interrupted his vacation and flew to Vienna after contracting a lung infection and the surgery may have been done on an emergency basis. I learned about his being hospitalized from your original post. It all happened in recent days and was made public earlier today (August 2), which may be a good sign. Niki Lauda is a great champion and a real character, one who doesn't play politics or pull his punches. We do wish him well...
-Carl
Yes, there's also an article on Autosport about Niki's condition: www.autosport.com/f1/news/137804/lauda-recovering-from-lung-transplant-surgeryOf course we all wish this great man and living legend of our sport all the best and a speedy recovery! |
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Post by charleselan on Aug 3, 2018 13:33:09 GMT
Mikael,
The Barry Sheene Daytona film is very good indeed and very clearly illustrates how different times were back in the 1970's to what we have today. Barry had much more than just broken bones, with some terrible issues as a result of loosing so much skin. Leathers then were nothing like those used today, and one finds it hard to comprehend what it must have been liking being thrown off a machine at 170mph.
I saw this film when its as originally shown and several times since, "Baz" was one very brave boy, and accidents in racing had more to offer him as time passed. The one in testing for the British GP at Silverstone was probably even worse than the Daytona accident. He was a great rider and vastly under-rated by many media types today; not only that but he did more than anyone to bring motorcycle racing to a wider audience with his larger than life personality.
Very sad that he passed away long before his time which always hits me as he was merely one week older than me.
JC
P.S.
All good wishes to Niki after his lung transplant.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 14:29:51 GMT
Mario, nonno Mario and Mia. Me too I had a nonno Mario, long time ago.
Young Mario is the spitting image of his nonno as a young kid.
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Post by René on Aug 7, 2018 12:58:27 GMT
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Post by chrisb on Aug 7, 2018 16:13:01 GMT
thank you Rene, as i guess you know it is 60 years ago since Pete was killed at the Ring, a firm favourite of Enzo's and one of the golden quartet of young English talent that paved the way for so many,
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Post by René on Aug 8, 2018 10:31:19 GMT
Yes of course Chris. Thanks for the nice caption about Peter. 60 years, way before my time but he seemed such a nice bloke. And a very good driver he was!
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Post by charleselan on Aug 9, 2018 11:33:20 GMT
I came across this photo the other day and I find it to be mesmerising and outstandingly composed, no doubt by accident. Although not a driver at that time in his life Colin Chapman was a very good driver in his early years, far better than is often acknowledged. A charismatic genius of that is certain, but like us all flawed, however I still worship the guy and his beautiful cars. He has an almost haunted look, or is it that he is "miles away" thinking about the Lotus 79 that is just around the corner as he sits on the front wheel of Mario's 78.  |
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Post by chrisb on Aug 9, 2018 14:38:38 GMT
that is one of the best photos of ACBC I have ever seen, perhaps one of the most honest moments in this troubled genius's life, a driven, charismatic individual who could see how things worked or probably could work and make them work, not always it is true, but even his ideas that didn't work, he still tried, until the 88 and i do think that could have had so many benefits for so many uses, it really could have been the car revolution
Colin had many flaws and certainly some dubious dealing and ideas but whilst i would never excuse that it is a part of him
gosh how he would have hated today's F1 which is the complete opposite of what he believed in
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Post by Carl on Aug 9, 2018 15:20:22 GMT
I came across this photo the other day and I find it to be mesmerising and outstandingly composed, no doubt by accident. Although not a driver at that time in his life Colin Chapman was a very good driver in his early years, far better than is often acknowledged. A charismatic genius of that is certain, but like us all flawed, however I still worship the guy and his beautiful cars. He has an almost haunted look, or is it that he is "miles away" thinking about the Lotus 79 that is just around the corner as he sits on the front wheel of Mario's 78. A good character study of a solitary genius, with the iconic Villa Riviera Apartments in the background in Long Beach
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Post by charleselan on Aug 9, 2018 15:55:50 GMT
I thought that it might have been Long Beach, but wasn't certain as the original photo had no caption.
A great photo indeed.
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Post by Carl on Aug 9, 2018 17:04:04 GMT
I thought that it might have been Long Beach, but wasn't certain as the original photo had no caption. A great photo indeed. Yes, it beautifully captures either weariness, reflection, or both.
In 1973, during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, at the Holiday Inn in Bowmanville, Ontario, where the more important team principals stayed (the mechanics were likely at cheaper outlying motels), I was sitting in the lobby Saturday evening just to see the passing parade when Colin Chapman came to peruse the magazines on the table where I sat. I knew from reading about his disquiet at Indianapolis that he disliked being approached by strangers, so said nothing. I did, however, approach Rob Walker as he walked with Denis Hulme toward the elevators. What a wonderful gentleman! He was very kind to stop and talk with a young admirer of his racing history and, more recently, his excellent race reports in Road & Track. So that was quite a contrast. |
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Post by robmarsh on Aug 9, 2018 21:36:12 GMT
Lovely photo of ACBC. Knowing his penchant for saving weight he is probably concerned if the mechanics had put too much fuel in.
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Post by Carl on Aug 10, 2018 2:17:29 GMT
Lovely photo of ACBC. Knowing his penchant for saving weight he is probably concerned if the mechanics had put too much fuel in. Rob,
Colin Chapman also had a personal penchant for weight gain and needed someone to monitor his food intake. Of course, he also had a temper and would have fired his monitors whenever hungry. 
Cheers, Carl
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