British Grand Prix pictures 73/74

[anonymous-user]

The digitisation of my fathers slides is almost complete...
From Silverstone in 73



From Brands Hatch in 74

[coppice]

Fabulous- I was there at Silverstone in 73 and remember Ronnie Peterson's sideways progress in the Lotus 72 around Woodcote (at 150 mph)in practice (no 'qually' then thanks ) and Revson's first Grand Prix win in the gorgeous McLaren M23

[Eric Mc]

Lovely.

Everything is so gloriously scruffy and accessible.

[tyrrell]

Brilliant many thanks for taking the time and trouble to post

[anonymous-user]

Thanks, this is from Silverstone in 83, on car camera footage was clearly still new!



And this is from 77

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 26th January 21:34

[anonymous-user]

Beautifully evocative picture from Austria in 82

[wack]

Some good panning going on there

I remember the days of film

£5 for a 36 exposure, £5 for developing

Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap good one crap crap crap

Digital has made it better and worse at the same time, better in that you can practice for free, worse in that you can't get near the track for cameras

Thanks for sharing , I'd like to see more if you have them

[coppice]

At least with film you picked your moments. The trouble with digital pics is that most people I see at races now spend the entire time taking pictures, then looking at them , then taking some more - all for some shots which won't be as good as the ones in Autosport next week and at the cost of not actually watching racing except through a lens.

Anyway...don't the pics also illustrate how splendidly close it was possible to stand to the track? My first GP was Silverstone 1971 and the crowd protection was a scaffolding pole to lean on and a bit of grass -and as I found next year Brands Hatch was even better. No wonder I'm almost deaf.

[DuckAvenger]

Thanks for sharing!

[Smelly Sox]

Fabulous! I love watching the 70s F1 races.

[anonymous-user]

Well we'd love to self publish a book with the pictures, it would be a shame if they were just kept on a computer forever!. Not sure if there would be a theme as they are a rather ecletcic collection, F1 at Silverstone, club hillclimb at Cricket St Thomas... there are hundreds of old motor racing photo books out there but print on demand makes it cost effective. To be honest it would be a bit of fun more than anything.

its interesting how later into the 80s, the cars appear much further away!...

[moffspeed]

Photo 4 - Francois Migault in the BRM harries the Rat in the Ferrari (in his dreams)...

Note the wooden garden stakes and strips of chicken netting (aka catch fencing) on the apex of Paddock - ideal kit to slow down an F1 car at flat chat...

[moffspeed]

Just love these old photos, looks like John Surtees himself (white top with sleeves rolled up) working on Carlos Pace's car in the Silverstone paddock 1973. The other car in BB livery is Mike Hailwood's whilst the white car in the foreground is the Jochen Mass entry.

Sad to say they managed a total of zero laps between all 3 of them in the GP itself - courtesy of Mr Jody "Fletcher" Scheckter - I'm sure big John would have had a word with the lad...

[covboy]

I think the Renault with the hoop mounted camera, was the one that gave the inspiration for the current location of the on board stuff. Up to a point, teams were sticking them wherever, then the footage taken on the Renault surfaced again – with views of the cockpit – which bought about a change in thinking.