ESPN Classic F1

[belleair302]

Has anybody been watching this series, great footage from the early seventies and some top driving? Shame that so many of them are no longer with us...heroes all of them!

[Wombat Rick]

I was just about to post on this! Watched the 1970 one. Excellent stuff but doesn't it all look very amateur?


Anyone not caught up with it, click here:
http://www.espnclassic.com/tvguide.php?territory=U...

and choose Motorsport in the Select Sport box and it will tell you when it's on.

Sky Channel 462(ish)

[MrKipling43]

Cool cheers for this... didn't know anything about it.

[Eric Mc]

Wombat Rick said:

I was just about to post on this! Watched the 1970 one. Excellent stuff but doesn't it all look very amateur?


Anyone not caught up with it, click here:
http://www.espnclassic.com/tvguide.php?territory=U...

and choose Motorsport in the Select Sport box and it will tell you when it's on.

Sky Channel 462(ish)

And all the better for having a more "amateurish" - but sporting, approach.

[VladTheDad]

I saw the 1972 one last night - was very excellent viewing.

Won by the Lotus that top gear used when they reviewed the new M3, Merc and Audi - 35 years old and still beat all three by 20s a lap!

Edited by VladTheDad on Thursday 3rd April 13:46

[belleair302]

It makes me smile that today's F1 drivers would not do a fast lap in a car from 40 years ago, yet we think of today's drivers being the best ever! Anybody driving before about 1992 is certainly braver than those afterwards and may well have a better understanding of car control. The ESPN stuff is magical, yes a little dated but it shows the passion, creative design and sheer bravado of owners, designers, fans and drivers which today is often missing.

[garycat]

The whole 1970 - 1980 season is on over the next few days

[cerb 4.5]

It's been great morning watching. Nothing better than to wake up 1970's F1 cars. It's on Sky channel 442.

[tonyvid]

Is this one of the free to air channels? Ie, can I go down to Maplins, buy a sat-kit and see it?

[belleair302]

No its not available on Freeview....only Sky.

[tonyvid]

belleair302 said:

No its not available on Freeview....only Sky.

Ta

[Eric Mc]

Not on Virgin Media either

[dxb335d]

VladTheDad said:

I saw the 1972 one last night - was very excellent viewing.

Won by the Lotus that top gear used when they reviewed the new M3, Merc and Audi - 35 years old and still beat all three by 20s a lap!

Edited by VladTheDad on Thursday 3rd April 13:46

Id quite expect that though!

[minghis]

Had to give this a BUMP - compulsive viewing.

Just seen 1978 today - Ronnie Petersen crash - very sad.