Racing drivers smoking

[dinkel]

Chris Amon - the others you know.

[v8250]

Interesting photos, Dinkel. It's amazing how many racing drivers still smoke...even Schumacher and Prof' Sid Watkins were very partial to a good sized cigar.

However, the real question to ask is, who can name the female with SCM?

[Vyse]

Edited by Vyse on Saturday 5th December 14:18

[227bhp]

dinkel said:

Looks like a pen....

[Reg Local]

Am I doing this right?

[dinkel]

227bhp said:

dinkel said:

Looks like a pen....

My brand before it was banned in NL: Gitanes sans filtere.






Lafitte in a Ligier - Gitanes sponsorship.

Cool:

[heebeegeetee]

Do we have a winner?



(As Giuseppe checks the level of the 40 gallon tank...)

[heebeegeetee]

OT the re are great images of Hunt though on Google, aren't there?

What a time.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=james+hunt&b...

[andym1603]

If I remember right Keke Rosberg let everyone know who he would be driving for in 1986 by casually lighting up a Marlboro (McLaren) at the 1985 season end Williams team get together.

[dinkel]

andym1603 said:

If I remember right Keke Rosberg let everyone know who he would be driving for in 1986 by casually lighting up a Marlboro (McLaren) at the 1985 season end Williams team get together.

From the days when there actually came smoke from a ciggie.

[v8250]

dinkel said:

And the interesting point with JH is that his preferred smoke was a Rothman's, so when at McL with the Marlboro sponsorship deal his red&white packets of Marlboro were filled with Rothman's cigarettes.

PS no-one know who the lady is with SCM yet...?

[Thundersports]

There is a Touring car champion who is still in the series who enjoys a Marlboro Light.

[coppice]

Dick Trickle, the late NASCAR driver with an unimprovable name, was a heroic smoker who regularly lit up in yellow flag periods and whose helmet was modified to facilitate this.

Closer to home the godlike Vic Elford had a major tab habit.

[Animal]

Thundersports said:

There is a Touring car champion who is still in the series who enjoys a Marlboro Light.

Quite fond of custard too, I think.

[sirtyro]

Lewis was smoking a cigar on his Snapchat story the other day

[simes43]

I remember a story about Gordon Spice being thrown a packed of cigarettes through the window of his Capri due to a lengthy safety car period at Spa.

And a rather slow Le Mans car that had an ashtray fitted so the drivers could have a ciggie on the Mulsanne.

[Thundersports]

Other high profile drivers smoking in period Dave Coyne and Julian Bailey.

[coppice]

If you spool back to 1975 , for example ,you simply couldn't imagine a discussion like this. Most people smoked , so why wouldn't many racing drivers ? Even Lauda(in many ways the prototype for the modern racing driver) was a cheroot smoker . When John Player Special sponsored the Grand Prix short skirted lovelies would wander amongst the crowd giving away JPS King Size. Don't mind if I do ...

[dinkel]

Vic!

[coppice]

The Man. I suspect few people under 50 will know of him but he really was one hell of a driver. F1 , Sports Protoypes and rallying - in one year . God like..