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Post by René on Apr 1, 2023 9:17:06 GMT
Thanks for the excellent additional information Mikael! What a tragedies indeed.
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Post by Carl on Apr 8, 2023 21:32:33 GMT
A very cool 1961 group photograph of many top Grand Prix drivers (and one constructor)
Jim Clark, Innes Ireland, Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jo Bonnier, Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney Constructor John Cooper, between Clark and Ireland, was on top of the Grand Prix world despite his shabby clothes.  |
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Post by René on Apr 9, 2023 11:51:15 GMT
A very cool 1961 group photograph of many top Grand Prix drivers (and one constructor)
Jim Clark, Innes Ireland, Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jo Bonnier, Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney Constructor John Cooper, between Clark and Ireland, was on top of the Grand Prix world despite his shabby clothes. Very cool. Nothing wrong with shabby clothes. |
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Post by mikael on Apr 30, 2023 11:40:02 GMT
American driver Jimmy Bryan on one of the banked corners of the Monza circuit in 1957, at the "Race of Two Worlds" - which he won - with a cigar in his mouth! :-D
In spite of that (the cigar), apparently a trailblazer for safety, considering the safety harness/belt and the pilot helmet - at a time when European Grand Prix drivers would race with just a "pudding basin" helmet and without safety belts.
Jimmy Bryan is mentioned, and pictured (again with a cigar in his mouth) in Piero Taruffi's "The Technique of Motor Racing" (1959), apparently just for that reason - that he was a trailblazer for safety equipment. (Taruffi doesn't comment on the cigar - only on the helmet and the safety harness.)
Unfortunately, these items weren't sufficient for him when they really mattered, just one year later, in 1960.
Jimmy Bryan (1926 - 1960)
And even more amusing; the title to this photo, below (also from "Race of Two Worlds" at Monza 1957) is: "Jimmy Bryan retrieving money that flew out of his pocket during a practice run"!  (Not sure if this is really the truth ... Maybe he just wanted to check out how steep the banking actually is.)
Firestone advertisement from 1957: |
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Post by Carl on Apr 30, 2023 17:05:11 GMT
American driver Jimmy Bryan on one of the banked corners of the Monza circuit in 1957, at the "Race of Two Worlds" - which he won - with a cigar in his mouth! :-D
In spite of that (the cigar), apparently a trailblazer for safety, considering the safety harness/belt and the pilot helmet - at a time when European Grand Prix drivers would race with just a "pudding basin" helmet and without safety belts.
Jimmy Bryan is mentioned, and pictured (again with a cigar in his mouth) in Piero Taruffi's "The Technique of Motor Racing" (1959), apparently just for that reason - that he was a trailblazer for safety equipment. (Taruffi doesn't comment on the cigar - only on the helmet and the safety harness.)
Unfortunately, these items weren't sufficient for him when they really mattered, just one year later, in 1960.
Jimmy Bryan (1926 - 1960)
Bryan may have modeled himself after the great Barney Oldfield, who excelled everywhere, usually with a cigar clamped between his teeth. Oldfield had great natural talent and was credited by Motor Sport Magazine with inventing opposite lock correction of oversteer on the one mile dirt tracks prevalent at the time.
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Post by mikael on Aug 14, 2023 18:33:03 GMT
A great photo of Francois Cevert.
Actually, I came across this while browsing/searching for vintage Seiko Chronographs. Although less visible than now, even from the mid/late 60's, many drivers (the top drivers, at least) had personal sponsor agreements with watch manufacturers. Famously, Jo Siffert - and later Niki Lauda - had an agreement with Heuer. And Jackie Stewart with Rolex. I found that Francois Cevert had an agreement with Japanese Seiko - I was really not aware of that.
Source:
Also famously, Jim Clark had an agreement with (no longer existing) Swiss brand Enicar.
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Post by René on Aug 14, 2023 19:00:17 GMT
What a cool photo of Cevert.  … and vintage Seiko watches are also very cool by the way.  |
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Post by robmarsh on Aug 15, 2023 7:18:20 GMT
I loved Seiko watches and always wore one until my wife brought me a Tag Heuer Formula 1 for my 50th which I have worn ever since.
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Post by René on Aug 15, 2023 9:45:07 GMT
I loved Seiko watches and always wore one until my wife brought me a Tag Heuer Formula 1 for my 50th which I have worn ever since. Rob, we are too much alike! I wear a Tag Heuer Kirium, I guess now for 25 years, and my wife gave me a Seiko chronograph for my 50th. I can now switch between the two. |
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Post by robmarsh on Aug 15, 2023 12:35:52 GMT
I loved Seiko watches and always wore one until my wife brought me a Tag Heuer Formula 1 for my 50th which I have worn ever since. Rob, we are too much alike! I wear a Tag Heuer Kirium, I guess now for 25 years, and my wife gave me a Seiko chronograph for my 50th. I can now switch between the two. Very nice Rene |
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Post by René on Feb 4, 2024 19:12:52 GMT
Patrick and Ronnie, Long Beach 1977.  |
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Post by chrisb on Feb 6, 2024 9:50:17 GMT
that is one cool picture of two brilliant drivers and human beings, again, taken from us far far too soon, and both perhaps needlessly - oh for some of today's safety standards back then, not too many - but some genuine life savers,
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Post by mikael on Apr 7, 2024 14:48:16 GMT
A great photo of Graham Hill by the early tests of the Lotus 49 (1967) (Of size 5346X2673 pixels, so nice to the it in full-screen format!)
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Post by chrisb on Apr 13, 2024 8:36:18 GMT
I first saw Ford's promo film First Time Out many years before it was released on video in a cinema in South London and asked cheekily if I could possibly have a copy - Lord Longford wasn't too impressed - but it was worth a try -
Jimmy was famous for his fondness of watches and as far as I remember had accumulated quite a collection - whatever happened to that collection I am unsure although I do seem to remember some of the collection on display at the Museum in Duns.
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