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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 19:40:59 GMT
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Post by Carl on Dec 16, 2017 20:45:41 GMT
A great photograph of my favorite driver at the time, a future champion sadly robbed of his time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 23:07:21 GMT
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Post by charleselan on Dec 16, 2017 23:35:01 GMT
A great photograph of my favorite driver at the time, a future champion sadly robbed of his time. Nothing to do with the Welsh connection Carl  . |
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Post by Carl on Dec 16, 2017 23:43:25 GMT
A great photograph of my favorite driver at the time, a future champion sadly robbed of his time. Nothing to do with the Welsh connection Carl . I won't deny it. However, we Welsh are harsh judges of those we send to uphold Welsh honor.  |
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Post by robmarsh on Dec 17, 2017 6:30:50 GMT
Sadly I was at Kyalami the day Tom Pryce died. His car hit Jacques Laffite's Ligier right in front of us and we watched Tom's body get removed from his car. It was a very sad moment though Tom looked very peaceful-almost as if he were asleep.
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Post by Jamie on Dec 17, 2017 7:36:27 GMT
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Post by Jamie on Dec 17, 2017 7:37:31 GMT
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Post by Jamie on Dec 17, 2017 7:47:37 GMT
Sadly I was at Kyalami the day Tom Pryce died. His car hit Jacques Laffite's Ligier right in front of us and we watched Tom's body get removed from his car. It was a very sad moment though Tom looked very peaceful-almost as if he were asleep. Terribly tragic accident that one and it certainly robbed Grand Prix racing of a man going places...... Seems we have a few Tom Pryce fans on the forum which is great 👍 A few years back, whilst in Wales attempting to catch trout, I made a detour through the Welsh town Ruthin to see the memorial to him there.....didn't look much like him to be honest but it was wonderful to see the man remembered in such a way, one of the good guys....... Great photo Lucio, I've saved that one. |
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Post by chrisb on Dec 17, 2017 9:27:11 GMT
I was at Brands when Tom won the ROC sideways to style wise, a great skill - a great guy and a terribly needless loss - yet again- I remember that awful front cover of the weeks Autosport when Niki is being told of Tom's tragic accident and seeing the shock and horror that we all felt, another tragedy that needn't have happened
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 10:12:24 GMT
Sadly I was at Kyalami the day Tom Pryce died. His car hit Jacques Laffite's Ligier right in front of us and we watched Tom's body get removed from his car. It was a very sad moment though Tom looked very peaceful-almost as if he were asleep. I was glued to the television that day and recall very well the broadcast zooming on Zorzi panicking around his car parked opposite the pits. We didn't know that tragedy was striking exactly in those instants. I was a fan of Tom and liked the white-striped livery of that year's Shadow. I was touched by his passing in that way. |
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Post by René on Dec 17, 2017 11:04:38 GMT
Sadly I was at Kyalami the day Tom Pryce died. His car hit Jacques Laffite's Ligier right in front of us and we watched Tom's body get removed from his car. It was a very sad moment though Tom looked very peaceful-almost as if he were asleep. The race was not televised live here so the following monday morning I always rushed down as early as possible to read the race report in the newspaper. I remember being horrified because of the photo and the headline. I still have it in a scrapbook somewhere. Terrible. Rob, it seems more of us have witnessed the horror and tragedy that was so much part of the sport back then. |
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Post by charleselan on Dec 17, 2017 13:06:00 GMT
It was a truly appalling situation that befell poor Tom Pryce, and as you all have mentioned completely needless, as most deaths were back then.
Tom was a really exciting driver, very spectacular in style, who knows what his future could have held. I saw him make his F1 debut at the 1974 International Trophy at Silverstone where he drove the neat green and yellow Token Cosworth DFV; not a successful vehicle but the sort that a young up and coming driver could get his foot in the door.
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Post by René on Dec 18, 2017 20:44:00 GMT
A preoccupied Elio after the dramatic weekend in Belgium 1982.  © Daniel Migeon |
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Post by Jamie on Dec 18, 2017 21:04:04 GMT
I couldn’t like this one enough René 👍
What a great human being Elio was, and if ever a racing driver had a better name...i’ve yet to hear it.
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