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stifler said:
Ronnie Peterson giving passenger rides in the company "bread van"
dinkel said:
Taken from Carlos Ghys website:
http://www.carlosghys.be/
“We arrived at Silverstone on the Tuesday before the 1973 British GP.
Ronnie Peterson and Emerson Fittipaldi were giving rides to journalists and guests in a lotus Europa and an Elan. I had Ronnie’s deerstalker picture with me and one of Fittipaldi’s wife, Maria-Helena. She was sitting on the pit guard rail, so I showed her the photo and we got talking.
Then Peterson stopped and asked if anyone wanted a ride. There was no-one around, so I put my hand up. The door was closed and I had fastened my belts when there was a knock on the window. It was Lotus team manager Peter Warr asking if I was Press. When I admitted I wasn’t, he said, “Out!”. But Fittipaldi’s wife convinced him to let me have a ride.
Those two laps with Ronnie was an experience I will never forget”…
I bet! Lucky git . . .
Source: Motorsport Magazine
Ronnie Peterson:“anyone wants a ride”
Ronnie Peterson hurrying the Lotus Europe through Woodcote corner
View from the passenger’s seat, coming out of Woodcote corner.
This is the result of a small camera, high speed and thrilling emotions…
This is why I love Facebook.
Anyone knows where the car is now?
http://www.carlosghys.be/
“We arrived at Silverstone on the Tuesday before the 1973 British GP.
Ronnie Peterson and Emerson Fittipaldi were giving rides to journalists and guests in a lotus Europa and an Elan. I had Ronnie’s deerstalker picture with me and one of Fittipaldi’s wife, Maria-Helena. She was sitting on the pit guard rail, so I showed her the photo and we got talking.
Then Peterson stopped and asked if anyone wanted a ride. There was no-one around, so I put my hand up. The door was closed and I had fastened my belts when there was a knock on the window. It was Lotus team manager Peter Warr asking if I was Press. When I admitted I wasn’t, he said, “Out!”. But Fittipaldi’s wife convinced him to let me have a ride.
Those two laps with Ronnie was an experience I will never forget”…
I bet! Lucky git . . .
Source: Motorsport Magazine
Ronnie Peterson:“anyone wants a ride”
Ronnie Peterson hurrying the Lotus Europe through Woodcote corner
View from the passenger’s seat, coming out of Woodcote corner.
This is the result of a small camera, high speed and thrilling emotions…
This is why I love Facebook.
Anyone knows where the car is now?
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