Heads up - Crash & Burn - Tommy Byrne BBC NI tonight 9 pm

[moffspeed]

Always been interested by the "nearly men" of F1 and Tommy Byrne must be one of the most prominent members of this club. One minute he's testing for McLaren and setting phenomenal lap times in a far from perfectly set- up car. But Byrne, like a latter day Hunt, was not blessed with a great deal of tact/diplomacy and his career stalls, ultimately a challenging lifestyle prevails and he ends up being shot by his team mate in South America...

So, hidden away on BBC NI at 9 pm tonight the film/documentary of the man - 'Crash and Burn". Outside NI should appear as Channel 979 on your Sky menu...

Enjoy...

[moffspeed]

Yep watched it and was a bit underwhelmed - but following on from the Motor Sport magazine article on him a couple of months ago reinforced my existing opinion that he would have been hard work to manage and develop into a Champion.

OK, Senna and Schumacher (M) were demanding and at times difficult but always with the aim of driving a team onwards.

Interesting how a driver's character as well as their raw talent can define their destiny - think of moody Reutemann who at some GPs (including a title decider) just didn't "turn up". Some would argue that Ronnie Peterson was too generous to Andretti, but it just belied the fact that he was a genuine good bloke. Same possibly of Cevert with Stewart.

Still exists today - perhaps Magnussen should still be at Renault but (allegedly) his work ethic is not the greatest. Similarly Wehrlein being consigned to Sauber may reflect an (alleged) attitude issue...