I read that the Alfas that dominated the first 2 years of the formula one world championship in '50 and '51 were still basically pre war technology. So the Alfas were pretty advanced even here, which goes to show how good the Mercedes were. It took another 22 years for rear engine cars to dominate Grand Prix racing with Cooper and Jack Brabham. We never had Auto Union in modern F1 but they did dominate le Mans and sports cars for a good portion of the last 20 years.
Elly was given a first-hand example of Bernd's fog driving when he was driving a normal road car on a country road in dense fog and she was passenger. He was driving as if there was no fog at all. She could see nothing, but Bernd would pull over to overtake - and indeed a car would be there! She said that had she not been in the car with him, she'd never had believed it possible.
Dick must've been teased at a younger age. And what were his parents thinking to name him that? A handsome gentleman, he went on to superb racing success with Mercedes. He was Britain's lone first-rate GP driver that era.
Shot at 16 or 18 frames per second and played back at 24 frames per second. Slower speed of film means you don't use as much capturing a certain event. Film needs 24 fps for sound (16 or 18 fps shot with no sound).@@americanpride9733
dick seaman wins donington 1936 with the swiss pilot hans ruesch, teh firs not english winner a british gp. with an alfa romeo 8c fo ruesch's property (formerly suceria ferrari). this is a serious omission
""the greatest of them all is young English driver Dick Seman" i assume its contemporary double meaning is something recent (much like boners were at one point just skellingtons) but i can not just leave that unattended. Seems like Bugatti did not realy do much in 36 GP season strange.
