I read in this book on the history of F1 that when fellow French race car driver Guy Ligier turned to race car manufacturing, he paid tribute to Schlesser by giving his cars the model designation JS. In that same book, it was also mentioned that, after this race, the French GP never returned to Rouen.
Happy birthday Jacky Ickx. 70 Years old, 1st January 2015. When Jacky was on the podium after he won, there was no celebration out of respect. This was his 1st win, aged 23
Sad day in F1. What was a good day for Jo Schlesser to show his talent ended in such an appalling way. Honda should never have tried to race the RA-302 until it was fully developed. Surtees told them it wasn’t ready but they insisted.
Rudolf Caracciola and Pedro Rodriguez are at least as good as Icxx was in the wet, and if you research the contemporary drivers in the time frame Icxx raced, almost to a man they agreed Rodriguez was the best there was in the 60’s and 79’s in the rain. Maybe the best of all time! BTW, I am so old I saw all these guys race. I have always been a fan of Jackie Icxx and so badly wanted for him to win the F1 Championship. But he could not compare to Rodriguez when it started to rain. Not my opinion but the opinion of the drivers, team managers, and the writers all agreed on this.
Honda's first choice to race the magnesium car was French formula 2 driver Eric Offenstadt. But journalist Gerard Crombac persuaded Honda to give his friend Jo Schlesser a try.
When they colorized this video, they colored that fire incorrectly. It should be a very bright white and slightly yellow fire. It was a magnesium fire after all. When crews attempted to apply water to the fire it caused the fire to explode.
Sorry, but there's no way it's colorized. In 1968 there was color 8mm film. Even if there wasn't, it would be monumentally difficult to colorize shaky film/video like that.
Hydranix HNx Arguing about this is in pretty poor taste, don’t you think. That poor man died in there. Everyone knows it was a magnesium fire. The colour of the flame is unimportant.
Not being familiar with late 60's European cars, I first thought they were street cars of the factory, or engine manufacturer they drove for, in their national colors, with their numbers on them.
circuit emprunte en auto ancienne il y a quelques années maintenant il ne reste plus rien quelle décadence la France aller voir en angleterre les courses vintages
Back then it wasn't as rare as today. It wasn't, if. It was when, and who. It wasn't the shock of today. Drivers weren't much help to themselves. They eschewed the little bit of safety equipment and knowledge they had, because they felt they would be seen as sissies if they used it.