*** Official 1997 European Grand Prix thread

[ajprice]

https://youtu.be/a0SxjsnWXOI

Apologies for the lack of intro, it's on YouTube now.

Schumacher vs Villeneuve title decider.

Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 8th April 19:09

[ajprice]

Second time now they have stopped commentating and turned the engine noise audio up

[fred flange]

ajprice said:

Second time now they have stopped commentating and turned the engine noise audio up

I expect that’s because of the famous ITV ad breaks from when they took over from the bbc.

[ajprice]

fred flange said:

ajprice said:

Second time now they have stopped commentating and turned the engine noise audio up

I expect that’s because of the famous ITV ad breaks from when they took over from the bbc.

Doh! Yep it was ITV coverage.

[ajprice]

"What engine is in that Sauber, Murray?"

"Oh er, a Ferrari... Martin you are a cynical chap!"

[ajprice]

"That didn't work. You hit the wrong part of him, my friend".

I've always remembered that line from Brundle .

[markcoznottz]

The tv coverage was a bit lacking. I don't think Coulthard was happy at letting rons favourite son win.

[Mr_Thyroid]

In this race we saw Sauber helping Ferrari and McLaren and Williams engineering the result. Are there any other examples of this kind of thing?

[DanielSan]

markcoznottz said:

The tv coverage was a bit lacking. I don't think Coulthard was happy at letting rons favourite son win.

From what I remember Mika wasn't exactly happy about the result either. I'm sure there's an interview somewhere where he basically says he classes his first win as Aus 98