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Post by René on Oct 13, 2022 8:28:49 GMT
Jacques Laffite. But yeah, he does look frail. But as far as I know he’s still going strong. The photo is from the Le Mans classis 2022 so very recent. Jarier looks anything but frail.  |
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Post by chrisb on Oct 13, 2022 8:54:51 GMT
I was at Brands when Jaques suffered his career ending crash and it really was a horrible moment, as all accidents seem to be for me,
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Post by mikael on Oct 15, 2022 12:19:50 GMT
Apropos of Jacques Laffite:
A little movie showing Laffite's 1981 Ligier JS-17, with the gorgeous Matra V12 engine (by a Classical GP race at Spa).
Interesting to notice, in these electronic and fly-by-wire times, how simple (and even primitive) the accelerator-to-throttle connection was. By the Matra, it was a real wire-connection; see 1:05 and a bit onward (to 1:58) in the movie.
By the sound is glorious - it doesn't get any better!
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Post by René on Oct 31, 2022 19:58:47 GMT
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Post by Carl on Nov 1, 2022 17:19:57 GMT
Maybe the very best photo of Jim Clark, a beautiful picture that our good friend could have taken had he been there! Assuming John is in heaven , that's just how his great hero will greet him. |
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Post by René on Nov 25, 2022 19:35:31 GMT
A double portrait.  |
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Post by René on Nov 26, 2022 11:30:46 GMT
And another one with Niki  |
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Post by mikael on Nov 27, 2022 16:29:29 GMT
And another one with Niki
With "hessian" wallpaper in the background, the photo screams out "1970s" (and early 80s)  |
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Post by Carl on Nov 27, 2022 17:42:14 GMT
And another one with Niki Those flintlock behemoths have to be .50 caliber! |
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Post by René on Dec 3, 2022 18:51:51 GMT
Happy days.  |
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Post by René on Mar 26, 2023 12:22:10 GMT
This is an absolute gem!
A 20-minute portrait of Clay Regazzoni with unique footage, especially from 1971, with even fantastic inboard images. A unique 1970s atmospheric impression that you really have to see.
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Post by Carl on Mar 26, 2023 20:27:15 GMT
This is an absolute gem! A 20-minute portrait of Clay Regazzoni with unique footage, especially from 1971, with even fantastic inboard images. A unique 1970s atmospheric impression that you really have to see. Fantastic  Thanks, René, A gem indeed and excellent character study of a driver with personal depth and complexity. I always thought Clay Regazzoni was a diamond in the rough who could have been Formula One champion with a little polishing and refinement of his racecraft.. I first heard of Clay when he was driving for Tecno and Ferrari in Formula 2. He was always a hard charger and always fast, but for some reason, maybe because he began in an Austin-Healey Sprite, I liked Clay more as a person. The tragedy of his paralyzing accident, which I witnessed, is that, in his early 40s, he may have already thought about when to retire. He made no mistakes that day and did everything possible to diminish speed when his brake pedal snapped at 190 mph. Cheers, Carl |
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Post by René on Mar 26, 2023 22:17:24 GMT
Glad you liked it Carl. It really is a wonderful little film. Clay was a great personality of the sport with a fantastic name!
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Post by René on Mar 31, 2023 17:49:32 GMT
A very interesting documentary about Peter Revson. It’s a 70 minutes film but really worthwhile watching when you have the time.
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Post by mikael on Apr 1, 2023 8:03:38 GMT
A very interesting documentary about Peter Revson. It’s a 70 minutes film but really worthwhile watching when you have the time.
Very interesting indeed; thank you René. I just watched a little bit; will be looking forward to watching more.
The early part of the documentary mentions the fatal accident of Peter Revson's younger brother, Douglas, at a Formula 3 race in Denmark (at the "Ring Djursland"). The narrator tells that besides Douglas, a spectator was also killed. That spectator was actually the builder and owner of the track, Jens Christian Legarth, himself an F3 driver just a few years earlier. Legarth's wife Anni was also hit (by one of two spinning cars), and had her legs badly damaged. Besides this couple, three other persons, two officials and a racing-mechanic, were hit as well - it was really terrible. (Source: a Danish book on the history Ring Djursland by Morten Alstrup.)
It must have been terrible for the Revson couple to lose both of their sons to motor racing. From Wikipedia, one can learn that the father of Peter and Douglas, Martin Revson, lived to the ripe old age of 105 (or 106).
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