I was -32 year old by the time lol but it was so incredible the sound and the racing and the cars were so tiny... Beautiful racing and the beautiful cars especially the mclaren m23 and the ferrari 312t
I dont understand what Montezemolo is sayin. It depends if Sheckter had already finished the race or not., -- if yes then Lauda couldn't join the track. -- If Sheckter was still in his last lap, then yes, Lauda should have returned on track and finishing not lapped arriving 4th.
True Tragedy, I'm aware of the accident coming up. But I can't help but get lost in the moment of the Incredible cars on the astonishingly beautiful track with the awesome sounds (With no commentary) It's so soothing I almost forgot. And then it hits you so hard, (tragically ironic) as fast and hard as the accident was. It hurts when something so terrible happens to something so great as 70s F1 at Kyalami. I don't mean to be too melodramatic but man it gets me.
Almost 75% of the drivers on this 21-car grid were either GP winners or WCs by the end of 1972. Only Oliver, Stommelen, Miles, Pescarolo and - of course - the unlucky Amon were destined never to visit the top step of the podium. Contrast that percentage with the now-standard 20-car grid of today, and I think you'll find the stats are generally the same, but skewed in the exact opposite direction.
This is so moving... I remember the guys who drove daddys trucks... They talked about a guy they called "Vackre Frasse" that died... And the grownups actually cried... "Vackre Frasse" is kinda like "Hansom Francois" The first time I realized that F1 heroes actually could die,,, was when my dads, and drivers, favourite Francois Cevert died... I was 6 and cried for weeks... And Ive cried for every driver who died since then - they are ALL my heroes ❤ Dad died waaay to young, he would have LOOOOVED the fights between Senna and Prost, Schumacher and Häkkinen... Love from Sweden 💖
Previously, races were stopped only when half of the racers crashed. And now the cars are much safer, but often the management does not even try to start the race (translator)
There is more excitement in this race than in a whole season of F1 these days, it was too dangerous back then though - all the cars spinning off into each other with people on the circuit....😮
Thankyou for another piece of the great jigsaw of a phantastic era ... did you, b.t.w., find out who really controles the universe .. and could you please upload a copy of the guide . 🌷:)
Brilliant, in the days before 'elf an safety courses, you could walk around the pits with a pint in one hand and a cig in the other wearing a t-shirt, and if your dad knew a bloke, you could get to push a car off the circuit dressed in your own jeans and trainers, happy days.
The cars today are rubbish and rubbish drivers years ago drivers set car up now all done in pits the lotus 72 JPS was the bees knees as my local team BRM now no choice in tyres it's all a rip of I don't watch it like I did years ago always went British Grand Prix get your programme free stickers all the girls with cigarettes JPS or Marlboro aftershave from Yardley free with token out of motoring news I don't go anymore Silverstone to easy . Clay Reggazoni was the boy in the chicane
Well, this Christmas, I watched a recent documentary, an eye opener for me, Jackie being open with his massive reading and writing challenges. I read his book, Performance Driving. How he managed to write this, given his extreme dyslexia, I will never know. That book made me a better driver. Get hold of a copy and read it.
