What a sad way to end a very good racing career, out of his last race because of a shit car that didn't do its driver justice. I think that hang gliding accident in 1979 eventually sealed Depaillier's fate
On 12.06.1980 my first son was born, and I named him Patrick... Only few weeks later the Hockenheim test from Alfa Romeo ended with his tragic accident in the Ostkurve... 🌈🏁 Salut Patrick ❤️🇨🇵💔
Less than a month before Patrick Depailler was killed. Glad I was at Brands to see him, also saw Ronnie at Brands in '78, Gilles in '78, '79 Race Of Champions, 1980, 1981 at Silverstone
The real ground effect cars... with the good old skirts. zero ground clearance... you got to give it to them... the guys who built these things were geniuses.
This was a little bit before my time. It feels strange to see a Ligier leading the race. Just a few years later, they were a consistent back-marker team.
Yeah. Money greed spoilt F1, like you I think brand hatch is a much more interesting track than Silverstone, in the early years it was held in Liverpool at Aintree
They also have problems with the people who have moved into the area. They complain about the noise. I think the other problem is that the track would need a lot more fun off areas and I'm not sure they have the land for that. I've only been to Brands Hatch a few times for the BTCC and Formula Ford festival. I think Russell Ingall was driving in one of he festivals so that shows it was a long time ago.
Amazing to watch these old races. Jones won the title with that Williams 1980 and Keke Rosberg again 1982. The most astounding thing is the pit crew and how amateurish and slow it looks even compared to the 1990's. Cheers.
@66PHILB Trust me, as much as TheThirdMan has been around - Can-Am, USAC, WSC, etc., he knows what he’s talking about. I’ve been on with him with many discussions before, and as a “Yank” i can clarify that he knew more about Dan Gurney/AAR operations than I ever did. Anyways your point is well taken, with Rosburg & Mansell as being notable mentions, along with AJ, I was always intrigued with what I considered the ‘Boxer-Types’…. AJ, Mansell, Rosburg, and Rodriguez. They may have not been the most ‘absolute’ talented types, but once those mad bastards were within their rhythm, *there was no way in hell that they would be beaten.*
JOEL SOUSA looks to have been well looked after. The image quality was always pretty good (unless you lived in america - pretty shit there) on the live broadcasts.
@@sugarnads Yes, well looked after. If you don't fast forward and rewind the tapes occasionally, the chart on the tape dissipates and you lose signal strength. Good thing they've digitised it.
Alan Jones was a superb F1 champion who deserves more credit. If younger F1 fans want to know about a driver who grabbed his opportunity with both hands and achieved his dream, then Jones is their man.
That was freaking awesome. I loved Hunt but at times he could be a real dick. Stewart put that young whippersnapper right in his place though and good!
Jacques the son would have been 9 back then Gilles also had a brother Jacques but he didn't compete in f1 until 1981. I wonder if Murray knew either of them
I went skinny dipping at Road America with his daughter and her girlfriend. Both of them were very hot. I ended up dating her girlfriend for a little while.
Ligier was a pretty car. Damned cheek a french car with french driver using goodyears not michelins. Hella funny leyland truck parts sponsoring the ford powered williams.
Weren’t Ligier the cars with the sideskirts (later banned) creating huge downforce through the suction that was created under the car (due to the skirts)?
@@garrycowan4747 Ligier were running an illegal mod under their car, something F1 illustrator Giogio Piola later revealed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z8zVD34wK-Q.html
@@thethirdman225 it was brilliant for viewing, you could walk right round out in the country side, get good pics on practice day then try and find a spot on raceday amongst 100,000 fans
Chris Walker Looks like lots of good elevation changes making for good vantage points. I’d have wanted to be between Hawthorn and Dingle Dell for practice and Paddock Hill bend on race day. What are/were your favourites?
@@thethirdman225 I would agree, though Paddock hill bend was difficult to get a vantage on. Hailwood hill looking up was usually good and outside of Druid's looking from Graham Hill, I wish we'd had digital cameras back then. When the 935 porsches were in full flight you could get some great flameout shots. A 6hr sports car race gave plenty of opportunity for multiple vantage points. I think it's why I like Spa the best of the current F1 tracks to watch on TV.
Jackie Stewart, following Laffite's retirement: "You can see how angry he is." Guy Ligier, meanwhile, must have thrown one of his trademark wobblies - *both* his cars leading comfortably before they suffered deflating tyres...
@@marks_sparks1 Some cars were actually running _positive_ angle on the front wing. i.pinimg.com/originals/99/a2/4e/99a24e2b2b1b6c8a238091e3a69c597a.jpg
11:22 "the tire jacks are being prepared...........Jackie?" Why did I laugh so hard at this..🤣🤣🤣 may as well go to the guy named Jackie when talking about jacks 🤷♂️😃
Well there was a Jacques Villeneuve in the 80s - Gilles' cousin Jacques or "Jacquo" but he didn't too many F1 races - 3 to be precise - and never qualified for any of them but that wasn't until 1981 at least so this was a classic albeit slightly prophetic Murrayism.
Catch fencing was widely used in F1 in this era, the biggest worry was if a driver became trapped under the fence and the car catching fire as they did quite often back then. The wooden poles used to secure them were an issue as well with several drivers in lesser formulas being knocked unconsious by them.
Here in Yugoslavia we just started to watch F1 races in 1980. on our National TV. I wish I had a chance to hear someone like Stewart, Murray, Hunt being very new (or stupid) ini this sport. So were many in TV audience even in Britain.
Modern overlay with a caption that says British Formula 1 Grand Prix is totally anachronistic. There was no such thing as Formula 1 Grand Prix or Formula 1 championship until 1981 when Formula One was established as a trademark. In 1980 it only denoted the class of cars that competed in a World Drivers' Championship but not the championship itself.
