F1 Past

[ibsey]

coppice said:

Thanks for that, and good luck .My book (DRIVEN - an elegy to cars, roads and motorsport ) is out in July and I'll give it a proper plug in due course. Spoiler alert - two chapters on the F1 I've seen from '71 on and why Bernie and Max should both be ...(you will have to buy the book to find out their fate )

In other news - the Adrian Newey interview on the Motor Sport website / Youtube is well worth an hour of your time . Fascinating guy , and his book was superb too

Email me details of your book at [e-mail] when it is out and I'll post about it on my social media links. Being an author is bloody hard work so we need to help one another out. Agree about the Newey podcast, also the recent F1 beyond the grid podcast have included Murray Walker and DC. Both were great IMO.


I don't think I mentioned above that I've also just released this book: https://www.estories.com/audiobook/285614/Ibrar-Ma... which captures some forgotten, yet fascinating short stories from F1 during the 1990’s which is NOT included within my other book. These additional stories will make you laugh, cry or even just ponder.

Now working on my next book which has a team lotus theme from the 80's & 90's. I'll course post more details here in due course. Cheers all :-)

[Deesee]

A Link to the F1 Instagram account.

Senna's first win 33 yrs 34 yrs ago yesterday..

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhkV_IIbQz/

Edited by Deesee on Tuesday 23 April 11:13

[Eric Mc]

His first win was the Portuguese GP of 1985 - so not 33 years ago.

[entropy]

Eric Mc said:

To be fair, the onboard technology available in 1991 was fairly basic.

The onboards of that era they captured the raw violence of F1 cars, arguably thoroughbred racecars in general. Today they seem like Bentleys and RRs in comparison.

[entropy]

Enjoyed these documentaries over Easter. The last three a worth watching for the 80s cars footage alone.

1991 Ayrton Senna "The Road To Phoenix" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFuO8aHLeE

F1 GP Monaco history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaJbgPfEdJ8

F1 Grand Prix Weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P91RZBUB6wA

F1 The Turbo Era https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5fQgy4O9A

[Eric Mc]

entropy said:

The onboards of that era they captured the raw violence of F1 cars, arguably thoroughbred racecars in general. Today they seem like Bentleys and RRs in comparison.

Yep - by being too slick in every area they lose the dynamism and violence of hurtling around corners at almost 200 mph - no shaking, no vibration (seemingly) no effort from the drivers.

[sgtBerbatov]

coppice said:

In other news - the Adrian Newey interview on the Motor Sport website / Youtube is well worth an hour of your time . Fascinating guy , and his book was superb too

I read his book cover to cover, it was fascinating really his thought process on the cars he designed. But as a person he's far from likeable. Speaking as a Brummie, he can fk off with his attitude towards us. I'd sooner have this tone of voice than lack the emotional maturity needed to have relationships with other people. And I found it odd that he was quoting the reg numbers of the cars he had.

[coppice]

Crikey- so it wasn't only Nigel who had a chip on both shoulders then? Must be , y'know, some kinda regional thing ?

[stevesuk]

Looks like there were some glorious sights/sounds at Imola over the weekend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPa8bWy_QQ

The V12 Ferraris still send a shiver down my spine

[anonymous-user]

Does anyone remember this one at Monaco??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaE7W3UK1nw

[coppice]

stevesuk said:

Looks like there were some glorious sights/sounds at Imola over the weekend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPa8bWy_QQ

The V12 Ferraris still send a shiver down my spine

Gosh - never thought I'd see the Tecno again - saw it at Silverstone in '73 . Great noise , crap car.

Splendidly Italian approach to pit lane access - you don't even get that a Citroen C1 race here.

[sgtBerbatov]

coppice said:

stevesuk said:

Looks like there were some glorious sights/sounds at Imola over the weekend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPa8bWy_QQ

The V12 Ferraris still send a shiver down my spine

Gosh - never thought I'd see the Tecno again - saw it at Silverstone in '73 . Great noise , crap car.

Splendidly Italian approach to pit lane access - you don't even get that a Citroen C1 race here.

It looks so much fun, I'm definitely going to that next year.

[Deesee]

Red 5 time..

Sound up...

(V10 3.5 litre with hybrid in 21 please)

https://mobile.twitter.com/karunchandhok/status/11...

[Eric Mc]

Makes me want to cry.

[F1GTRUeno]

https://twitter.com/dickiestanford/status/11242621...

Dickie Stanford's Twitter is always good to follow for vids like that.

[F1GTRUeno]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-IWZqqZ70

[anonymous-user]

Senna testing in Wales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBz9ugqnNE4

[Eric Mc]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Senna testing in Wales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBz9ugqnNE4

Nice find.

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

Nice find.

Thanks.

Thought it was a great watch especially when it was in Wales.

[anonymous-user]

Some of the clips are not the best quality but worth a watch.

Never knew he flicked the bird while passing Senna in that famous pass in the Williams

He is some character even if some of his comments are close to the bone

But some very funny comments as well. Very much old school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JYEVoybF84

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 13th May 19:45