On board laps roughly 30 years apart

[Great Dane]

Trees certainly grow bigger!

1956 (Hawthorne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2irKVQB4I

1983 (Bell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv1sP04qibk

2011 (Simonsen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcEZlW2Jcw

[SimoN138]

great videos ... that 956 looks to have been a real beast ... and Allan is properly on it in the 458. amazing how calm it looks in the ferrari despite the speeds being so high.

trees certainly much bigger (sadly) and also the grandstands ... amazing how open the track looks in the early videos ... especially from porsche curves home.

[davidd]

Pesky people on the track in the hawthorn clip

[blueg33]

SimoN138 said:

great videos ... that 956 looks to have been a real beast ... and Allan is properly on it in the 458. amazing how calm it looks in the ferrari despite the speeds being so high.

trees certainly much bigger (sadly) and also the grandstands ... amazing how open the track looks in the early videos ... especially from porsche curves home.

The 956 was parked at the back of the Hotel du France last year. I asked Derek if I could have a go in it......

[Otispunkmeyer]

The track without the chicanes on the straight looks proper white knuckle! Love that.

[Great Dane]

Otispunkmeyer said:

The track without the chicanes on the straight looks proper white knuckle! Love that.

a tad dangerous... can you imagine the Nissan blasting down there the 400 clicks were broken before the chicanes were put in