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Nice piece of historic BBC footage. Perhaps this uis the style they will return to when they start showing highlights next year?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBY3gwejwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBY3gwejwc
t, our front wing is to big"///ajd said:
Brilliant
Like the bit where the commentator hopes aerodynamics are banned so everyone can focus on 4wd as the future of f1....
It was a seminal moment in motorsport - particularly F1. It was that cliff edge point where the governing body COULD have banned downforce generating aerodynamics outright. They had the ammo in the sense that the previous GP had featured a number of high speed accidents caused by the failure of the rear wings of a number of the cars.Like the bit where the commentator hopes aerodynamics are banned so everyone can focus on 4wd as the future of f1....
In the end, they didn't ban them and just amended the technical regulations to allow different types of wings and wing attachments.
At that moment, four wheel drive was consigned to the bin of F1 history and aerodynamic downforce became the dominant feature it still is today.
Bloody marvellous stuff.
I do love the historical aspect of motorsport, and I love watching and reading about old races and their associated tales of bravery. I also love those almost sepia-toned or B&W images that can instantly transport you to - say - the 1935 German GP or a particular corner on the 1966 Targa.
Unfortunately, these images also sometimes demonstrate how bloody dangerous it was back then.
There is one part of the first clip that amazes and terrifies in equal measures: as the drivers are piling out of Casino Square, that woman on the left with two shopping baskets
An image perfectly "of its time", but alien to modern motorsport.
I do love the historical aspect of motorsport, and I love watching and reading about old races and their associated tales of bravery. I also love those almost sepia-toned or B&W images that can instantly transport you to - say - the 1935 German GP or a particular corner on the 1966 Targa.
Unfortunately, these images also sometimes demonstrate how bloody dangerous it was back then.
There is one part of the first clip that amazes and terrifies in equal measures: as the drivers are piling out of Casino Square, that woman on the left with two shopping baskets
An image perfectly "of its time", but alien to modern motorsport.
Galileo said:
Was he the first to wear a full face helmet?
Dan Gurney - http://jalopnik.com/5756339/how-f1-started-using-f...FourWheelDrift said:
Galileo said:
Was he the first to wear a full face helmet?
Dan Gurney - http://jalopnik.com/5756339/how-f1-started-using-f...
Excellent find Eric; I've passed the link on to an old friend who was one of the directors
of that programme (he has zero interest in cars!), he was delighted and surprised that anything from 'Wheelbase' is still extant.
When I first joined the BBC, I tagged along on many a 'Wheelbase' shoot
and great fun they were
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of that programme (he has zero interest in cars!), he was delighted and surprised that anything from 'Wheelbase' is still extant.
When I first joined the BBC, I tagged along on many a 'Wheelbase' shoot
and great fun they were
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