cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
Erm, what? Engine braking LOL
The 2020 F1 Season
- Thread starter Tony Lockhart
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Erm, what? Engine braking LOL
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
Lando Norris calling up fellow racers and team members whilst waiting for the eSports race to start. Pretty funny
https://wtf1.com/post/lando-norris-...Wu0zJeE42fu8wFV1axlSNN-L73gTjrXZM1Tl5fizf6W9w
https://wtf1.com/post/lando-norris-...Wu0zJeE42fu8wFV1axlSNN-L73gTjrXZM1Tl5fizf6W9w
Roger Adams
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Ah. I fondly remember the 956. I went to see the 1000km of Brands back in the eighties with my Dad and cheered on the Rothmans logoed version.
Roger Adams
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Do you remember the Jacky Ickx/Derek Bell partnership Tony? How many times did they win Le Mans together?
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Roger Adams
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Indeed? You have a knowledge of motorsport that stretches back half a century or more - unless I'm mistaken (which I am very much these days )
I remember reading my Autosport and really looking forward to the 24 heures du Monde realising that barring a miracle or a mechanical, the British/Belgian partnership would prevail.
I remember reading my Autosport and really looking forward to the 24 heures du Monde realising that barring a miracle or a mechanical, the British/Belgian partnership would prevail.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
I’ve only admired Le Mans from a distance. I really wish I’d gone before they put the chicanes in the Mulsanne, but hey.
This is one of my favourite motorsport videos. Poor quality video and audio, but it has great atmosphere, something modern telly coverage misses in all sport.
PS. I was born in ‘63
This is one of my favourite motorsport videos. Poor quality video and audio, but it has great atmosphere, something modern telly coverage misses in all sport.
PS. I was born in ‘63
tones
Tones deaf
Three times, with one narrow loss.
tones
Tones deaf
Although given that terminal velocities were approaching 400km/h and the tendency to take off and fly, as memorably per Mark Webber
(and that was after they put in the chicanes!) they had to do something.
PS. I was born in ‘63
Sadly, I was in approaching A-levels at the time....
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Stolen off the interwebs:
“But for the long straights of Le Mans, the pitch angles of the Mercedes cars were nearer neutral to allow the cars to take full advantage of their naturally-aspirated 5.7-litre V8s. This was implemented by softening the rear suspension, making the relatively stiff front axle susceptible to hopping and jumping.”
So, it was their own fault. Mercedes were going through a challenging period: flying cars at Le Mans, drop in build quality, new A Class failing the elk test, and that attention seeking woman dying in a Merc in a tunnel crash.
They did well to stay in business.
“But for the long straights of Le Mans, the pitch angles of the Mercedes cars were nearer neutral to allow the cars to take full advantage of their naturally-aspirated 5.7-litre V8s. This was implemented by softening the rear suspension, making the relatively stiff front axle susceptible to hopping and jumping.”
So, it was their own fault. Mercedes were going through a challenging period: flying cars at Le Mans, drop in build quality, new A Class failing the elk test, and that attention seeking woman dying in a Merc in a tunnel crash.
They did well to stay in business.
Roger Adams
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We are the same sage Tony so we will have similar memories. For some reason a vision of Tom Pryce is a 1975 UOP Shadow prior to his death popped into my head writing this...
I also remembered Hunt winning in a Hesketh at Zandsvoort that year too - both in detail - but I have no idea what I've done so far this year Oh joy...
I also remembered Hunt winning in a Hesketh at Zandsvoort that year too - both in detail - but I have no idea what I've done so far this year
Oh joy...
canonman
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I’ve only admired Le Mans from a distance. I really wish I’d gone before they put the chicanes in the Mulsanne, but hey.
This is one of my favourite motorsport videos. Poor quality video and audio, but it has great atmosphere, something modern telly coverage misses in all sport.
PS. I was born in ‘63
I was there
3 of us made a point of being there in the middle of the night. Unforgettable noise.
canonman
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I had an oil painting featuring Bell in the rain at Brands, a race that I also attended. Presented to me by Johnny Herbert after a charity auction for 'Racing for Britain" . Offered it (for sale) to Porsche GB but they never even replied! Sold at auction a few years ago.
Roger Adams
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I was there
3 of us made a point of being there in the middle of the night. Unforgettable noise.
Oh to be able to do that on the M40 during the shutdown
canonman
pfm Member
Oh to be able to do that on the M40 during the shutdown
Couldn't do it these days.
I got the chance to sit in the Jag a few months later.....and had a helluva job getting out again!
Enfield boy
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I believe that I still may have a collection of Michael Turner postcards that my late father gave me in the sixties, wonderful art and I can still picture many in my head. Must clear my loft, we've lived here for 30 odd years!
canonman
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Great artist!
tones
Tones deaf
The first GT40s for Le Mans were tested on the M1 in the dead of night. The few motorists that were around in those hours got the fright of their lives as this thing howled past them - and of course no police car could come anywhere near it. So the police had a word with Ford Advanced Vehicles and it stopped.Oh to be able to do that on the M40 during the shutdown
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
I thought that was the AC Cobra?
tones
Tones deaf
I thought it was the GT40 (considerably faster than even the Daytona coupés developed for Le Mans), but, like Murray Walker quoted above, it wouldn't be the first time that I was very much mistaken.
P.S. I was indeed very much mistaken:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport/day-jack-sears-hit-185mph-m1-motorway