Fondness for 1994?

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If you take away the events of the San Marino GP and the perhaps some of the controversies does anyone still have a fondness for 1994?

This came about mainly through staying up all night playing Grand Prix 2 and remembering the excitement of Senna driving for Williams, Senna vs Schumi at Brazil; MTV and Russel Athletic sponsoring Simtek; not to mention it was a formative time for me with music listening.

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FourWheelDrift said:

And not forgetting the 4 car crash that could have killed Martin Brundle in Brazil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1imC4RvJg80

1994 was a terrible year and could have been a lot worse.

And Pedro Lamy flying into the pedestrian tunnel at Bridge - caused by the diffuser cutting off the rear wing mount.

OK, maybe I've been playing too much Grand Prix 2 on my old 486 during lockdown! I remember we got satellite TV that year and I used to run back home from school to watch quali on Fridays during lunch break, re-watch taped races from the night before on Monday lunchtimes. They were good times.

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Eurosport was my favourite sports channel. F1, Indycar, NASCAR, GP bikes, WSB, occasionally Aussie V8s, BPR GTs, IMSA, TVR Tuscans, Rover GTI Championship, BTCC, tractor pulling!

There's nothing like it today, sports rights all over place.

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Not forgetting Screen Sport and Tutti Frutti on RTL on a Saturday night

Free 10 minute preview of certain channels!

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KR158 said:

Imola & the immediate repercussions were felt for the best part of a decade afterwards, probably more, certainly in terms of Track & Car design

Edited by KR158 on Sunday 2nd May 23:39

There was an immediate knee-jerk reaction to slowing the cars down with track design.

Tyre chicanes were added in Canada and Barcelona, Eau Rouge was castrated by it into a chicane for a couple of years and left more than a bitter taste in the mouth.